G-325A question regarding family name

[xDiamond 0]

My wife and I recently married, and she's taking my last name.

When filling out the G-325A Biographic Information form for DCF, do we use her original last name under 'family name' or her new last name? And if we were to use the new last name, does the marriage certificate work to prove it's her new last name? Or must we do something else?

Thanks.

[Nich-Nick 3,353]

My wife and I recently married, and she's taking my last name.

When filling out the G-325A Biographic Information form for DCF, do we use her original last name under 'family name' or her new last name? And if we were to use the new last name, does the marriage certificate work to prove it's her new last name? Or must we do something else?

Thanks.

Use the new last name. That's her name now. There's a place on the second line to write other names, like the full maiden name. They will "get it" that she married you and has your name. The marriage certificate is part of the package for a spouse visa and clears up where she got that name.

[theskeets 10]

I'm under the impression that you list her maiden name, unless she has an updated passport/SS card reflecting her new last name. I have the same question as I'm in the same situation as your wife. I wrote to the Consulate in Amsterdam for confirmation, but the answer was ambiguous.

Does anyone have personal experience with this? Thank you in advance!

Edited June 19, 2015 by theskeets

[Haroldson 0]

I'm also in the same shoes, got her name change to my last name on her drivers license but yet to do that on her social security card.nwhat do we do

[Nich-Nick 3,353]

I'm also in the same shoes, got her name change to my last name on her drivers license but yet to do that on her social security card.nwhat do we do

Her name changed the minute you married. Use the new name. Change it at all the various other places when you get around to it.