Birth Certificate name different

[John951 54]

My girl's name on her birth certificate is different from her Thai i.d. card and passport. The Thai i.d. card and passport match. 

 

What she has told me is that her parents gave her name when she was born, but at some young age asked her if she liked that name or wanted a different name, she choose a different name. Is this normal in Thai culture ? Will this cause problems for our k1 visa ?

[Crazy Cat 39,218]

Are the name completely different?  

[kid1412 62]

Yeah, how different are the names?

[John951 54]

Just now, kid1412 said:

Yeah, how different are the names?

Only the first name is completely different.

 

She claims this is done alot by Thai people for different reasons, some because a monk says a different name is better, some because they just like a different name.

 

All other paperwork she has shows matches to the passport and Thai i.d. card.

[kid1412 62]

I think she'll have to get some sort of name change order probably. How easy is it to do it in Thailand?

[Crazy Cat 39,218]

1 minute ago, John951 said:

Only the first name is completely different.

 

She claims this is done alot by Thai people for different reasons, some because a monk says a different name is better, some because they just like a different name.

 

All other paperwork she has shows matches to the passport and Thai i.d. card.

So, how do you (and immigration authorities)  know she is not using someone else's birth certificate?

[John951 54]

1 minute ago, kid1412 said:

I think she'll have to get some sort of name change order probably. How easy is it to do it in Thailand?

I don't know

1 minute ago, missileman said:

So, how do you (and immigration authorities)  know she is not using someone else's birth certificate?

Do they even need to see the birth certificate?

[Crazy Cat 39,218]

7 minutes ago, John951 said:

I don't know

Do they even need to see the birth certificate?

She will need a birth certificate for the Adjustment of Status application later.

[John951 54]

11 minutes ago, missileman said:

She will need a birth certificate for the Adjustment of Status application later.

I'll ask her if it's possible to change.

But I've seen some post on here from searching where people say the passport name Trump's the birth cert

[ThomasNC1988 762]

I know it does happen with some regularity but I think there should be some record of it somewhere. What about the household registration or whatever they call it.

[Crazy Cat 39,218]

13 minutes ago, John951 said:

But I've seen some post on here from searching where people say the passport name Trump's the birth cert

In my opinion, that is impossible unless there is a legal name change before obtaining a passport.  In most countries, the birth certificate is the SOURCE document for passports. 

[John951 54]

6 minutes ago, ThomasNC1988 said:

I know it does happen with some regularity but I think there should be some record of it somewhere. What about the household registration or whatever they call it.

Your correct, after asking her more about it she informed me she has a certificate of name change. So I think I'll be ok, I'll try and update this post later to let y'all know it worked out.

[Crazy Cat 39,218]

In some cases, you might have an option of using EITHER a birth certificate or a passport....but not always.

[John951 54]

2 minutes ago, missileman said:

In my opinion, that is impossible unless there is a legal name change before obtaining a passport.  In most countries, the birth certificate is the SOURCE document for passports. 

I was thinking the same, but she has a name change document

[Crazy Cat 39,218]

Just now, John951 said:

Your correct, after asking her more about it she informed me she has a certificate of name change. So I think I'll be ok, I'll try and update this post later to let y'all know it worked out.

Great!!