Filed I-485 with wife's maiden name but submitted marriage cert

[simh]

Hi everyone happy new year!,

Just a quick background.

My wife came to the states in November through a K1 visa, we married, and I filed the I-485 quickly in December. My friend went through the same process in 2016 and helped me with the K1 visa process without any hiccups. When it was time to file I-485 he advised me to file with my wife's maiden name because "it has to match the original visa documents" and that we change it later after we receive the green card. My wife just finished her biometrics in SF on Dec 30th but that's when we found out the sad news.

I spoke with the lady who did the biometrics but all she said was, "hopefully the person who's working on your case catches the name change on the marriage certificate." Thankfully, my wife's name on the marriage certification is the correct one we want with my surname. It's a bittersweet feeling honestly. Yes, it is still processing we're not denied. Yes its just a name and we're still married. But we were looking forward to move on to the next steps. Just wanted to see if there are any other couples who were/are in our position and still received the green card with the correct name or worst case we end up having to pay another fee for the name change later.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

[Enub4]

I have read a couple of posts from people that said that, during the interview, they asked to have the GC with the married name and got it. One said that they asked but the GC had the maiden name.

Don't know if a K1 visa will also attend an interview, that may be a good place to ask (maybe in writing) to have the married name on the GC. Good luck.

[bobm445]

We kept my wife's maiden name on the green card. Reason for this is all her other papers are in her maiden along with her passport. Helps when traveling when all your paperwork matches. We will change name at citizenship interview and get a US passport

[Enub4]

We kept my wife's maiden name on the green card. Reason for this is all her other papers are in her maiden along with her passport. Helps when traveling when all your paperwork matches. We will change name at citizenship interview and get a US passport

Good idea. The N-400 online application asks if you want to change your name, being married I don't see any problem on changing the name at that point.