Int'l Passport - New OVIR spelling of name

[bobb 0]

I believe in being prepared. I received an email from my SO today. She is waiting for her processing of the renewal of her International passport. She says they are changing how they treat certain Russian letters translation into English:

I have found out, that in OVIR there is a new standard fillings of the passport. And names are written now in view of the new standard. Where there are such letters " Э, Ю, Я ".

Her name in Russian has Ю. With all translations provided with my K-1 application her name in English is Lju... If the ju changes when and with who will we need to make this change known, on the documents provided with the K-1? Would the divorce translation have to be done again? If she has had her birth certificate translated already, would this also need to be re-translated? Would a maiden name with the Ю, as is the case with her, also need to be re-translated? Some of these weren't even necessary to include with the K-1. My first thought is to wait until my visit in January and see what her new passport looks like. After my return I would then call the U.S. Embassy in Moscow for answers to my questions then. I say this because of some comments made on other posts having to do with errors in spelling of names.

Anyone have any concrete thoughts to add to my analysis, based on experience and not speculation? Maybe that's a little too harsh. Re-phrasing my question - Anyone have any thoughts based on experience or 'sound/intelligent' speculation?

[Corey-Mariya 14]

Hi!

I had that expirience. My name is МариЯ. In all my american papers I have MariYA, it sounds exactly like normal Maria, but I've heard so many variants of my name pronunciation

[Corey-Mariya 14]

Bobb!

I heard that it's fine to make up to 3 mistakes in foreign name, if it doesn't change the pronuciation. But you better check!

Mariya

[slim 1,514]

I don't think it's even an issue as long as the names match up. (There's a space where you write her name in the foreign language, I forget which one it is right now, but they've seen it at least once.) And don't forget... there's always the numbers! As long as the numbers match up, she's who you says she is!

[K1researcher 0]

I dont think it matters. Hwoever ju vs iu is a much older style of transalation.

My fiancee had fun tryign to sign her name in english though . hahaha Since she has never done that. I get aparnoid they will thnk its a fake sig.