Mexican last name confusion (I-130)

[nina1790 6]

Hello,

My husband is from Mexico and we are about to file the I-130.

In Mexico they have 2 last names so it's something like "first name, middle name, last name (father), last name (mother)"

That is how it appears on his passport, birth certificate and marriage certificate.

However he only uses his first name and mother's last name in the US ((he has no connection with his dad)).

so "first name, mother's last name" is what appears on his bank accounts, car insurance, our apartment lease etc...pretty much every US documents. He doesn't even use his middle name for these. I took his mother's last name as well so my ID shows that name.

Would this cause any issues when we are filing for I-130?

I am thinking it would be ok since the passport and marriage certificate matches but I don't know about the evidence part...with all the marriage evidence being in a shorter version of his name.

So, for the I-130 should he write down the entire name that matches the marriage certificate/passport or just the "first name, mother's last name" he goes by here and then put his father's last name under "other names used" ?

It's so complicated and we want to do it the right way...

Thank you in advance!!

[YecaCruz 387]

Hi. I just filed AOS for my husband who also is latino (Nicaragua). We put his legal name on all the forms that went to immigrations. I would think it is safe to go by that. When I added his name to bills etc I just did "First name, father's last name". I sent in some of those docs to immigrations and I didn't get an RFE or questioned on just using the shorter version of his name.

Then when you do citizenship further down the road you can legally change it to be what he prefers.

[nina1790 6]

Thank you for the reply, I'm so relived to hear this!

We will just stick to his legal name on all the paperwork that goes to immigration

[YecaCruz 387]

I think if you do that, you'll be just fine

Good luck and I'm glad I could help you!

[nina1790 6]

i forgot to ask one more question!!

Do we need to put that shorter version name under "other names used" since it's different from the full name on the first line?

or just leave that blank?

thanks!!

[YecaCruz 387]

Honestly we just left it blank. We explained in the cover letter how my husband prefers his name (prefers to spell it Michael instead of Michell) had no questions in it. In fact when we went to biometrics we put his shortened name in the "other names used" and the lady told us that is for like aliases and stuff for background checks.

So don't put anything in the "other names used" is my advice. His name is still the same, just shorter.

[nina1790 6]

that makes sense. we will just leave it blank.

thanks again!