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Just got my NOA1 text/email!

I filed for AOS on Oct 11, and they got the mail on Oct 12.

Hope this helps!!

If you have no name change document you can't use Amy. You can't just pick a name, even if it's a middle name (these names are used to identify people, they are not just for fun).

You could get a legal name change or you could change your name for free when you apply for citizenship, if you choose to.

Do put Amy as a nickname in the question "other names used" however.

Oh wow thanks for such a swift response! I guess I should drop Amy then and make my maiden name as a middle name.

Many thanks :^)

Hi, so I got married upon arrival with a K1 visa, and just started to file the AOS documents.

Since I have a pretty difficult name to pronounce,(although it's a pretty common name in my cultural background) I had this "English name" per se, which made things way easier.

Say my original name is Minkyoung and I told everybody that I was Amy.

So I am known by Amy even to all my husband's family and friends.

Since I got pretty used to being called as Amy, I have considered to legally add Amy as my middle name, to feel less awkward to keep using this name.

However the problem is I'm not sure if this will be considered okay by USCIS if I just put Amy on my AOS package since it is not in any of my legal documents.

So the names would be like this:

Original name: Minkyoung Park (I currently don't have a middle name)

Husband's name: John Smith-Schwartz

New desired name: Minkyoung Amy Smith

I visited the social security office regarding this yesterday and they said they didn't really care about middle names, and that they would process stuff based on the name in my green card/EAD card.

I thought there would be similar questions but I don't seem to find one.

Any comments would be a great help if you have any knowledge/experience regarding this. Thanks in advance!

@captmaximus, yes, this was a legitimate NOA2 letter! My fiance called NVC today and was confirmed it was approved, and now it's sent to the consulate of my country. Also got a case number, beneficiary number and an invoice number.

Hi, thanks for the reply.

turns out that this was an approval letter! yay!

Can't believe it went so fast, I think it took a little bit over than a month after NOA1.

But I'm still not notified on the email, and case status in uscis.gov is still 'Your case was received" too.

I guess I am approved anyways, but might have to check when getting in touch with NVC as a next step.

Wanted to let you guys know that I guess there are cases you get the letter first even before email / online!

Hi, I'm the beneficiary with this K1 Visa, and we filed i-129f on Aug 11.

Then we got NOA1 on Aug 20, so I thought I should wait for the next few months while occasionally (actually, more like everyday =D) checking the case status until the case gets approved.

but then I just heard from my fiance, that his parents got this mail from USCIS for him.

He can't go back to hometown to get this letter till Sunday, but I just can't wait to find out what this would be about.

Of course I've checked the online status but it stays same, and we already got the standard NOA1 mail long ago.

Has any of you had a similar experience?

I somehow think it can't be a good sign though, might be an RFE? but isn't the case status changed even if it's RFE?

Any advice would be helpful. Thank you so much in advance!