n400 name change, oath ceremony, Denver Colorado

[journeyp2012 1]

Hello All,

Does anyone know why some ceremonies are performed at the field offices and others at other locations (libraries, historical buildings, etc) ?

 

Is there a way to find out if the ceremony one has been scheduled for is administrative or judicial? my notice does not say any details other that the time what to bring and the questionnaire on the back.

 

My oath ceremony is coming up in a couple of weeks at the Denver field office and I am kind of worried because I have been reading conflicting information about name changes during oath ceremony. I am taking my husband last name (dropping both of mine) and keeping my first and middle name. My marriage certificate is from abroad and some posts  (older posts) say that because of that I would need a judicial ceremony to be able to receive a court order for my name change, some other posts say an administrative ceremony would do since I am only taking my husband name and not changing anything else.  which one is it?

The DMV in Colorado says it does not recognize foreign marriage certificates for name changes. I wonder if when I go to change my name I will have trouble if I only have the naturalization certificate with new name and do not have a court order for name change. is that why people go to update their social security number first?

Also some post say that some people had to sign their old names in the naturalization certificate because that is the name that they make you sign at biometric appointment. does that make any sense? can anyone shed some light on that?

at the time of my interview the officer told me to sign my new name on an iPad but did not said if it was for oath or name change? I was so excited I was in shock and did not ask  I just remember signing the iPad twice and clearly remember one of the times the officer said do the new name but can't remember the other one... 

 

I will call uscis next week to see if they can tell me on the phone what type of ceremony I was scheduled for. I would hope that when reviewing files and scheduling oaths the officers take name changes into consideration and scheduled accordingly right? since I have not see many new post or experiences older ones are making me nervous.

 

thank you in advance for reading and sharing your opinions/ experiences in Denver or anywhere

[humming bird 14]

Hi, Your thread is still open so thought to request you the info. Did you get the name change finally in  the oath ceremony? Did Denver USCIS does the oath ceremonies for name change. I also want to just change my last name and want to take my husband's last name. No info on USCIS Denver.