G-325A and Name
May 8th 2007, 2:50 am
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G-325A and Name
Along with the I-129F, I have to file a G-325A for both myself and my
fiancee. This is easy for me, but I'm not sure what to do about Mexican
names. Normally there are 4 names: two first names and one last name
transmitted by each parent. I am assuming that I should Americanize my
fiancee's name and the names of her family members by dropping the maternal
last name. Is this correct? Or does it even matter?
TIA,
-Matt
fiancee. This is easy for me, but I'm not sure what to do about Mexican
names. Normally there are 4 names: two first names and one last name
transmitted by each parent. I am assuming that I should Americanize my
fiancee's name and the names of her family members by dropping the maternal
last name. Is this correct? Or does it even matter?
TIA,
-Matt
May 8th 2007, 3:15 am
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Re: G-325A and Name
Along with the I-129F, I have to file a G-325A for both myself and my
fiancee. This is easy for me, but I'm not sure what to do about Mexican
names. Normally there are 4 names: two first names and one last name
transmitted by each parent. I am assuming that I should Americanize my
fiancee's name and the names of her family members by dropping the maternal
last name. Is this correct? Or does it even matter?
TIA,
-Matt
fiancee. This is easy for me, but I'm not sure what to do about Mexican
names. Normally there are 4 names: two first names and one last name
transmitted by each parent. I am assuming that I should Americanize my
fiancee's name and the names of her family members by dropping the maternal
last name. Is this correct? Or does it even matter?
TIA,
-Matt
It's a no-harm, no-foul form. Just do the best you can. If you mess up slightly on the G-325A, it's not like your I-129F will be denied.
Best Wishes,
Rene
May 8th 2007, 7:09 pm
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Re: G-325A and Name
Noorah101 wrote:
>>Along with the I-129F, I have to file a G-325A for both myself and my
>>fiancee. This is easy for me, but I'm not sure what to do about
>>Mexican
>>names. Normally there are 4 names: two first names and one last name
>>transmitted by each parent. I am assuming that I should Americanize my
>>fiancee's name and the names of her family members by dropping the
>>maternal
>>last name. Is this correct? Or does it even matter?
>>
>>TIA,
>>-Matt
>
>
> For your fiance, I would put her information the way it reads on her
> passport. As for her family, it's not that important.
>
> It's a no-harm, no-foul form. Just do the best you can. If you mess up
> slightly on the G-325A, it's not like your I-129F will be denied.
>
> Best Wishes,
> Rene
>
My wife is Mexican. I Americanized her name on the G-325 (did not use
the second "last name"). On the next line you could put the full name if
you want. I didn't do that either since she had been married before. I
Americanized the name for "other names used" too. It was never a problem.
>>Along with the I-129F, I have to file a G-325A for both myself and my
>>fiancee. This is easy for me, but I'm not sure what to do about
>>Mexican
>>names. Normally there are 4 names: two first names and one last name
>>transmitted by each parent. I am assuming that I should Americanize my
>>fiancee's name and the names of her family members by dropping the
>>maternal
>>last name. Is this correct? Or does it even matter?
>>
>>TIA,
>>-Matt
>
>
> For your fiance, I would put her information the way it reads on her
> passport. As for her family, it's not that important.
>
> It's a no-harm, no-foul form. Just do the best you can. If you mess up
> slightly on the G-325A, it's not like your I-129F will be denied.
>
> Best Wishes,
> Rene
>
My wife is Mexican. I Americanized her name on the G-325 (did not use
the second "last name"). On the next line you could put the full name if
you want. I didn't do that either since she had been married before. I
Americanized the name for "other names used" too. It was never a problem.
May 8th 2007, 7:48 pm
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Re: G-325A and Name
My wife is Peruvian and all forms submitted to USCIS included her paternal and maternal names. It might not be a problem to drop the maternal name, but I wouldn't. I think it is better to have the name match all her other documents...ie: birth certificate, and passport as stated previously. But I suppose it really is a matter of choice.
