tworeelers

Exactly, way more of a headache for us to deal with in Honduras. We had the run around for 4 months just for our official marriage certificate to be given to us. A passport needed asap would be a nightmare. We will deal with the I-90 in the states. Thanks for sharing!

yeah, so they traditionally do not change their surname there for marriage. She will keep her passport there with maiden name to make everything easier when visiting family there. It is a pain in the butt to dal with bureaucratic paperwork there and it can take extensive amounts of time and running around. So that is why at this point it is not even an option for us to try to get a new passport while in this stage. So I am looking for information based on where we are in the process, the steps we have taken and not for other suggestions that aren’t going to happen.

Her country does not recognize marriage for name changes, that is why we are curious if the steps that we have already taken are still okay for completing the process without an issue, whether the name can be changed later or not. Changing the passport name is not an option currently. So we are looking for information based on these steps that have us up to this point, filling out the DS-260. Thanks

Perfect, thanks. I am sure this happens a lot and the embassy’s are used to it. Should I include a letter in the DS-260 documents explaining there is no police report for the married name used? And explain why we used it?

Hey all, we used our married name on the I-130, even though that name is not official in the country of residence--the passport is still in maiden name. We were under the impression that you could use the married name on the forms and have the green card issued in the new married name, as the USA recognizes marriage certificates as a legal document for name change. After researching this, we realized the DS-260 requires the passport name to be entered for the visa to be issued in the same name, makes sense of course. There is an option to list 'other names' in the DS-260 but the married name has not been used legally yet, so that may cause issues. Questions are: 1) Will having the married name on the I-130 cause confusion during the DS-260 process? We listed her maiden name as another name used on the I-130 2) Is it possible to request the married name goes on the green card, or does the green card need to match the issued visa used for entry in to the US? The biggest issue we hope to avoid is issued with the DS-260 process because we used a name that is not recognized in my spouses country. We are okay if the only thing that happens is we use her maiden name for the DS-260 and they end up issuing the green card in her maiden name. We just don't want a conflict of her married name being someone that never existed so the I-130 and DS-260 don't match up. Obviously, we would love the married name to be there to avoid the I-90 and fees/paperwork later. Thanks for any insight.