Change Of Name - I-130 Form

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I live in Peru. My daughter just became a US citizen and she will start the paper work so that I can go to live to the US. After she married she changed her last name to her husband's. Now, when filling the I-130 for me she has to use her new last name and this last name is not shown in her birth certificate. What do we do here? Do immigration keep track of last names? Will there be a problem if her new last name is say JOHNSON and the one is the birth certificate is LARES? Thanks in advance for your help.
Also, it says that she only needs to send her birthcerticate showing my name as a mother and her name of course, so is this a problem.
We don't find any place in the I-130 form where she can write her birth certificate last name. I think her birth certificate is the only document she has to send along with the I-130, isn't it? Thank you again.
Victoria
 
Well, any woman who changed her last name to her husband's will have a different married name than the name at her birth. I'm assuming the USCIS is will aware of this possibility.

I-130 has this question: 7. Other Names Used (including maiden name)

I don't think there should be a problem if the birth certificate shows your name as the mother and her maiden name as the child. I'm not sure if in the evidence she's asked to prove her maiden name, but she could prove it with the marriage certificate. I'm assuming her proof of US citizenship is in her married name?
 
thank you so much. I didn't realize number 7 for maiden name. My last Name is XXX and her maiden name is YYY. I think that in number 7 she should write XXX YYY, as shown in the birthcertificate and attach a copy of her marriage certificate. Thanks again so much.
 
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Her maiden name is her last name before she got married. So other names used would be her full (first and last) name before she got married (and middle name if she has or had one).

By the way, it may be a good idea for you to edit your posts and remove personally identifyable information such as your real name and your daughter's real name.
 
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