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"(Last Name)" in parenthesis. Family name is the main heading. Yes, Surname is used on passports, not US Immigration forms.

There will be a "respond by" date on the notice. Usually, it's more than 30 days, but it IS a firm date, not a number of days.

No way to reliably predict what will happen. But, yeah, if you're wearing a ring, call him your fiancé.

I will add that it is very common, for the visa applicant to either know well, or be pretty sure, why the visa was denied. It is less common for them to be open and honest with the petitioner about it. I don't know what's true in this case, but I suggest a "Come to Jesus" talk right away.

I wouldn't. It's also true he's your boyfriend, right?

Best to give a more generic but true answer, something more like the answer you've previously given.

So everybody is on the same page, the Consular Officer did not revoke anything. He denied the visa, and indicated they were returning the case to USCIS with a recommendation they revoke the approval of the petition. Others have been correct in saying in a few months, the petitioner will get a NOIR, "Notice of Intent to Revoke" the I-130 approval. That notice will contain an explanation as to why, and give the petitioner an opportunity to respond and try get the approval "reaffirmed". Now is the time for the visa applicant to write a VERY detailed report of EVERYTHING that happened or was said, since he arrived at the Consulate for the interview, until he left. It should be as verbatim as humanly possible. Not time for laziness or summaries.

It is helpful to use the terminology used in the passport and immigration forms. Family name or surname are used, not "last name". In China, and some other countries, the written "first name" IS the family name or surname.

The DS 260 asks for your name. Enter the one in your passport. If you can't change it now, you can change it when you become a US Citizen. You are referring to that name as "maiden name". It reality, it IS that, but it is also simply your "name". (in the present tense)

Having read back over this, to clear up any confusion, the divorce in question is the one from the first wife, to whom the OP is still married. That marriage MUST BE disclosed, and the evidence it was ended by death or divorce, must be provided. Once that is accomplished, where an how the remarriage is accomplished, doesn't matter, as long as it is legal and lawful where it is officiated. Probably need to reside first, for some period (90 days or less depending on which US State) before filing. You'll need to research which State will work, and how/whether you can serve by publication etc. It's a mess but there ARE solutions.