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Thanks for the clear help! I appreciate it!

What I mean by two different names is that she was born in Taiwan with a name in Mandarin. It's on her birth certificate and ROC passport. But she came to the states to study at a young age and had an American first/given name added to her ROC passport and has always gone by that name in the states. It's basically her name for everything here (social security card, drivers license, bank accounts, credit cards, loans, tax returns, etc.), even her first green card. But for some reason on the second green card they changed her first name to her Mandarin name. I'm not sure why they changed it. I just want to make sure that I fill out the N400 correctly. At this point it sounds like I need to fill out the form with her Mandarin first name since that is what is on the latest green card, but I can use the name change portion of the N400 to make sure that her name is officially changed to her American first name. I read that some cities don't allow a name change with the N400 (maybe the San Francisco office), which is why I was asking if Portland was a place where the name change can be done. Thanks for all the help so far!

Thank you. Do you know if it is possible to change the given name on the N400 to her "American" name?

My wife has had a green card since 2016 and is wanting to apply for citizenship. She has had a US social security card since she was young with her "American" first/given name. She also had this name as an "also known as" name on her Taiwan passport. She has this name for her bank accounts, credit cards, loans, all work/tax documents, and state drivers license... it is even listen when singing in to the egov.uscis.gov website we used to check the status of our green card applications. This was also her given name on her first green card. But back in 2018 when we did the renewal to get her second green card, they changed the name to her given "Mandarin" name, which is also on the name on her birth certificate. We are in the Portland area. Does anyone have any guidance as to how we need to fill out our N400? Can we just use the "American" given name or do we need to use the given "Mandarin" name and do a name change on the application. Or perhaps this isn't possible in Portland and we just need to do a legal name change afterwards? I appreciate any help in advance. Thanks!