Name on Forms and Marriage Certificate

[Norman and Dijani 0]

Hello,

Sicne my fiancee and I will be married in a couple of weeks, I want to start getting all the information I may need for the adjustment of status. One question I have is do we use my fiancee's maiden name or her married name on all the forms? Also, what is a certified copy of the marriage certificate? Where do I obtain this? We have applied for the marraige liscense, but I am a bit confused how it goes from there. Thanks in advance for all the help!

[Movin on New Life 3]

Hello,

Sicne my fiancee and I will be married in a couple of weeks, I want to start getting all the information I may need for the adjustment of status. One question I have is do we use my fiancee's maiden name or her married name on all the forms? Also, what is a certified copy of the marriage certificate? Where do I obtain this? We have applied for the marraige liscense, but I am a bit confused how it goes from there. Thanks in advance for all the help!

Certified copy is a copy issue by official department (certified it has the raised stamp seal on it) this certifies that it is indeed a true, unaltered copy of the document. We got ours at the County building where we applied for our marriage license.

Regarding the name, well I can only say for myself.. but I used both maiden-married... just to play it safe!

Best to you

[Urge To Race 2]

Use your wifes married name on the forms.

Hello,

Sicne my fiancee and I will be married in a couple of weeks, I want to start getting all the information I may need for the adjustment of status. One question I have is do we use my fiancee's maiden name or her married name on all the forms? Also, what is a certified copy of the marriage certificate? Where do I obtain this? We have applied for the marraige liscense, but I am a bit confused how it goes from there. Thanks in advance for all the help!

[David-and-Mae 15]

Some used maiden-married (hypenated) especially those who wanted to retain using their maiden names, some used the married name and some used just the maiden name. In my case, I used my married name (husband and I both agreed on this). As for the certified copy of marriage certificate, after you got married, you can obtain a copy of it at the county where you applied the marriage license.

Best wishes and Congratulations on the upcoming wedding!

--Mae

[Norman and Dijani 0]

Thank you for the responses. Anyone know how you change your name after marriage? The wedding liscense application has her maiden name on it, so where does the name change come in? How will the USCIS know that Dijani Brehem (maiden) and Dijani Dagle (married) are the same person?

[Movin on New Life 3]

Thank you for the responses. Anyone know how you change your name after marriage? The wedding liscense application has her maiden name on it, so where does the name change come in? How will the USCIS know that Dijani Brehem (maiden) and Dijani Dagle (married) are the same person?

The marraige certificate issued after you get married should reflect her married name.

When we applied for the marriage license, they asked what I wanted to go by for my married name.

Not sure if every state is the same

[Urge To Race 2]

Mae, actually, you are discussing the decision of what name to go by after marriage, whether to hyphenate, keep your name, take your husbands name, etc. The forms should be filled out using the legal name you go by after marriage (which could be a hyphenated name, the maiden name, whatever you have already decided).

Some used maiden-married (hypenated) especially those who wanted to retain using their maiden names, some used the married name and some used just the maiden name. In my case, I used my married name (husband and I both agreed on this). As for the certified copy of marriage certificate, after you got married, you can obtain a copy of it at the county where you applied the marriage license.

Best wishes and Congratulations on the upcoming wedding!

--Mae

Right, usually the marriage license application has the question of what name you want to use after marriage. The marriage certificate would prove the name change for USCIS (and for just about any other agency or gov't office that might want such proof in the future such as SSA).

Thank you for the responses. Anyone know how you change your name after marriage? The wedding liscense application has her maiden name on it, so where does the name change come in? How will the USCIS know that Dijani Brehem (maiden) and Dijani Dagle (married) are the same person?

The marraige certificate issued after you get married should reflect her married name.

When we applied for the marriage license, they asked what I wanted to go by for my married name.

Not sure if every state is the same

[Norman and Dijani 0]

The application for our marriage licesne didnt ask this question, but on the marriage certificate, they told us to have her sign the bottom with the name she wants after marriage. So I am still a bit confused how the name change goes into effect.....