Confusion with names!

[allierivero 0]

Hello everyone!

My fiance and I are slooooowly making our way through the K1 visa process but I wanted to clarify a few things. Most importantly, his name! He is from Cape Verde and has, wait for it, 5 names. Marlon Adriano Baptista Cabral da Cruz. For many of the forms, but specifically g-325a, it asks for your family name, your first name, and then your middle name. I argue that it should read:

family name: Baptista Cabral da Cruz

first name: Marlon

middle name: Adriano

This is because "Baptista" and "Cabral da Cruz" are his parents' last names, and he was given "Adriano" because it is his dad's first name, so an equivalent to a middle name (it seems to me). Since they don't have specific titles for all their names like we do, he isn't really sure what to do. He argues that only "da Cruz" should be his family name since that is what he usually goes by, Marlon Cruz, to save time. I have tried looking at old ID cards of his to get a hint as to what to do but it is never separated by first, middle, and last name. They always just write the whoooole thing out.

What does everyone think?

Also, when there is a space for "other names used," would it be appropriate to put "Marlon Cruz" there? That is what he goes by most of the time and I think it would be good to have that be common knowledge as we fill out everything.

Obrigada!

[LBeachey 44]

Just my opinion:

I would put down as First, Middle, Last what he legally wants to be known as in the USA.

Under other names, I would put down the various versions of his name he has used including the five name name and the two name shortened version.

[Enigma23 68]

I would also advise you to ask VJ Moderators to remove your Fiances actual names and use substitutes it their place... or delete the post entirely. This is a the Internet and it leaves your Fiance vulnerable.

Edited January 8, 2014 by Enigma23

[allierivero 0]

The names have already been changed, I should have mentioned that, sorry! so it seems that filling out all this stuff might be a good opportunity for him to solidify how he wants his name to be formatted for the rest of his life in the u.s? I'm just worried that it won't match up with former documentation he has since there is no specific way it has been done in the past.

The names have already been changed, I should have mentioned that, sorry! so it seems that filling out all this stuff might be a good opportunity for him to solidify how he wants his name to be formatted for the rest of his life in the u.s? I'm just worried that it won't match up with former documentation he has since there is no specific way it has been done in the past.

[Shiobhan 235]

1st marlon. mid Ariano & last all 3 names combined as last, less explaining

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