Name order for foreign countries where the names are said in reverse

[Ethan G 1]

Context:

My fiance is Ugandan. In Uganda, they don't have family names. They have 2 names: one is registered as "Given Name" and one is registered as "Surname". When they say or write a name, the surname is always put first, followed by the given name. So let's say her given name is "Jane" and her surname is "Doe". In Uganda, they would refer to her as "Doe Jane".

 

What I think I already understand:

According to my research for the I-129F, I have to put the Surname "Doe" in the "Family Name (Last Name)" field, and "Jane" in the "Given Name (First Name)". I think that's clear enough.

 

What I need advice on:

For documents where I refer to her, I would naturally put "Doe Jane" because that's how they do it in Uganda and that's how she knows herself. But will that confuse the USCIS? So when we write her letter of intent to marry and when I document our evidence of meeting, should I refer to her in the customary way for Uganda that she's used to and Uganda is used to ("Doe Jane"), or should I refer to in the US way ("Jane Doe")? I don't want to cause USCIS to think I put her names wrong on the I-129F if my letter and other documents refer to her in reverse order to what they expect. So I'm thinking I should go with "Jane Doe" even though that's not natural for her Ugandan name.

[JeanneAdil 6,698]

you write as we do here in USA so her US documents will have the English version of name

also for the birth date as many countries put day 1st and then month

need to put month then day

u want her visa page and the following green card after AOS to be US style

given name then family name

[randomstairs 313]

Where NOT explicitly stated, write the "given name" first, as in "Jane Doe." In many forms the last name comes first, but that would be specifically instructed. Given name = First name. Surname = Last name. 

[Ryan H 3,834]

Moved from Progress Reports to Process & Procedures.