Wife's last name question

[dkrivosheyev 0]

Hi

I have a rather unusual question. My fiancee and I will get married in about a week and file for AOS after that. However, we are considering that she will keep her maiden name after marriage for cultural reasons. Both of us are Russians, and in our culture wife's last name after marriage is the same as her husband's name, but with a letter "a" added to the end. After some research we found that it will be a big deal to accomplish this here because in the U.S. her last name will be exactly the same as mine. In our culture this will sound very awkward. So we are thinking to keep her maiden name until she goes for U.S. citizenship and we will change it at that time. However, I am concerned that if she keeps her maiden name it may create a problem during AOS interview. Will they think that our marriage is not "real"? What is your opinion?

Thank you,

[Jasman0717 9]

It won't cause any problems

[Otto 83]

Won't cause any AOS issues..

[patiently_waiting 0]

It is normal here for the woman to keep her maiden name. It will not even raise an eyebrow.

[zqt3344 21]

I hear you, my wife had same sort of thing, but in regards to your question - NO it will not be a problem in USA for AOS interview or application.

Hi

I have a rather unusual question. My fiancee and I will get married in about a week and file for AOS after that. However, we are considering that she will keep her maiden name after marriage for cultural reasons. Both of us are Russians, and in our culture wife's last name after marriage is the same as her husband's name, but with a letter "a" added to the end. After some research we found that it will be a big deal to accomplish this here because in the U.S. her last name will be exactly the same as mine. In our culture this will sound very awkward. So we are thinking to keep her maiden name until she goes for U.S. citizenship and we will change it at that time. However, I am concerned that if she keeps her maiden name it may create a problem during AOS interview. Will they think that our marriage is not "real"? What is your opinion?

Thank you,