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My husband (the beneficiary) and I (the petitioner) have applied for the CR1 visa. The NVC has received our application and we are currently waiting for them to grant him an interview. I'm starting to look into changing my last name to his last name, but I am wondering whether this will impact the process or what I need to do in order to proceed with this. If anyone has any experience with this situation, I would greatly appreciate your advice. Thank you. 

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No impact at all......Your marriage license is generally a legal name change document.  You can use it to change your DL, SS card, bank account, etc.

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Sorry, not sure if I was clear in my original post. I meant if I go through with changing my last name, will our visa application be impacted negatively in any way? Would I have to notify the NVC/suffer from delays in the application process, etc?

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9 minutes ago, cloobn said:

Sorry, not sure if I was clear in my original post. I meant if I go through with changing my last name, will our visa application be impacted negatively in any way? Would I have to notify the NVC/suffer from delays in the application process, etc?

Nope, as said no delay or impact 

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  • Sep 27 2019: Sent to Department of State
  • Oct 31 2019: Case number received (34 days since sent)
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If you want your green card in married name, make sure your passport is in your married name by interview. 

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19 minutes ago, NikLR said:

If you want your green card in married name, make sure your passport is in your married name by interview. 

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YMMV

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On 1/5/2020 at 8:07 PM, NikLR said:

If you want your green card in married name, make sure your passport is in your married name by interview. 

 

So my husband is actually the applicant who would be moving to the United States. I'm the US citizen so this part doesn't apply to me. I was just wondering if changing my last name would influence any of the paperwork we already submitted using my maiden name and delay the process further. 

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10 hours ago, cloobn said:

 

So my husband is actually the applicant who would be moving to the United States. I'm the US citizen so this part doesn't apply to me. I was just wondering if changing my last name would influence any of the paperwork we already submitted using my maiden name and delay the process further. 

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