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Lynns   0

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Hello everyone

I am from Europe and have come to the states on VWP to visit my boyfriend, whom I have been with for two years. He proposed in November and we got married in December.

We have been reading the forums trying to find as much information as we can on the process. We have gotten all the forms that we are going to need, thanks to http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide2, which has been helpful

Now we are dealing with all the forms for AOS and have a few questions regarding filling out the forms.

1. I am in the process of getting my passport name changed to my husbands, should I use my maiden name on the form or use his last name

2. On a number of forms, it is asking for an I-94 number, however since I came in on the VWP I do not have one. I have seen from a few posts that people have mentioned to use the ESTA number, is that something we should do? (also use in the Esta number in the nonimmigrant visa number spots of the forms?)

Thanks for any responses and happy holidays

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Maria TH   20

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1.Use the name that you want to change to, if you want to have your husband last name, then fill the form with that. And fill the form that asks for other names use with your maiden name.

2.I don't have knowledge about this.. hope the next one will tell you.

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Brother Hesekiel   2,236

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In the United States, getting married is a legal way to change one's family name, if desired.

Husband and wife can choose to either use their spouse's name, or hypenate their name, or use both, or do nothing. Since changing names always implies having to get lots of new documents, be sure what you want before taking this step.

1) If you desire to change your name, then use this name to fill out the forms at AoS. The name you use is the name your Green Card will be issued in. There's no way to do this later, unless you are willing to spend $450 on a new Green Card. Keep in mind, the Green Card is the master document. It's the one document you will use to get your SS card, your driver's license, and most likely your new passport. Speaking of which, do NOT get a new passport before you are done with AoS. The I.O. wants to see the passport you entered the United States with. Especially since you do not have an I-94, the entry stamp in it is your only proof of how and when and where you entered the United States.

2) Since you didn't receive an I-94, and the I-94W is electronic now, I would just write N/A in it.

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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Lynns   0

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Thank you all for your help!

There was so much going on for the Holidays we weren’t able to respond sooner. I did enjoy my first Christmas here in America a lot :), especially the warm weather here in Florida!

I do have additional questions though. Due to holidays was only able to get a doctors appointment after the new years. Is it ok to send the medical examination paperwork later on or does it all have to be together with the big packet?

Both my husband and I recently graduated from college so his mother will be our affidavit of support. Up until last year she claimed him as a depended for college expenses. Since they are still listed in the same household, does he need to fill out the I-864 and her the I-864A or do they both just fill out the I-864?

Thanks again :)

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ceadsearc   516

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Thank you all for your help!

There was so much going on for the Holidays we weren’t able to respond sooner. I did enjoy my first Christmas here in America a lot :), especially the warm weather here in Florida!

I do have additional questions though. Due to holidays was only able to get a doctors appointment after the new years. Is it ok to send the medical examination paperwork later on or does it all have to be together with the big packet?

Both my husband and I recently graduated from college so his mother will be our affidavit of support. Up until last year she claimed him as a depended for college expenses. Since they are still listed in the same household, does he need to fill out the I-864 and her the I-864A or do they both just fill out the I-864?

Thanks again :)

The medical exam needs to be done beforehand and submitted with the packet.

If your mother-in-law still lives in the same household, he files an I-864 and she files an I-864A. If he has since moved out, they both file I-864s.

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Little_My   464

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I'm pretty sure there are colleges in Slovenia too.

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YupYup   4

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I'm pretty sure there are colleges in Slovenia too.

really? wow ...

of course they do, but I dont think she went there!

"Both my husband and I recently graduated from college so his mother will be our affidavit of support."

It sounds like they went to college here, thats why I was asking.

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S_R   148

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really? wow ...

of course they do, but I dont think she went there!

"Both my husband and I recently graduated from college so his mother will be our affidavit of support."

It sounds like they went to college here, thats why I was asking.

nope, she went to college back home.

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