M Mihelcic

So, my wife whose last name is not spelled correctly on her work permit
(Chow instead of Chon), went to the DMV the other day to get her
license. I had called immigration services to fix the problem (as I had
done three or four months ago when they sent a letter back stating the
application for Chow was received). The guy told me we would have to
re-submit the I-765 form and pay the fee again. They would waive the
fee if we could prove to their satisfaction that it was their fault.
After posting here, we decided to give the DMV a shot and if the card
passed, then we wouldn't stress over it. Although we still intend to
visit our local rep to try to straighten this out.

At the window at DMV, when the woman started entering the card
information, I informed her of the incorrect spelling. She said that
she could only enter the information as it existed on the work permit.
We showed her my wife's passport and Social Security Card. I explained
that we had been informed from this website that because the incorrect
spelling was one letter, it shouldn't be that big of a deal. She said
she still couldn't make that change. I then told her that we would have
to refile the application. Still nothing. She said that they would have
to run my wife's last name past SS and Immigration, and if she used a
different spelling than what appeared on the work permit her driver's
license application would get rejected.

Well, I asked her to run it anway with the correct spelling. Everything
checked out. She then went to her supervisor who told her it was okay
to use the correct spelling. I don't know why that checked out, unless
Immigration did make the change, but somehow that didn't translate to
the work permit card.

Anyway, the DMV combined my wife's two last names to make it one name.
So now her driver's license will read "Valdezchon" instead of "Valdez
Chon." Sheesh.

My concern now, are these multiple names creating an "aka" situation?

Capt. Tuttle

[email protected] wrote:
    > So, my wife whose last name is not spelled correctly on her work permit
    > (Chow instead of Chon), went to the DMV the other day to get her
    > license. I had called immigration services to fix the problem (as I had
    > done three or four months ago when they sent a letter back stating the
    > application for Chow was received). The guy told me we would have to
    > re-submit the I-765 form and pay the fee again. They would waive the
    > fee if we could prove to their satisfaction that it was their fault.
    > After posting here, we decided to give the DMV a shot and if the card
    > passed, then we wouldn't stress over it. Although we still intend to
    > visit our local rep to try to straighten this out.
    >
    > At the window at DMV, when the woman started entering the card
    > information, I informed her of the incorrect spelling. She said that
    > she could only enter the information as it existed on the work permit.
    > We showed her my wife's passport and Social Security Card. I explained
    > that we had been informed from this website that because the incorrect
    > spelling was one letter, it shouldn't be that big of a deal. She said
    > she still couldn't make that change. I then told her that we would have
    > to refile the application. Still nothing. She said that they would have
    > to run my wife's last name past SS and Immigration, and if she used a
    > different spelling than what appeared on the work permit her driver's
    > license application would get rejected.
    >
    > Well, I asked her to run it anway with the correct spelling. Everything
    > checked out. She then went to her supervisor who told her it was okay
    > to use the correct spelling. I don't know why that checked out, unless
    > Immigration did make the change, but somehow that didn't translate to
    > the work permit card.
    >
    > Anyway, the DMV combined my wife's two last names to make it one name.
    > So now her driver's license will read "Valdezchon" instead of "Valdez
    > Chon." Sheesh.
    >
    > My concern now, are these multiple names creating an "aka" situation?
    >

"......... will read........."
Does that mean the license is being mailed to her? Once she gets it go
back to DMV with the license and SS card. Explain that someone somewhere
must have made a mistake. I could be wrong (and have been often), but I
think if you showed a SS card with the correct name and a new driver's
license with the wrong name they would change it. I wouldn't even tell
them she has a work permit.

Noorah101

I concur.

Rene

pianoplayer

About the joining of the names, I have the same situation - I have a double last name(non-hyphenated). DMV usually cannot use spaces, so it is standard for them to join the two names together - I have never had any problems with it, and if anyone asks, just tell them that's how DMV does it.

Elvira

Same here!

It's just the way they do things...

Noorah101

My hubby has a 2-word, non-hyphenated last name, also. But the Arizona DMV did it correctly...just a space between the two words. They didn't run them all together.

Rene

Elvira

DMVs, don't ya just luv 'em! At least yours seems to be somewhat a more developed life-form than ours...

M Mihelcic

    > "......... will read........."
    > Does that mean the license is being mailed to her? Once she gets it go
    > back to DMV with the license and SS card. Explain that someone somewhere
    > must have made a mistake. I could be wrong (and have been often), but I
    > think if you showed a SS card with the correct name and a new driver's
    > license with the wrong name they would change it. I wouldn't even tell
    > them she has a work permit.


I think we will try that just for kicks. But I have a feeling the DMV
system isn't capable of placing a space. I had a college professor who
changed her name just to "Sunwolf" and sued CA when there system would
only take "Sunwolf Sunwolf."

I don't have the money to sue CA to get them to put a space, if that
indeed is the case.