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Hi everyone, I m a bit confused about how to handle this and would really appreciate any insight.

My birth certificate includes my middle name, but my green card, U.S. marriage certificate, and U.S. driver s license do not. I haven t used the middle name on any U.S. documents. On the N-400, should I list the full name from my birth certificate (the only difference being the inclusion of my middle name) as my current legal name, or should I use the version from my greencard, marriage certificate and drivers license (without the middle name) and then list the middle name as it shows up on birth certficate under Other Names Used ?

Basically, I m wondering: Should I include my middle name in the Current Legal Name section, or in Other Names Used ?

If I put it in the current legal name section, I d check the box to request a name change to drop the middle name during naturalization so my certificate would match all of my current U.S. IDs. But since the middle name isn t on any of my U.S. documents, or even on my foreign passport, it seems like my legal name (through eyes of UCSIS) is already the version without the middle name, and maybe I don t need to request a change at all.

Can anyone share insight or experience with this? Thanks so much in advance!

Hello. I filed my N-400 in December 2024, and uploaded my tax returns for 2021, 2022, and 2023 to the USCIS website. My interview is scheduled for April 14, just one day before the tax deadline (April 15). Would it be advisable to submit our 2024 jointly filed tax return ahead of the interview to help ensure the process goes smoothly?

Thanks for assistance.

Wifey is making me insane with this issue (haha), so I am going to ask here so I can get a concrete answer.

So, she was flagged for a sputum culture test. SLEC advised that the interview should still be performed, which (of course) resulted in a conditional rejection due to the testing requirement.

She just received the results on 3/14/2025 (negative), and SLEC said they forwarded the results to the embassy, and we should send all our 220g documents to the embassy for visa issuance, which for her was just her passport. She sent her passport to the embassy in Manila via the preferred courier (can't remember the name of it). She is going nuts because she is seeing people on TikTok who were on the same timeframe as us and same testing process getting their visas already. I told her for every one tiktok video she sees, there are likely 1,000 people waiting just like us, but she is still all freaked out.

So, my question is, how long should we realistically expect it to take from Sputum test results to visa issuance?

Curious to know if anyone has gone through this requirement to visit the embassy twice, which seems incredibly inconvenient. What is that first visit like? I also want to know if it is truly helping with the delays.

I would like to ask someone same situation , im divorced in the uk( my ex is british ) now i am in philippines, i havent file for recognition of divorce yet. My fiance is from US and we are goin to file a K1 visa. Does Uscis accept my divorce decree? Anyone here same situation. Thank you!