monoxidelullaby

Exactly. I have all of my documents under my ex spouses last name, literally everything is under that last name. If I get my naturalization certificate in my maiden name, how can I prove that I changed my last name? How can I change my documentation without the proof? I am going to need the document which states the name change, I think it's called N-662. But as I mentioned, my officer told me this is not a name change, which was a bit confusing. I will wait for the ceremony and ask them in person about this, if I cannot get the name change document, I will just keep this last name and change it in the future or find a different solution.

I passed my N400 interview yesterday (April 22nd 2024) at Federal Plaza (New York City) My interview was at 11:10am, although I was waiting to be called for almost 2 hours. Once I was in, the officer was very serious, straightforward and formal, he asked me 6 civics questions (already forgot which one he asked about, was easy) and asked me to read "When is Flag Day" and to write the answer. Once I passed that, he moved onto my application, only asked to see my green card, passport and ID, he asked me when did I get divorce and when did I get married again. My current spouse is undocumented, I was worried the officer would question that, be he only asked if my spouse is citizen or permanent resident, I only replied "no". Moved onto the yes/no questions. Initially I didn't want to change my last name, but while waiting for my interview date, I changed my mind. So at the interview, I told officer that I would like to change my last name, he updated the forms and made me electronically sign the change (I went back to my maiden last name). When I asked him about the name change and the paper/letter stating the legal proof name, he responded "You are not changing your last name, your maiden last name was always your name so therefore this is not a name change". This left me a bit confused, because I thought judge needs to approve the name change and give me the document which will serve as a proof of name change. If anyone can advise me on this, I would be grateful. At the end, he said I will be receiving oath ceremony date and time soon in the mailbox, congratulated me and I left the building. As I was leaving, my app updated to "Oath will be scheduled". I was happy, excited and nervous, it was such a surreal moment! This morning when I woke up, my app updated once again and it said "Oath notice was mailed". I check my USCIS account under "Documents" page and it said my ceremony would be on May 16th, at Federal Plaza, not the court. Since it will not be taking place at court, I assume there will be no judge to sign the paper of my name change, so my question is - how can I change all of my documents (ID, bank account, SSN etc) into my maiden name, if I don't have this paper which states proof of the change? Or I don't need this document? I get confused, but hopefully someone can advise! Sorry for the long post, just wanted to put my experience out there so people can compare this to their own journeys !

I forgot to ask, what about my marriage certificate, that document shows only my current legal name, it doesn't show the name change (this is my second marriage, I changed my last name first time I got married, that's why the 2nd marriage certificate isn't showing a name change).

We live together, so we filed everything together and have most things under our names

But we will have different last names, my spouse is keeping his and I will change mine to my maiden last name. Is this a problem or no? thank you!!

Hi, I will be changing my last name during my naturalization interview, after that I will be filing i485 for my spouse. All of the supporting documents (lease, bank statements, travel records etc) will be under my previous last name, not the new one that I will be changing to. Will this cause any issues? I will have the proof of last name change on my oath document, so I guess they can use that. Eventually, I will change name on all of documents so I will submit dociments with both last names. Any help is appreciated, thanks!

New York City applied for n400 - January 14th 2024 Biometrics reuse notice - February 22nd interview scheduled - March 13th (just this morning) 🎊🎊🎊

I applied January 14th 2024 today 2/22 I received biometric reuse notice and my case status changed to “case is being actively reviewed by uscis” hope interview will be scheduled soon 🤩

I checked it online as well (under the documents section) but didn't see any other document except the one I have already received in my mailbox (receipt notice).

Hi everyone, I submitted my N400 application on January 14th, New York City office, filling under 90 days/3 year rule. Jan 14th 2024: Case was received and a receipt notice was sent. However, I didn't receive biometrics letter nor notification about it, I see some people immediately receive notification about it but I haven’t . Hopefully it will be a smooth process!