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The applicant (my wife) was born in Colombia. Her birth certificate explains her name change — her biological father is not listed, but her stepfather gave her his last name. At one point, she had her mother’s last name. Although she no longer has a document showing her original birth name, she still listed it during the I-130 process. Her birth certificate also notes that she was an extramarital child and later took her stepfather’s last name. At the interview, she plans to explain this. We hope they do not request another document other than her birth certificate with these annotations.

We have certified translations from our attorney of birth and marriage certificates that we submitted back in the day with the I-130. Is it ok to submit the same ones? Even if we aren't using the lawyer we had back then? Thank you!

Thank you for your feedback!

Hey @Crazy Cat, hope you e been doing well. Absolutely, we're not hiring a lawyer for the N-400. There's really zero need unless you have a complex case, which ours is as vanilla as can be lol.

Hi, My wife entered on an IR-1 visa. When our lawyer filled out DS-260, she forgot to include my wife's birth name. This was correctly included in I-130/I-130A, but missed in the DS-260. There were also some dates that were wrong in her previous address history, they marked "yes" to the "is spouse immigrating with you" question, they put my MIL's middle name as part of her last name, and selected "does not apply" to "name of person living at current address" question - instead of putting my name. We wanted to correct all of this, even prepared a letter and redlines to the DS-269, but the CO was so fast paced at the embassy that we didn't get a chance to raise these issues before they completed the interview and handed my wife the approval slip. My lawyer back then said none of this is material, but it's still bugging me. Does any of this create issues with the N-400?