CR-1 visa add middle name

[Afterdark_ 1]

Hello,

My wife got her visa interview in November, but there is one little issue that we have. So in Japan, there is no middle name and we want to add her maiden name as her middle name once she's in the US. What are necessities to add her middle name?

[millefleur 5,047]

I've heard that Japan does not allow name changes. Usually her visa/green card will be issued under what name her passport has, which is her legal name in Japan. I'm pretty sure you can't just randomly add middle names to visas/green cards without a legal name change. It might be possible after she actually gets her GC, but I'm not sure.

Looks like things might've changed since I was in Japan. Here's an article about name changes/marriage: The Name Change Game in Japan

Edited October 15, 2016 by millefleur

[Ryan H 3,813]

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Hello,

My wife got her visa interview in November, but there is one little issue that we have. So in Japan, there is no middle name and we want to add her maiden name as her middle name once she's in the US. What are necessities to add her middle name?

You will need a court order showing a legal name change, then you would need to pay a $450 fee to have the green card reissued in the new name.

You could also wait for the Removal of Conditions process; however, you would still need the court order in order to use that name on that paperwork.

Only the Naturalization process affords the opportunity for a person to change a name with no fee or court order being needed.