May 9th 2007, 1:22 pm
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Re: G-325A and Name
dakota44 wrote:
>>Noorah101 wrote:
>>
>>>>Along with the I-129F, I have to file a G-325A for both myself and
>>>>my
>>>>fiancee. This is easy for me, but I'm not sure what to do about
>>>>Mexican
>>>>names. Normally there are 4 names: two first names and one last name
>>>>transmitted by each parent. I am assuming that I should Americanize
>>>>my
>>>>fiancee's name and the names of her family members by dropping the
>>>>maternal
>>>>last name. Is this correct? Or does it even matter?
>>>>
>>>>TIA,
>>>>-Matt
>>>
>>>
>>>For your fiance, I would put her information the way it reads on her
>>>passport. As for her family, it's not that important.
>>>
>>>It's a no-harm, no-foul form. Just do the best you can. If you
>>>mess up
>>>slightly on the G-325A, it's not like your I-129F will be denied.
>>>
>>>Best Wishes,
>>>Rene
>>>
>>
>>My wife is Mexican. I Americanized her name on the G-325 (did not use
>>the second "last name"). On the next line you could put the full name
>>if
>>you want. I didn't do that either since she had been married before. I
>>Americanized the name for "other names used" too. It was never a
>>problem.
>
>
> My wife is Peruvian and all forms submitted to USCIS included her
> paternal and maternal names. It might not be a problem to drop the
> maternal name, but I wouldn't. I think it is better to have the name
> match all her other documents...ie: birth certificate, and passport as
> stated previously. But I suppose it really is a matter of choice.
>
As Rene said, a small problem on the G-325 is no biggie.
The question made me curious. I checked my wife's forms and found that I
didn't use her maternal name anywhere.
Saying that, I will add - perhaps we didn't have a problem because of
our ages (60+), and the fact that my wife used one of her passports for
the visa that did not have all four names on it. She had used her late
husband's name and her two given names for almost 30 years. If she had
used her passport that included the maternal name we might have had a
slight problem.
>>Noorah101 wrote:
>>
>>>>Along with the I-129F, I have to file a G-325A for both myself and
>>>>my
>>>>fiancee. This is easy for me, but I'm not sure what to do about
>>>>Mexican
>>>>names. Normally there are 4 names: two first names and one last name
>>>>transmitted by each parent. I am assuming that I should Americanize
>>>>my
>>>>fiancee's name and the names of her family members by dropping the
>>>>maternal
>>>>last name. Is this correct? Or does it even matter?
>>>>
>>>>TIA,
>>>>-Matt
>>>
>>>
>>>For your fiance, I would put her information the way it reads on her
>>>passport. As for her family, it's not that important.
>>>
>>>It's a no-harm, no-foul form. Just do the best you can. If you
>>>mess up
>>>slightly on the G-325A, it's not like your I-129F will be denied.
>>>
>>>Best Wishes,
>>>Rene
>>>
>>
>>My wife is Mexican. I Americanized her name on the G-325 (did not use
>>the second "last name"). On the next line you could put the full name
>>if
>>you want. I didn't do that either since she had been married before. I
>>Americanized the name for "other names used" too. It was never a
>>problem.
>
>
> My wife is Peruvian and all forms submitted to USCIS included her
> paternal and maternal names. It might not be a problem to drop the
> maternal name, but I wouldn't. I think it is better to have the name
> match all her other documents...ie: birth certificate, and passport as
> stated previously. But I suppose it really is a matter of choice.
>
As Rene said, a small problem on the G-325 is no biggie.
The question made me curious. I checked my wife's forms and found that I
didn't use her maternal name anywhere.
Saying that, I will add - perhaps we didn't have a problem because of
our ages (60+), and the fact that my wife used one of her passports for
the visa that did not have all four names on it. She had used her late
husband's name and her two given names for almost 30 years. If she had
used her passport that included the maternal name we might have had a
slight problem.
May 10th 2007, 6:29 pm
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Re: G-325A and Name
My husband is Mexican. He used his paternal last name for all AOS documents. He listed his maternal name in the other names used selection. He has not had problems using his green card and passport to re-enter the USA. They never even questioned it.
