Filing I-130/g-325a for Finnish spouse: Question about non-Roman letters

[Kaffein 0]

Hi everyone!

I'm a US Citizen, born and raised, and I recently got married in Finland, where my wife is from.

I'm just getting this process started and almost have all of the first step documents ready for submission.

The Finnish language is mostly in Roman letters, however there are some special characters such as Ä,Å,Ö,Š and Ž.

When you read on the section of the g-325a that asks:

If your native alphabet is in other than Roman Letters, write your name in your native alphabet below

Now if you read that literally, it would seem that if there are characters other than the standard Roman letters in your native language, write your name here with the non-Roman letters, even if your name doesn't have any...

TL;DR

• Q: My wifes name does NOT have non-Roman letters in it, but her native language does have some special characters. Do I write her name there?
• If so, is the following format fine? "LAST NAME, First Middle"
• If not, I'm assuming "N/A" is the correct answer and they need to add the line "...and your name also has non-Roman letters..."

• Q: Can I use the special characters in other places on the form, where there are instances of them? (Addresses, Family Names, etc.)

Edited January 15, 2015 by Kaffein

[Ryan H 3,790]

Examples of non-Roman letters would be Chinese characters, Cyrillic letters, Greek letters, Thai letters, etc.

Use the special characters on all instances of the form as called for. If you wish to take a belt and suspenders approach, then you can fill out the non-Roman letters section of that form; however, I don't see that being necessary.

[Kaffein 0]

Examples of non-Roman letters would be Chinese characters, Cyrillic letters, Greek letters, Thai letters, etc.

Use the special characters on all instances of the form as called for. If you wish to take a belt and suspenders approach, then you can fill out the non-Roman letters section of that form; however, I don't see that being necessary.

Thanks for the reply!