Last name help!!

[johnlard]

Hello,
My wife was granted conditional status 2 years ago. She is hispanic and the INS Officer decided to change her last name to Garcia de Lard, which is the name on her greencard. We asked why and he stated that this is what they do for Hispanic last names. I thought this was completely absurd but did not argue as to not risk being denied. Our marriage certificate states her last name as Lard. My question and worry is she has been using Lard as her last name the past two years. Her driver's license also lists Lard as the legal last name. We are in the midst of filing I-751 for removal of conditions and I am scared that this will raise a red flag. All of our supporting documentation utilizes Lard, not Garcia de Lard as her last name. Do you think we will have problems? If so, what can we do? Thanks a lot.

John

 

[ginnu]

Hello,
My wife was granted conditional status 2 years ago. She is hispanic and the INS Officer decided to change her last name to Garcia de Lard, which is the name on her greencard. We asked why and he stated that this is what they do for Hispanic last names. I thought this was completely absurd but did not argue as to not risk being denied. Our marriage certificate states her last name as Lard. My question and worry is she has been using Lard as her last name the past two years. Her driver's license also lists Lard as the legal last name. We are in the midst of filing I-751 for removal of conditions and I am scared that this will raise a red flag. All of our supporting documentation utilizes Lard, not Garcia de Lard as her last name. Do you think we will have problems? If so, what can we do? Thanks a lot.

John

if her passport has last name LARD
if her driver's license or state ID is LARD
if her form I-485 had last name LARD
if her I-485 filing reciept had last name LARD
if her EAD had last name LARD
if her SSN has her last name Lard
Then the officer did a mistake and she CAN get her GC corrected with last name LARD. she need to file form I-90.
** better post the info in After Green Card threads, many had mistakes in last names due to USCIS mistake and are filing form I-90 for correction

 

[johnlard]

THanks for the reply. We were thinking of waiting one more year until we due the naturalization process to change the name. My concern, however, is in the I_751 filing and whether this discrepancy will be a problem. What do you think? Thank you.