Hello! Me and my partner of 10 years finally got married last week in Japan. We want to file the initial I-130 petition ASAP once we receive our marriage certificate from city hall.
My question is, would our I-130 application be negatively affected if my wife updated her last name to my last name AFTER we had already submited the I-130? This would mean that her new last name and her new passport (which would reflect the new last name) would not be the same as the information/documents I uploaded to the USCIS website.
I ask because if we waited to do everything in the "correct" order (i.e. name change, new passport application, send I-130 petition), this would set us back about two months.
Thank you for your advice and insights.
Eric
