Name change not allowed at AOS

[Matt & Bing 56]

It is the custom in the Philippines for the bride to have her maiden name become her middle name after marriage. We filed all our AOS papers using the maiden name for the middle name. We had also used that name for bank accounts, insurance documents, etc.

The IO said we would have to change the name legally and the green card will be issued with her original middle name. (It seems that I have read that others from the Philippines were allowed to change their name without a court order, oh well...).

So in Michigan you file a form with the circuit court, pay a $150 fee and attend a hearing to get it legally changed.

My question is, should we then get a revised green card with the new legal middle name? I am aware of the I-90 form. I don't see this situation listed as an exception to the $290 filing fee.

Anyone know a solution for this situation?

[payxibka 10,045]

correct, not fee waivable... had you had the name "legally" changed prior to AOS then it would have been allowed during the AOS process...

The USCIS does not care about cultural traditions but whether you met the name change laws of your state (since name changes are governed by individual state family law).

My wife did exactly as you tried to do, but because under MN law we were able to "legally" change her name via the marriage certificate... all went smoothly for her.

Edited December 28, 2009 by payxibka

[chads 0]

So we were suppose to file the AOS forms in my wifes maiden name? I filed them with her new last name. Sorry to jump in on your thread I am just trying to understand.

Thanks,

Chad

[Dakine 26]

It is the custom in the Philippines for the bride to have her maiden name become her middle name after marriage. We filed all our AOS papers using the maiden name for the middle name. We had also used that name for bank accounts, insurance documents, etc.

The IO said we would have to change the name legally and the green card will be issued with her original middle name. (It seems that I have read that others from the Philippines were allowed to change their name without a court order, oh well...).

So in Michigan you file a form with the circuit court, pay a $150 fee and attend a hearing to get it legally changed.

My question is, should we then get a revised green card with the new legal middle name? I am aware of the I-90 form. I don't see this situation listed as an exception to the $290 filing fee.

Anyone know a solution for this situation?

I'd get your name changed legally and then get it done when you remove conditions. No cost then.

You'll have to take documents varifying your name when you travel tho.

Edited December 28, 2009 by Dakine

[Matt & Bing 56]

So we were suppose to file the AOS forms in my wifes maiden name? I filed them with her new last name. Sorry to jump in on your thread I am just trying to understand.

Thanks,

Chad

No, you should file using your wife's married last name.

The question was regarding the middle name - which most people do not change upon marriage.

I'd get your name changed legally and then get it done when you remove conditions. No cost then.

You'll have to take documents varifying your name when you travel tho.

Yes, that's what I was thinking too. Thanks.

[payxibka 10,045]

No, you should file using your wife's married last name.

The question was regarding the middle name - which most people do not change upon marriage.

I will throw this out... My wife changed the spelling of her first name, adopted her maiden name as her middle name, and changed her last name. So in effect all THREE names were different than the name she arrived to the US as. No issues because we facilitated the name change in accordance with MN law. USCIS has had no issue with this one bit

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

It is the custom in the Philippines for the bride to have her maiden name become her middle name after marriage. We filed all our AOS papers using the maiden name for the middle name. We had also used that name for bank accounts, insurance documents, etc.

The IO said we would have to change the name legally and the green card will be issued with her original middle name. (It seems that I have read that others from the Philippines were allowed to change their name without a court order, oh well...).

So in Michigan you file a form with the circuit court, pay a $150 fee and attend a hearing to get it legally changed.

My question is, should we then get a revised green card with the new legal middle name? I am aware of the I-90 form. I don't see this situation listed as an exception to the $290 filing fee.

Anyone know a solution for this situation?

It is not an exception to the fee. The $290 applies to a name change. Should you get a revised green card? Your choice.