N-400 Name change

[Caroline and Phil 14]

Hello!

I'm thinking about requesting name change with my application for Naturalization.

My current first name was spelled wrong on my birth certificate. I never changed it in Brazil because it sounds quite normal there.

My name now is "First Name" "MiddleName (using here my maiden last name)" "LastName (using here my husband's family name)".

My first name is Elisabete (when most of people here call me by my name it sounds almost like diabetes without the "S" ).

So I have 2 questions:

Considering that my maiden name was Elisabete Example and now it's Elisabete Example Hubby.

1. Can I add a middle name I like (like a regular name, not like a maiden last name) and maybe drop my "middle last maiden" name?

So with the change it would be: Elizabeth Mary Hubby for example.

or (I would rather this second option)

2. Can I switch my "corrected" current first name to the middle and get a new first name and change from for example Elisabete Example Hubby to Mary Elizabeth Hubby?

Not sure if I was clear.

Thanks in advance.

Lisa

[Sand 5]

Hi,

Now when u go to ur interview. they have white paper there. for who he wants to change her/his name. u will be required to take one and fill it. with Yes u want to change ur name and post the name u like. or No you dont want.

so dont worry about that, it can be fixed during the interview. and that is the best time to change ur name for free. and u will be getting rid of diabetes name lol

Good Luck .

Please wait for better answer.

[Caroline and Phil 14]

Thank you Sand!!!

Yes, I want to correct my name and add a new nice one.

And if somebody else can give me some more information I will appreciate it.

Lisa

[F@rsc@p3 0]

Hi there

I also want to change my name. Well, I would like to put my maiden name back. It would be like this:

name/middle name/maiden name/hubby last name.

I wonder if they would let me have 2 last names.

[Caroline and Phil 14]

F@rsc@p3

If they allow us to keep 2 last names (maiden+husband's family name) or 2 middle names (middle name + old maiden last name) maybe I would think about keeping my maiden name too.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,235]

You can call yourself anything you want, short of Queen Latifa and Michele Obama. You can totally make a name up as long as it doesn't beg to be rejected. If you want to become a Kennedy or Rothschildt or Rockefeller in oder to promote your TV carreer, go right ahead.

Instead of Robert ("Bob") Freiherr von Schlumpfhausen, I'm now Lucas Skywalker!

[F@rsc@p3 0]

Thanks Just Bob....I think I'm not gonna change it since it would take longer for me to have the Oath Ceremony. I heard Atlanta does same day Oath ceremony. My interview is at 10:50 am. I hope I will be lucky and get it the same day, if not, I will be very mad because I didn't get to change my name.

[Caroline and Phil 14]

Thank you!!!

Is your name really Lucas Skywalker? That sounds cool!

Yes, I will do it. I'm tired of my name sounding like "diabetes". lol

You can call yourself anything you want, short of Queen Latifa and Michele Obama. You can totally make a name up as long as it doesn't beg to be rejected. If you want to become a Kennedy or Rothschildt or Rockefeller in oder to promote your TV carreer, go right ahead.

Instead of Robert ("Bob") Freiherr von Schlumpfhausen, I'm now Lucas Skywalker!

Do you think it takes much longer?

In my case I think it's worth it even if it takes a little longer. lol

Thanks Just Bob....I think I'm not gonna change it since it would take longer for me to have the Oath Ceremony. I heard Atlanta does same day Oath ceremony. My interview is at 10:50 am. I hope I will be lucky and get it the same day, if not, I will be very mad because I didn't get to change my name.

[xxhwx 2]

Hi,

Now when u go to ur interview. they have white paper there. for who he wants to change her/his name. u will be required to take one and fill it. with Yes u want to change ur name and post the name u like. or No you dont want.

so dont worry about that, it can be fixed during the interview. and that is the best time to change ur name for free. and u will be getting rid of diabetes name lol

Good Luck .

Please wait for better answer.

unless you consider $680 to be nothing, you never legally change your name in this country for free. With that said, naturalization is probably the easiest route for immigrants to legally change their names once and for all (I did and I am happy).

And I agree with Bob, you can change your name to whatever you want, add as many as given names/surnames you want through naturalization. Actually I am curious if there is anyone apply to change their names to names on the No Fly List.

[xxhwx 2]

Do you think it takes much longer?

In my case I think it's worth it even if it takes a little longer. lol

It depends. I got my citizenship within 5 months with name change.

Trust me, it's totally worth it!

Best of luck on your naturalization journey.

[bonnerbonner 6]

You can call yourself anything you want, short of Queen Latifa and Michele Obama. You can totally make a name up as long as it doesn't beg to be rejected. If you want to become a Kennedy or Rothschildt or Rockefeller in oder to promote your TV carreer, go right ahead.

Instead of Robert ("Bob") Freiherr von Schlumpfhausen, I'm now Lucas Skywalker!

Just Bob, your alien number is on the document you just posted... you may need to remove it ASAP....

[Caroline and Phil 14]

unless you consider $680 to be nothing, you never legally change your name in this country for free. With that said, naturalization is probably the easiest route for immigrants to legally change their names once and for all (I did and I am happy).

And I agree with Bob, you can change your name to whatever you want, add as many as given names/surnames you want through naturalization. Actually I am curious if there is anyone apply to change their names to names on the No Fly List.

I think what Sand meant by "for free" is that we have to pay $680 anyways so it's a good deal to use this opportunity so you don't have to pay more later.

Thanks for posting your experience too and about the No Fly List I'd never heard about it so I looked it up on Google but didn't find a list with names. It would be awful changing the name to one on that list by accident. lol

It depends. I got my citizenship within 5 months with name change.

Trust me, it's totally worth it!

Best of luck on your naturalization journey.

Thank you very much!

[Caroline and Phil 14]

Just Bob, your alien number is on the document you just posted... you may need to remove it ASAP....

OMGSH! It's true!

[Brother Hesekiel 2,235]

Just Bob, your alien number is on the document you just posted... you may need to remove it ASAP....

Born on Alderaan, Lucas Skywalker was an alien. Thus, he has an alien number. Nobody escapes the fangs of the United States immigration force, not even an extraterrestrial from a galaxy far, far away.

[xxhwx 2]

OMGSH! It's true!

I think you folks worried for nothing. That piece of paper does not look legitimate whatsoever. I have one of those myself and I can tell you it's a fake.