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I am applying for I-485 for my wife. However, her first name is consistent in all her documents but our marriage certificate, e.g. it's "N" in her I-94 and I-20 and "VN" for her marriage certificate.
Context:
She came in on an F-1 visa and the consulate messed up her name's order (for many complex reasons, she could not correct her name). She's Vietnamese so her first name (which consists of two words) could be confused as a first and middle name, e.g. "V" and "N" -- instead of "VN." She's had no problem with this naming error until her college told us that her name on her I-94 and I-20 must be consistent with her visa. Hence, we corrected her name on her I-94 and I-20, dropping the V and going with "N" and will use this new name in the I-485.
We also got married before the name corrections on the I-94 and I-20, so her name still appears as "VN." However, we realize that Los Angeles, California law prevents us from making changes to her name--although we did read a form we could fill to amend the marriage certificate.
Assuming that we cannot change her name on the marriage certificate to match everything else: will this naming inconsistency significantly hinder, or even prevent, us from successfully filing the I-485? How would we even explain to USCIS that the changes in the I-94 and I-20 were for schooling and other legal purposes and that we only found out about that AFTER we registered the marriage certificate?
Context:
She came in on an F-1 visa and the consulate messed up her name's order (for many complex reasons, she could not correct her name). She's Vietnamese so her first name (which consists of two words) could be confused as a first and middle name, e.g. "V" and "N" -- instead of "VN." She's had no problem with this naming error until her college told us that her name on her I-94 and I-20 must be consistent with her visa. Hence, we corrected her name on her I-94 and I-20, dropping the V and going with "N" and will use this new name in the I-485.
We also got married before the name corrections on the I-94 and I-20, so her name still appears as "VN." However, we realize that Los Angeles, California law prevents us from making changes to her name--although we did read a form we could fill to amend the marriage certificate.
Assuming that we cannot change her name on the marriage certificate to match everything else: will this naming inconsistency significantly hinder, or even prevent, us from successfully filing the I-485? How would we even explain to USCIS that the changes in the I-94 and I-20 were for schooling and other legal purposes and that we only found out about that AFTER we registered the marriage certificate?
