bzabelina

That's a good point about the other names used area. However, we never did that when I was petitioning for my husband himself, even though his patronymic was on our marriage cert. It was never an issue. His patronymic was on his birth cert and our marriage cert but we always left the middle name area blank and never did an other names used area. Now I'm wondering if I should do the same and just write about it in the "additional info area".

Thank makes sense, but in this case this is for my husband applying for his mom. Since my husband is now a US citizen, his ID documentation doesn't have a patronymic. The application doesn't ask for his mom's ID, just his birth cert which does include their patronymics. If his American ID doesn't include a patronymic but his birth cert does, would this be a problem?

Hi have some questions regarding filing form I-130 for a parent living in Russia and I am wondering if anyone who has applied for someone in Russia has had similar experiences. In the online form, it often asks for middle names, but Russians do not have middle names so I left that blank. I am assuming this is NOT the place for adding the patronymic, is that correct? Since patronymics are not middle names. The concern lies in the fact that the birth cert and other Russian documents will show the full name including the patronymic and I don't want that to cause confusion. Let me know if anyone knows how to handle this! Thanks!