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  1. If you wait until after ROC is complete, you'll later have to pay hundreds of dollars for a new green card if you want one with her new name on it. I don't have personal experience with this, but I think the way to go would be to fill out the application form with her new name and include an explanation of the maiden name/married name in your cover letter.

    My husband changed his name while his AOS was being processed. It did not seem to raise USCIS's suspicions or cause us any problems.

  2. The same thing happened to my husband at the Maryland MVA, and on the same day. The MVA worker said it was happening to all of the non-US citizens that day, and that they would send him a letter within a week telling him to come back and get his license. He hasn't received the letter yet. Have you heard anything?

    It also took him five weeks to get a new social security card because his info had to be verified through DHS, and between learner's permit and driver's license attempts, this was his 9th trip to the MVA in a year.

    Best of luck to you.

  3. About the SS card, I'm still confused! I don't know why I have a problem when the only difference is you came back twice and I went once. The name on her I-94 never changed right? And I brought my marriage license too to prove that I changed my name. So now I'm still at a loss about that. What else do I need to do to prove to them that I have a different name now, aside from the marriage certificate which I already showed them?

    I can't explain what happened in the other poster's case, but in our case, my husband got an SSN with a K-1, then legally changed his name while AOS was in progress. The Social Security office wouldn't give him a new card based on his name change decree; they said he will need to show an EAD or green card in his new name before he can get a new card. So I second Harpa Timsah's recommendation that you wait to get a GC and then go back for a new SS card. In the meantime you can use the SSN, and if there is a circumstance where you need to show the actual card, just show the marriage certificate too--shouldn't be a problem. They only issue for my husband has been getting a driver's license with his new name, since in our state the MVA system is somehow tied to the Social Security system.

  4. I can't speak to the Norway end of things, but if your fiance does have to change his name through the courts as Jay-Kay says, the procedure will be the same as if he were a US citizen. My husband ended up changing his name while AOS was in process and sending the name change order to USCIS. It wasn't a hassle to get the name updated in their system; on the other hand, it might have delayed the processing (we've currently been waiting nearly 11 months), and it was tense because for a while we didn't know whether the order would come through in time for the new name to be reflected on his green card. So if you do go have to go through the courts it might be better to wait for that process to finish up before you file your AOS application. To speed things along you could file the name change petition as soon as he gets to the States, without waiting for your wedding.

  5. It's worth checking with your wife's parents to see if they have the birth certificate, but if not, I wouldn't stress about it. In our case the AOS interviewer only asked to see my drivers license and my husband's drivers license and passport (he's the applicant). Later we got an RFE for the joint sponsor's birth certificate, but she couldn't find it so we sent a copy of her passport instead to prove citizenship, and that was fine. So do bring her passport just in case.

  6. So we just got an RFE for our I-485 for only sending the DS-3025 and not the I-693 filled out by the civil surgeon. When making the appointment to get the form filled out they said it would be $50, no problems. Unfortunately I had to work so my husband went to this appointment alone. They ended up giving him ANOTHER medical exam and testing him for tb and std's as well resulting in a $220 charge! I have called them and am arguing with them about the medical exam and charge for it due to the fact that I personally made the appt and asked the appropriate questions as well as sent him with all documentation of his vaccinations done in the UK and the RFE letter stating just the vaccination portion needed to be filled out. My question now is, should they have done a tb and std test as well? I cant seem to find any info on this. My understanding was that they were only supposed to transfer his vaccination documents from the UK to the I-693 and sign it, not do anything else...can someone please confirm? Thanks in advance!

    Erikashea, you are correct that they should only have done the vaccination form--that was all that was needed. I gather it's common that civil surgeons will insist on performing a full exam even when it's not needed, but that they would do this kind of bait-and-switch is pretty egregious. Good luck.

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