Name Change when married a big problem?

[HKUSA 5]

So working on a K1 and I recently realized that the whole name change when you get married might be a big problem for a bit.

 

She wants to change her first name to her english name officially from her chinese pinyin name now. We're still undecided if she'll take my family name.

 

However, this will lead to a different first name on her green card/AP card and not match the British passport and visa she entered on. She can update the passport but that doesn't update the old visa by then. I think that becomes null by the time she gets a green card but until then she'd have to carry some evidence of change of name too if flying in as it might cause problems checking in if the AP card doesn't match the passport and original visa.

 

To top it off she'd have another hong kong passport and ID card with her old name. Should we even bother updating it all? She'll technically carry both names on them. Its a big mess. Whew.

[TNJ17 1,329]

She won’t be allowed to get any name other than her legal current name on her greencard (likely her name on her passport). The only exception to this is she can have her new last name (your family name) instead of her maiden name. But she cannot have a new first name that’s not her legal name. USCIS won’t accept that. She needs to go in front of a judge and file to change her name legally. Too much of a hassle if you ask me. So really no need to change your first name. 

[HKUSA 5]

Ok, so after some research the easy solution is changing her name when she fills out the n400 paperwork and getting a judge to sign off. I think. Thx tnj17 for the input.