Proper way to fix last name during ROC

[True_South 10]

Hey guys. I have one of those traditional questions - how to fix the last name during ROC.

 

TL;DR - USCIS dropped a hyphen from my married name on my conditional GC, said it's best to fix it during ROC, and I just want to make sure I understand what name goes where on I-751.

 

After getting married, I added my husband's name to my last name, with a hyphen. So if my maiden name is Wife, and his last name is Husband, I went for Wife-Husband. I then updated alllll my stuff to show that name, and a few months later we applies for AOS.

 

USCIS were pretty good until the interview invitation. I hadn't noticed it at the time, but they suddenly wrote my last name on it as Wife Husband. I noticed that only after getting the card in mail. Had an infopass appointment, and they said "just do it during ROC, it will be quicker". So I kept the hyphenated name on all my accounts. Even my EAD card (which I still have - is that bad?) has my last name the way I intended.

 

Now we moved to a different state, and when I was converting my DL, the DMV here went by what's on the GC - which, I see the logic. I still want to fix the hyphenation though. What's the best way to go about it? Do I put: 

• Wife-Husband, as I want it, in field 1a
• the incorrect Wife Husband that I have on my GC and DL in field 2a
• the maiden Wife in field 3a?

 

(I understand that it's not really that big of a deal, but I really don't want to go changing all of my stuff again, and since I don't have a middle name, I know that people will start using the maiden part of my last name as my middle name, and it's just going to be weird.)

 

[True_South 10]

Any ideas? 🤔

[Villanelle 4,121]

Adding a hyphen is a very minor change to make but you are most definitely entitled to make such a change. Its your name and it should be the way you want it. What you posted above is all the correct way to do it IMO BUT I really urge you to include a letter explaining how you want this hyphen and how it was not processed with a hyphen on the original GC, and you want them to make sure they include a hyphen this time so there is one on the new GC issued- which you can then use to update your others IDs. I worry that if you just fill it out with the hyphen and no letter it will be overlooked because it is such a minor change. USCIS may not notice you added a hyphen and process your ROC with out one. 

[True_South 10]

Ah, great point about including that explanation. Thanks!