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silverfai   0

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Hi. I am about to file my N400 application in the fall. I had several question:

1. I had plan to change my first name (just reverse my first and middle name) for the longest time. My wife and I were not able to get around to do that. But we are going to initiate my name change after Naturalization, do I need to report it to USCIS?

2. Should I change my name before I apply for a US passport?

3. Should I change my name at my home country (I plan on to have dual citizenship)? can I have two set of passports (US and my home country) with 2 different names?

4. If there are anything I need to know that I miss?

Thank you

silverfai

Remove Conditional Status

(2010)

Sep 13 - Mailed I-751

Sep 30 - NOA received

Oct 2 - Bio Letter Received 10/13/2010

Oct 13 - Bio Appointment

Oct 15 - Touched

Dec 22 - Case Approved

Dec 28 - Approval Letter Received. Yay!!

Dec 29 - Permanent Green Card Received. Double Yay!!

Dec 30 - Touched - Case status showed "Post Decision Activity" from "initial review". Done Deal!

AOS

(2008)

Feb 8th - Mailed AOS, EAD, AP

Feb 12th - Package Received

Feb 19th - NOAs for AP(I-131), EAD(I-765) and AOS (I-485) (I-130)

Feb 21st - Appointment letter for biometrics

March 11th - Biometrics

April 4th AOS EAD TOUCHED!

April 4th I-765 Card Production Ordered!

April 4th I-132 Aproval Notice Sent!

April 8th Card Production Ordered (again) what?!

April 11th EAD and AP received in mail. Thank god finally

April 12th Big wedding

Nov 7th Interview Letter Received

Dec 11th Interview 12:45 PM @ Cincinnati OH

Dec 11th Approved! I 551 stamp obtained

Dec 11th Touch - Card Production Ordered.

Dec 16th Touch I485, I130 touch

Dec 17th Welcome letter received in the mail

Dec 17th I485 Touch

Dec 18th thru Jan 5th Out of country

Jan 5th Green Card Received in the mail

Brother Hesekiel Mentor

Brother Hesekiel   2,236

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The by far biggest perk of the naturalization process is that you can choose any name (within reason) under which you will be "reborn" as a US citizen. It's free of charge and very easy: you just write it down on the N-400 and then sign 3 identical forms at the interview.

Your Certificate of Naturalization will be in your new name and so will will be any document from thereon. US passport, SSN card, and driver's license included.

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all . . . . The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic . . . . There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

President Teddy Roosevelt on Columbus Day 1915

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silverfai   0

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Bob: Thank you so much! Very great info!

That's the coolest thing from USCIS ever.

Remove Conditional Status

(2010)

Sep 13 - Mailed I-751

Sep 30 - NOA received

Oct 2 - Bio Letter Received 10/13/2010

Oct 13 - Bio Appointment

Oct 15 - Touched

Dec 22 - Case Approved

Dec 28 - Approval Letter Received. Yay!!

Dec 29 - Permanent Green Card Received. Double Yay!!

Dec 30 - Touched - Case status showed "Post Decision Activity" from "initial review". Done Deal!

AOS

(2008)

Feb 8th - Mailed AOS, EAD, AP

Feb 12th - Package Received

Feb 19th - NOAs for AP(I-131), EAD(I-765) and AOS (I-485) (I-130)

Feb 21st - Appointment letter for biometrics

March 11th - Biometrics

April 4th AOS EAD TOUCHED!

April 4th I-765 Card Production Ordered!

April 4th I-132 Aproval Notice Sent!

April 8th Card Production Ordered (again) what?!

April 11th EAD and AP received in mail. Thank god finally

April 12th Big wedding

Nov 7th Interview Letter Received

Dec 11th Interview 12:45 PM @ Cincinnati OH

Dec 11th Approved! I 551 stamp obtained

Dec 11th Touch - Card Production Ordered.

Dec 16th Touch I485, I130 touch

Dec 17th Welcome letter received in the mail

Dec 17th I485 Touch

Dec 18th thru Jan 5th Out of country

Jan 5th Green Card Received in the mail

Brother Hesekiel Mentor

Brother Hesekiel   2,236

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Bob: Thank you so much! Very great info!

That's the coolest thing from USCIS ever.

Name_form_anynymous.jpg

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all . . . . The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic . . . . There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

President Teddy Roosevelt on Columbus Day 1915

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Mandy2008 Contributor

Mandy2008   0

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Dear JustBob

I'm getting ready to file for US citizenship, But I'm really confused on how I go by changing my name back to my maiden name.

My scenario is as follow:

I have been a green card holder for 5 years now. I got divorced from my Ex husband 2 years ago, but never asked to change my name back to my maiden name during the divorce process, therefore my divorce decree shows my ex husband's last name which i'm currently using.

Now that I want to file for naturalization, I would like to get my maiden name back. I'have read that I can state that I want to change my name when I fill out the N 400 form, but I don't have any supporting documents like a court order to send with the form. and I don't want to go through the court because I called them and I was told that it will cost me $400 here in the state of FL.

Any advice is very much appreciated.

Please help!!

N-400 Naturalization Timeline

10/12/2011 .. Mailed N-400 package via Express mail with delivery confirmation

10/13/2011 .. Package Delivered to Lewisville, Texas

10/18/2011 .. Check Cashed

10/21/2011 .. NOA received in the mail dated 10/17/2011. Priority date 10/13/2011

11/04/2011 .. Biometrics letter received in the mail

11/07/2011 .. Early Biometrics taken

11/09/2011 .. Got the email: Placed in line for interview scheduling

12/09/2011 .. Received the yellow letter dated 12/05/2011

12/16/2011 .. Got the email: Testing and Interview scheduled

12/19/2011 .. IL received in the mail.

01/26/2012 .. Interview Day

 
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