Possible issue with petitioner's name on the K1petition

[sonicgihad 4]

So I think I have been torturing myself for about 24 hours now racking my brain trying to figure out what my RFE could be for. I went all OCD on the forms when I sent them in and I just looked at the copies of what I sent and it looks like everything is there. The two possible problem areas I can think of are:

1) I was born in the Philippines so my middle name is actually my mom's maiden name. When I moved to Chicago in the 80's I started to refrain from using my mother's mainden name as part of my name. When I got my naturalization, I didn't make a name change or officially drop the maiden name but continued on not using it. My passport, driver's license, all legal docs only reflect my First & Last name (no middle whatsoever). So I'm thinking this may have been what caused the RFE.

Question: I spoke to a couple immigration attys that told me that shouldn't be an issue but if it turns out to be the culprit for the RFE, how do I address that? Do I simply get a new DL and passport that will now show my mother's maiden name or can I get an affidavit from myself and maybe some third parties to state I am who I say I am.

2) The G325A from the Philippines took 3 weeks to get here and when I got them there were a few errors and I had to manipulate the doc a little bit but I didn't hand-write the corrections, I still printed it using a computer but there was a small portion that I had to use White out so that may have trigerred that as well but I guess I wont know till I get the letter.

I know it's all speculatioin at this point but would like to have a game plan if the above scenarios do present themselves next week, the latter being the easiest cuz we'll just redo the forms and have her FedEx them to me.

I wasn't hoping for an RFE but with the agony associated with this process, this RFE actually gave me just that... hope.

Edited February 12, 2012 by sonicgihad

[mmlz 6]

So I think I have been torturing myself for about 24 hours now racking my brain trying to figure out what my RFE could be for. I went all OCD on the forms when I sent them in and I just looked at the copies of what I sent and it looks like everything is there. The two possible problem areas I can think of are:

1) I was born in the Philippines so my middle name is actually my mom's maiden name. When I moved to Chicago in the 80's I started to refrain from using my mother's mainden name as part of my name. When I got my naturalization, I didn't make a name change or officially drop the maiden name but continued on not using it. My passport, driver's license, all legal docs only reflect my First & Last name (no middle whatsoever). So I'm thinking this may have been what caused the RFE.

Question: I spoke to a couple immigration attys that told me that shouldn't be an issue but if it turns out to be the culprit for the RFE, how do I address that? Do I simply get a new DL and passport that will now show my mother's maiden name or can I get an affidavit from myself and maybe some third parties to state I am who I say I am.

2) The G325A from the Philippines took 3 weeks to get here and when I got them there were a few errors and I had to manipulate the doc a little bit but I didn't hand-write the corrections, I still printed it using a computer but there was a small portion that I had to use White out so that may have trigerred that as well but I guess I wont know till I get the letter.

I know it's all speculatioin at this point but would like to have a game plan if the above scenarios do present themselves next week, the latter being the easiest cuz we'll just redo the forms and have her FedEx them to me.

I wasn't hoping for an RFE but with the agony associated with this process, this RFE actually gave me just that... hope.

Sorry you got an RFE. I, too, drove myself crazy trying to think what I possibly did wrong. Turns out I didn't do anything wrong or miss anything, they asked for something I already submitted. You won't know for sure until you get the hard copy, so please relax as best you can while you wait. Good luck to you, I hope it's something simple and easy to provide!!