- Jurisdiction
- New York
I recently passed naturalization interview but there are troubles with my name spelling. The essence of the problem can be understand from the message I sent to USCIS:
"Dear Sir or Madam,
The subject of this email is clarifying the spelling of my name and name change. Recently, I have passed the citizenship interview. The USCIS officer noticed that the spelling of my name in the translation of my birth certificate is different from the name reported in my passport, permanent resident card, etc. This is not surprising since my original birth certificate is written in Cyrillic, and the transliteration into Latin alphabet made by a translator could be arbitrary. The officer changed my name in the system according to the transliteration in the birth certificate (John U. Doie) and scheduled the name change procedure at the oath to my current name (John Doe).
My concern is that in all my official US documents I have always used the same spelling of my name (John Doe) as in my passport. Changing my name from John U. Doie (a name I never used) to John Doe will likely have many undesired legal consequences. To avoid that, I requested a new translation of the birth certificate from the same translator with a different transliteration of my name and I just uploaded the new file to the system. I also would like to bring to your attention that every Russian name includes a paternity name in all official documents such as passports and birth certificates. The officer included my paternity name as a middle name, which, I think, is incorrect. The new translation of the birth certificate explicitly specifies that U. is the paternity name.
I would appreciate if you could change the name in the system to John Doe without having to undergo a Name Change procedure at the oath.
Thank you in advance, John Doe"
They called me back and said that nothing could be done since I have already signed Petition for Name Change. Now I am waiting for the oath ceremony.
My questions are
1) Should I expect any problems related to the name change. For instance, problems with my retirement, bank accounts or with any accounts that I opened in the past?
2) Could I do anything at this stage to prevent all possible troubles in the future?
"Dear Sir or Madam,
The subject of this email is clarifying the spelling of my name and name change. Recently, I have passed the citizenship interview. The USCIS officer noticed that the spelling of my name in the translation of my birth certificate is different from the name reported in my passport, permanent resident card, etc. This is not surprising since my original birth certificate is written in Cyrillic, and the transliteration into Latin alphabet made by a translator could be arbitrary. The officer changed my name in the system according to the transliteration in the birth certificate (John U. Doie) and scheduled the name change procedure at the oath to my current name (John Doe).
My concern is that in all my official US documents I have always used the same spelling of my name (John Doe) as in my passport. Changing my name from John U. Doie (a name I never used) to John Doe will likely have many undesired legal consequences. To avoid that, I requested a new translation of the birth certificate from the same translator with a different transliteration of my name and I just uploaded the new file to the system. I also would like to bring to your attention that every Russian name includes a paternity name in all official documents such as passports and birth certificates. The officer included my paternity name as a middle name, which, I think, is incorrect. The new translation of the birth certificate explicitly specifies that U. is the paternity name.
I would appreciate if you could change the name in the system to John Doe without having to undergo a Name Change procedure at the oath.
Thank you in advance, John Doe"
They called me back and said that nothing could be done since I have already signed Petition for Name Change. Now I am waiting for the oath ceremony.
My questions are
1) Should I expect any problems related to the name change. For instance, problems with my retirement, bank accounts or with any accounts that I opened in the past?
2) Could I do anything at this stage to prevent all possible troubles in the future?