US Immigration from India

Everyone, The surname in my birth certificate only has an initial 'A" and my passport has the expanded version 'Axxxx'. Same goes for my mother's name. In fact every document before I was 18 years old has only the initial. I have my K1 visa interview coming up in a month. Will this prompt a 221g at Mumbai consulate? Should I be changing mine and mother's surnames to their full version in the birth certificate? Has anyone done this before?

Hello,

I would like to know if anybody got their interview dates from NVC after the US Embassies opened up in India, after June 2021.

My case has been approved since Oct 2020, but I have not received an interview date yet. Is there anyway I could track/search how far the interviews are at the NVC?

Any help is appreciated!

Thank you!

Hi Everyone,
so I have sent my AOS package on August 3rd,2021 and I have completed my bio-metric appointment on September 28th,2021.
but now I have received an RFE for long form birth certificate.
FYI, I m currently on f1 stem opt and married to US Citizen.
Country of Birth is India, I have already sent below documents for birth date proofs with my original AOS package:

1. Copy of original birth certificate (in native language: Gujarati)
2. Copy of Translation of birth certificate to English with notary.
3.Copy of High School Leaving Certificate for secondary Evidence ( it s written in Gujarati and English)
4. Copy of 10th grade Marksheet/transcript.

but I was still issued an RFE for long form birth certificate.
so I did some research and I got two affidavit of birth from my parents and had notary stamps from lawyer on them.

Do I need to include any other documents for the proof or that should be suffice?

Attaching a screenshots for the affidavit to see if these are acceptable.

Thank you all!!

Hi all.

I applied for my passport a week and a half ago. And status is still unavailable. And they have my original citizenship certificate

Meanwhile what happens if I travel during this time with Canadian passport and just copy of US citizenship certificate? Will I be let in? Or it will create problems?

On 9/2/2021 at 2:39 AM, Scandi said:

Most field offices hold oath ceremonies with name changes just fine during the pandemic while courts are closed, but as you experienced not all do.

I would advice against getting a new naturalization certificate unless you really want one in your new name and want to spend the extra money. Once you receive your passport (that you apply for with your current certificate and name change document from court), and update your info with SSA (and possibly DMV), you will likely never use the certificate for anything ever in your life. Sure it can happen, but it's unlikely. For citizenship and ID you use your passport, which will have your new name. So is it worth it to spend all that money on something that will just collect dust among other documents? That's up to you. I know I wouldn't have done it.

I think you're doing the right thing getting rid of names that just cause trouble in the US system, it does make life easier. Where I'm from almost everyone has two "middle names". Two middle names are really an annoyance here in the US, especially if they're long, and they caused me issues on both i-94, my SS card and at DMV, banks etc. So during my naturalization process I got rid of one of them, now I just have First Middle Last. So much better. It may be more work for you, but if you plan on living the rest of your life in the US you're doing yourself a big favor.

i did my naturalisation oath ceremony with name change at the local uscis field office in virginia.while the judge processed the oath taking virtually on a big screen.we all i mean other cadidates including me for oath got our naturalisation cirtificate with new name on the spot.but we did not receaved the court order of the name change.do you have any idea if i am going to get the court order of name change or not.i called uscis for the name change court order document i did not receaved but they dont give any information about that and even dont arrange an infopass to inqure at local uscis.please give your valuable input if you know what to do in this situation. or the naturalisation cirtificate with new name is enough for everything.thanks