Applying for Naturalization with a misspelled name

[BallerinaMenina]

Hi Friends,

My husband got his green card in May of 2009. A few weeks later we realized his middle name was misspelled. I did not realize immediately as it is an uncommon name and it was off by two letters being reversed. At the time we were living in South Carolina and the nearest immigration facility was six hours away in Georgia. He just did not have the time or means to go back. Now we are living in Boston (thank god) and much closer to a facility.

Anyway, he is applying for citizenship/naturalization this month and I'm wondering what the best course of action is? Should I request his name be changed on the application in Part 1, Sec. D under name change to correct those two reversed letters? Just spell his name the proper way at all sections of the form? Make an appointment with USCIS before we even fill the thing out? Or just let it go?

Anyone have experience with this? Thanks for reading and suggestions are appreciated.

 

[cafeconleche]

Is his name properly spelled everywhere else? CIS letters, and in his visas, etc.? On the N400 form, where they ask for the name exactly as it appears on the GC. It's no big deal, and there's no point in having the GC corrected, and no need for a name change. They usually go by what's on your birth certificate.

By the way, when you lived in SC, you ought to have had it corrected BY POST. No need to have gone to a facility.

 

[BallerinaMenina]

Is his name properly spelled everywhere else? CIS letters, and in his visas, etc.? On the N400 form, where they ask for the name exactly as it appears on the GC. It's no big deal, and there's no point in having the GC corrected, and no need for a name change. They usually go by what's on your birth certificate.

By the way, when you lived in SC, you ought to have had it corrected BY POST. No need to have gone to a facility.

Yes, it seems to be correct everywhere else (passport, letters we've received prior to obtaining a greed card)

 

[Jackolantern]

He should write his correctly spelled name for the question where it asks for current legal name, and write the incorrectly-spelled GC name for the question where it asks for name as displayed on the green card. When there is a discrepancy like this the interviewer probably will ask for his birth certificate, so he should bring it to the interview along with a certified translation if the original isn't in English.