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Hey, 

 

we’re doing adjustment of status and I was wondering how the name change works trough the marriage and filing the forms. From what I read online if I wanted my name changed to my husbands with the adjustment process i would just have to put his last name as mine on all the forms and then put my maiden name as previously used names in the field when asked too. Is that correct? Even if it says on form I-485 „current legal last name“ ? 
 

After our wedding I haven’t gone trough a legal name change process in my home country so technically my legal name is still my maiden name. That’s why I’m confused and unsure. 

 

Just want to confirm with this! I know, a lot of questions and I probably have more to come ! 🙈🙈 thanks in advance 

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Your marriage certificate is a legal name change document in most states in the US.  For immigration purposes, you can use any combination (with or without hyphens)  of the names on your marriage certificate. 

Example:  Jane Doe marries John Smith

You can use Jane Doe, Jane Smith, Jane Doe Smith, Jane Doe-Smith

 

Just fill in your immigration forms with your new legal name.

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6 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

Your marriage certificate is a legal name change document in the US.  For immigration purposes, you can use any combination (with or without hyphens)  of the names on your marriage certificate. 

Example:  Jane Doe marries John Smith

You can use Jane Doe, Jane Smith, Jane Doe Smith, Jane Doe-Smith

 

Just fill in your immigration forms with your new legal name.

Thank you for the quick response! Now I know what to do :) 

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11 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

Your marriage certificate is a legal name change document in the US.  For immigration purposes, you can use any combination (with or without hyphens)  of the names on your marriage certificate. 

Example:  Jane Doe marries John Smith

You can use Jane Doe, Jane Smith, Jane Doe Smith, Jane Doe-Smith

 

Just fill in your immigration forms with your new legal name.

Oh and probably a stupid question but I’ll ask anyways. This process does not apply to my child in terms of name change, right? I was wondering how the name change works for my child but that’s probably a different process since he’s just the child. Maybe someone here knows that too 

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1 minute ago, Crabbypatty said:

Oh and probably a stupid question but I’ll ask anyways. This process does not apply to my child in terms of name change, right? I was wondering how the name change works for my child but that’s probably a different process since he’s just the child. Maybe someone here knows that too 

Completely different process.

"The US immigration process requires a great deal of knowledge, planning, time, patience, and a significant amount of money.  It is quite a journey!"

- Some old child of the 50's & 60's on his laptop 

 

Senior Master Sergeant, US Air Force- Retired (after 20+ years)- Missile Systems Maintenance & Titan 2 ICBM Launch Crew Duty (200+ Alert tours)

Registered Nurse- Retired- I practiced in the areas of Labor & Delivery, Home Health, Adolescent Psych, & Adult Psych.

IT Professional- Retired- Web Site Design, Hardware Maintenance, Compound Pharmacy Software Trainer, On-site go live support, Database Manager, App Designer.

______________________________________

In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

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