Last name on approval letter

[JoshKT21 4]

Question for you all. I got our approval letter today but it has my fiancee's maiden name on it, not her legal surname. She kept her married name after her divorce. Is it protocol to use her birth name or do they need to correct it?

[Lemonslice 4,564]

4 minutes ago, JoshKT21 said:

Question for you all. I got our approval letter today but it has my fiancee's maiden name on it, not her legal surname. She kept her married name after her divorce. Is it protocol to use her birth name or do they need to correct it?

Visa will be issued in the name printed in her passport.

If her passport is still in her married name, she should update it prior to her interview.

[JoshKT21 4]

1 hour ago, Lemonslice said:

Visa will be issued in the name printed in her passport.

If her passport is still in her married name, she should update it prior to her interview.

Her passport has her legal name as her married name. For example: her name is Sue Smith, but her maiden name/birth name is Sue Jones. She's been Sue Smith for 15 years and that is the name we put on the application but the name on the approval letter is Sue Jones. Would this be an issue?

[SalishSea 16,807]

2 hours ago, JoshKT21 said:

Her passport has her legal name as her married name. For example: her name is Sue Smith, but her maiden name/birth name is Sue Jones. She's been Sue Smith for 15 years and that is the name we put on the application but the name on the approval letter is Sue Jones. Would this be an issue?

This makes no sense if you used her legal name on the petition and it matches all of her legal documents.

[Lemonslice 4,564]

9 hours ago, SalishSea said:

This makes no sense if you used her legal name on the petition and it matches all of her legal documents.

It makes no sense, but it doesn't really matter - the visa would still be issued in the name in her passport.  Just make sure you list all names used when required (USCIS forms, police certificate, etc.).