Name Change After Marriage Before AOS

[NoraNora 0]

3 hours ago, Bill & Katya said:

In this case she wanted to change her given name(s) as well which one cannot do with just a marriage certificate.  So the OP correctly changed her entire name through a court and now has those legal documents which as @K1visaHopeful stated is just fine for filing the AOS.  So many folks get nervous because of the SSN/SSC, but at this stage, that is not a priority.

 

To the OP, Good Luck!

Thank you!

[Mazzie 2]

On 8/11/2019 at 9:12 PM, Cula bula said:

When filling out your forms they have to match what is on your marriage cert nothing else we do everything as to match your name .

But in my case, my MC came with my maiden name because there was not an option to express my wish to use my husband’s last name.

Then, in the city county, they made me sign my name as it was on my passport (maiden name).

I dont have any other document except for my MC and since  they didn’t allow me to add my husband’s surname because there was not that option when we filed for the marriage license,  I was wondering if I just go ahead and fill out all the forms for the AOS/EAD/Travel parole and affidavit, using my gut feeling that I could do that since I’m forwarding my MC.

Thanks for helping me. 

[Dashinka 23,247]

3 hours ago, Mazzie said:

But in my case, my MC came with my maiden name because there was not an option to express my wish to use my husband’s last name.

Then, in the city county, they made me sign my name as it was on my passport (maiden name).

I dont have any other document except for my MC and since  they didn’t allow me to add my husband’s surname because there was not that option when we filed for the marriage license,  I was wondering if I just go ahead and fill out all the forms for the AOS/EAD/Travel parole and affidavit, using my gut feeling that I could do that since I’m forwarding my MC.

Thanks for helping me. 

Our marriage certificate was similar in that there was no specific section for a name change.  Regardless, a valid marriage certificate functions as a legal document allowing either party to change their family name.  In our case, my wife chose to adopt my family name and with our MC she filed for the AOS with just the MC that does not include a specific name change section and her EAD and GC came with her new family name.  Once those cards arrived, she was able to change her DL and SSC names as well.  If the OP was only changing her family name, then she could have simply filed the AOS with only the MC.

[Mazzie 2]

4 hours ago, Bill & Katya said:

Our marriage certificate was similar in that there was no specific section for a name change.  Regardless, a valid marriage certificate functions as a legal document allowing either party to change their family name.  In our case, my wife chose to adopt my family name and with our MC she filed for the AOS with just the MC that does not include a specific name change section and her EAD and GC came with her new family name.  Once those cards arrived, she was able to change her DL and SSC names as well.  If the OP was only changing her family name, then she could have simply filed the AOS with only the MC.

Hey friend. Thanks for the response. I was really in doubt if I could go ahead and do that. I feel relieved now. Thank you so very much.

[Darnell 8,478]

Drats ! no timeline !  can do something over at https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=337586 please ? 

you have about 70 days from POE date to apply for SSN in the name in the visa. It's easier this way, no confusion for the SSA clerks. 

 

The SSA clerks usually will not process your name change doc, 

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you not have a SSN account at all.  You cannot be found in the SAVE database by that name change, and it's the SAVE database that governs all. 

 

Their rule is to accept the application in the VISA name from the passport, and do a SAVE database lookup to verify your immigration status.  Can't find you, at all , by the changed name. 

 

It's dead easy to get the card in your visa name, then once it's in your hands, go back and update the name with your court documents. 

 

To do it prior ? without ever have an SSA account? That'll confuse most clerks , and they won't reach out after you left the office. 

If you go back today, and inquire face to face (no phone calls) for status - you'll know more . 

 

The dreaded status ? 'Submitted to USCIS for verification' ... USCIS knows nothing of your name change, yet. 

 

If that's the status, today, get a supervisor, tell them to nix the application, re-apply in visa name.  Ask for a name verification/lookup in the SAVE database. If they find you by visa name, things go fast. 

 

Then go back tomorrow, and check for status.  If accepted, a number will be assigned, you can get the number on a printout (not the card). 

Then wait for the postal mail, the card will arrive.  [and then go back and change the name]