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Hi there,
I am a dual UK/US citizen living in the UK. I am marrying an EU citizen in the UK in just under 2 months. I would like to file a I-130 petition for my new husband as soon as we are married but I have a potential problem.
My middle name is spelt very slightly differently on my US and UK passports and as we are living and will marry in the UK, my name on the marriage certificate will be taken from my UK passport. To give an idea of the difference in spelling it is like having Catherine on my US passport and Catharine on my UK passport (these are not my real names). The spelling has always been different due to one of my folks making a mistake when applying for my UK passport when I was a baby and I never bothered to change it.
I know how strict USCIS can be and I am wondering if anyone knows how big of a problem I should expect this to be! If it is relevant I have tons of official documents with my full UK name (bank statements, degree certificate, mortgage) and some with my US name (mainly my passport, old passports, birth certificate) so I think I can easily prove that both names belong to me...
Thanks so much in advance for anybody's $0.02 on this.
I am a dual UK/US citizen living in the UK. I am marrying an EU citizen in the UK in just under 2 months. I would like to file a I-130 petition for my new husband as soon as we are married but I have a potential problem.
My middle name is spelt very slightly differently on my US and UK passports and as we are living and will marry in the UK, my name on the marriage certificate will be taken from my UK passport. To give an idea of the difference in spelling it is like having Catherine on my US passport and Catharine on my UK passport (these are not my real names). The spelling has always been different due to one of my folks making a mistake when applying for my UK passport when I was a baby and I never bothered to change it.
I know how strict USCIS can be and I am wondering if anyone knows how big of a problem I should expect this to be! If it is relevant I have tons of official documents with my full UK name (bank statements, degree certificate, mortgage) and some with my US name (mainly my passport, old passports, birth certificate) so I think I can easily prove that both names belong to me...
Thanks so much in advance for anybody's $0.02 on this.
