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Change of name after getting the green card

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gallbladder

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Does anyone know if it is possible for someone to change his name immediately after getting the green card? The reason for the change of name is to have a better integration with the American culture and people. Your input and opinion will be very helpful. Thanks in advance.
 
gallbladder said:
Does anyone know if it is possible for someone to change his name immediately after getting the green card? The reason for the change of name is to have a better integration with the American culture and people. Your input and opinion will be very helpful. Thanks in advance.
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What?! That's a silly reason to change name. Do you even know the names of people in the U.S? The U.S is a country that are made by immigrants, you'll find many different names from many different cultures. I don't think it is necessary. It won't necessary help you integrate better with the American culture. :confused:

To answer your question: Yes, you can do that, but it will be a bit difficult. Especially you're not a U.S Citizen yet.
 
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Let's say I wanna change my name for some personal reasons. What do you mean "Especially you won't be a U.S Citizen in the U.S" ? Will changing someone's own name disqualify him from being US citizen in the future?
 
gallbladder said:
Let's say I wanna change my name for some personal reasons. What do you mean "Especially you won't be a U.S Citizen in the U.S" ? Will changing someone's own name disqualify him from being US citizen in the future?
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Sorry, I need to reword that. What I mean is that since you're not a U.S Citizen yet, it might be difficult to change name in the U.S instead in your country of citizenship.

No, you're not going to be disqualified from being a U.S Citizen by changing name.
 
people in the US have different names, it's true.
A lot of people who come here and have difficult to pronounce names, pick nicknames for themselves. For example, Lucy is not my real name. But ever since I got to the US, I told everyone to call me Lucy, at work, at the doctor's, university, etc. - I am Lucy pretty much officially. My legal name remains my legal name, and it appears on all of my legal documents. Same with my hubby - he has a long unpronounceable Polish name, so he has a nickname. But he is very proud of his name and will never change it.
I have just applied for my citizenship, and I did comtemplate changing my name to Lucy officially. I decided to stick with my real name legally, and continue being Lucy for everything and everybody else.
And I know lots and lots of foreigners (now US citizens or LPRs) who haven't changed their names and never will. :) Then, I know some that did. It's ok either way.
If you want to change it before your citizenship, you have to go through court, pay a fee, etc. Then you have to change it on your GC, apply with USCIS, pay a fee again, wait for upto a year....
If you want to wait till your citizenship application, it's done automatically - you just write your new name on the application where they ask you if you want to change your name. :)
 
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