banjokaz

Oh. She WANTS to change her last name for sure! Long story short, Japan doesn't allow double last names so to make it easier for her life in America and Japan if we have kids, she wants to have my last name for an easy process with their names. Yea, she's aware of that and will get a new passport, drivers license, and insurance card as well in Japan. I'm hoping they don't give us too much trouble for her having changed her name after we already submitted the 130.

Yea, that's also another benefit she was thinking of in regards to changing it. Makes it easier to get a driver's license here and whatnot. Thanks! Ha, we had debated whether we should have filed with the married name but had no idea the process was harder down the like in Japan. Thus, we're doing it now. Thanks for confirmation about NVC!!

Hey all! First post on this site! My wife and I got married in Japan and we submitted our I-130 last year in October. I'm currently in the states and she's in Japan waiting for our approval. She's now thinking of changing her last name to mine since Japan makes it super easy if it's done with 6 months of marriage, otherwise it's a LOT of paperwork to change it later. By changing her last name, she'll receive a new Japanese passport and new driver's license with her new last name. My questions is, will this cause any issues with our current I-130 form since it has her maiden name? And do we have to submit any new documents while the I-130 is pending? I've read some posts on the website saying it won't be a problem since the NVC stage asks for those documents but just wanted to double check! Thanks in advance for the help!