Question on last name

[bboucher28 0]

I have quick question that I ran across while filling out the I-130A form.  Under the information about parents section, it asks for Parent 1's last name and has (Maiden Name) underneath it.  I'm assuming this refers to my Wife's maiden name, correct?  So if my wife's maiden name is her mother's last name, I'd want to put her mother in the first spot?

 

[Andsco 89]

21 minutes ago, bboucher28 said:

I have quick question that I ran across while filling out the I-130A form.  Under the information about parents section, it asks for Parent 1's last name and has (Maiden Name) underneath it.  I'm assuming this refers to my Wife's maiden name, correct?  So if my wife's maiden name is her mother's last name, I'd want to put her mother in the first spot?

 

I would say that, since they are asking about parents information, the maiden name would be about the mother. Normally women are the ones changing their names when they get married so by asking you this, they are trying to find out the family name the mother had before she married. Sometimes the mother won't change her last name so, if that's the case, just don't write anything or write "N/A". 

In my case, I remember they asked me (on my AOS form) the name and last name of my mother and father-in-law. My father-in-law obviously didn't change his name, so I didn't write anything. On the case of my mother-in-law, the did change her last name when she married my husband's dad so I had to write down her current last name and her maiden name. 

[pushbrk 12,969]

5 hours ago, bboucher28 said:

I have quick question that I ran across while filling out the I-130A form.  Under the information about parents section, it asks for Parent 1's last name and has (Maiden Name) underneath it.  I'm assuming this refers to my Wife's maiden name, correct?  So if my wife's maiden name is her mother's last name, I'd want to put her mother in the first spot?

 

It refers to your wife's MOTHER's maiden name.  However, it doesn't matter which parent goes where.  Enter the maiden name of the mother.  Note the form asks for "FAMILY NAME" not "last name".  Fully 30% of the world is Chinese, and their family names are written and spoken FIRST. 

[bboucher28 0]

Thank you both for your help!