Potential errors on green card - what should I do?

[itsdonealready 13]

Hi,

 

I just received my green card 3 weeks ago. However, the way they listed my name on the card concerns me.

For example, my previous name was James Kingsley (only first and last, no middle name).

When I got married I took my partners last name.

Now my legal name is James (first) Kingsley (middle) Jones (last).

That's how I list my name on all my application forms (i-485, i-131, i-130, i-765). 

 

On my green card, there are only 'Surname' and 'Given Name', where they listed my surname correctly (Jones). But under given name they wrote 'James K'. I wonder if that creates any problem for me? As K is my middle initial, would people falsifying that as part of my first name, and question me when I travel?

For people who got their green cards recently, do you have your full middle names listed on the card? 

 

More importantly, for those who received their green cards recently, do you have your full middle name on the card? 

Thanks in advance! My attorney suggested filing a i-90 and USCIS to list my full middle name instead, but my green card is a temporary one, which needs condition removal in 2 years anyway, so I would prefer not to go through the hassle of filing i-90. 

 

Thanks in advance!

Edited December 11, 2018 by itsdonealready
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[mlh 93]

My husband has 2 middle names and I just checked his GC and it lists his first name and only the initial of his "first" middle name.  You should be fine.

[itsdonealready 13]

3 minutes ago, mlh said:

My husband has 2 middle names and I just checked his GC and it lists his first name and only the initial of his "first" middle name.  You should be fine.

Thank you so very much! I have been fretting about this for days...

[Toastbear 148]

43 minutes ago, itsdonealready said:

Hi,

 

I just received my green card 3 weeks ago. However, the way they listed my name on the card concerns me.

For example, my previous name was James Kingsley (only first and last, no middle name).

When I got married I took my partners last name.

Now my legal name is James (first) Kingsley (middle) Jones (last).

That's how I list my name on all my application forms (i-485, i-131, i-130, i-765). 

 

On my green card, there are only 'Surname' and 'Given Name', where they listed my surname correctly (Jones). But under given name they wrote 'James K'. I wonder if that creates any problem for me? As K is my middle initial, would people falsifying that as part of my first name, and question me when I travel?

For people who got their green cards recently, do you have your full middle names listed on the card? 

 

More importantly, for those who received their green cards recently, do you have your full middle name on the card? 

Thanks in advance! My attorney suggested filing a i-90 and USCIS to list my full middle name instead, but my green card is a temporary one, which needs condition removal in 2 years anyway, so I would prefer not to go through the hassle of filing i-90. 

 

Thanks in advance!

Whats kinda confusing me is, that you put your old name as the middle name now? 

I mean idk how it is in the US but if you marry in germany and keep your previous name, then they both count as Surnames. Like Kingsley-Jones etc.

 

[Pengunista 221]

@Toastbear some countries do it that way, I’m from the Philippines and when I got married my last name when I was single now becomes my middle name after I got married.

 

[Toastbear 148]

8 minutes ago, Pengunista said:

@Toastbear some countries do it that way, I’m from the Philippines and when I got married my last name when I was single now becomes my middle name after I got married.

 

Oh i never knew this. Thank you for letting me know!

[Georgia16 2,858]

Both our GCs look like that! You are fine  

[Dotagirlandboy 30]

41 minutes ago, Toastbear said:

Whats kinda confusing me is, that you put your old name as the middle name now? 

I mean idk how it is in the US but if you marry in germany and keep your previous name, then they both count as Surnames. Like Kingsley-Jones etc.

 

As of 2016, No, you could NOT do that according to the Social Security name change rules. You could literally have ANY OTHER combination of last names on the marriage license, but you could not change your middle name. So maybe that has changed in the last two years?

[lummo 61]

2 hours ago, itsdonealready said:

But under given name they wrote 'James K'. I wonder if that creates any problem for me?

Is your full middle name on the code on the back side? In the image below "Void" is the middle name. On the front its represented as "V". On the code on the back its listed as "Void".

[itsdonealready 13]

1 hour ago, Dotagirlandboy said:

As of 2016, No, you could NOT do that according to the Social Security name change rules. You could literally have ANY OTHER combination of last names on the marriage license, but you could not change your middle name. So maybe that has changed in the last two years?

I assume each county has their own rules. In the county I applied for marriage license, I could literally put anything there as my new name. First name, middle name, last name, I could change all of them. I have friends who got completely new names after getting married. 

[itsdonealready 13]

2 minutes ago, lummo said:

Is your full middle name on the code on the back side? In the image below "Void" is the middle name. On the front its represented as "V". On the code on the back its listed as "Void".

wow I did not pay attention to this at all. Thank you! 

[Dotagirlandboy 30]

35 minutes ago, itsdonealready said:

I assume each county has their own rules. In the county I applied for marriage license, I could literally put anything there as my new name. First name, middle name, last name, I could change all of them. I have friends who got completely new names after getting married. 

Sure, that's why I said with SSA that you can't do that.

[Redheadguy03 505]

20 hours ago, Pengunista said:

@Toastbear some countries do it that way, I’m from the Philippines and when I got married my last name when I was single now becomes my middle name after I got married.

 

My wife did that too. It's definitely a Philippines thing. 

[USC4SPOUSE 506]

On 12/11/2018 at 1:45 PM, Toastbear said:

Whats kinda confusing me is, that you put your old name as the middle name now? 

I mean idk how it is in the US but if you marry in germany and keep your previous name, then they both count as Surnames. Like Kingsley-Jones etc.

 

In Malaysia, your father's FIRST name is your LAST name. And your FIRST name then becomes your child's LAST name.  Every country has their own way of assigning names. 

 

We considered making my husband's last name my middle name and then he would take my last name. Then, we chose to live our names as they are.