Newbie1993
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Hi. It's my first time here and I've been browsing and searching for the answer on different post but couldn't seem to find one.
I am an international student, F1 visa already expired but still here legally on my OPT ( 12 months working visa after college). Working at Wells Fargo now but my OPT will expire in approximately 100 days. I am getting married to a US citizen.
1. I want to carry my fiance's last name. So on the marriage certificate, should I choose to have his last name? Would that delay the green card process? (since my OPT will expire soon and I would like to keep working at my current job)
2. I own a house in Minnesota (already paid), a few credit cards and checking accounts, have good credit under my maiden name... Also have a Minnesota license, SSN.. etc. If I choose to change my last name on the marriage certificate, would that also mean that I have to get new Driver License and new SSN before I start filing for the green card process? Because if so, that would likely take a long time since get driver license and new social security could take a few weeks, and would I loose my good credit history? I also have an unexpired passport of my country with my maiden name .
So if I change my last name to his last name on the marriage certificate, then do I need to get new driver license and new social security card before I can file all the forms (i485, i 693, i 130 etc..)?
Thank you in advance for your response.
I am an international student, F1 visa already expired but still here legally on my OPT ( 12 months working visa after college). Working at Wells Fargo now but my OPT will expire in approximately 100 days. I am getting married to a US citizen.
1. I want to carry my fiance's last name. So on the marriage certificate, should I choose to have his last name? Would that delay the green card process? (since my OPT will expire soon and I would like to keep working at my current job)
2. I own a house in Minnesota (already paid), a few credit cards and checking accounts, have good credit under my maiden name... Also have a Minnesota license, SSN.. etc. If I choose to change my last name on the marriage certificate, would that also mean that I have to get new Driver License and new SSN before I start filing for the green card process? Because if so, that would likely take a long time since get driver license and new social security could take a few weeks, and would I loose my good credit history? I also have an unexpired passport of my country with my maiden name .
So if I change my last name to his last name on the marriage certificate, then do I need to get new driver license and new social security card before I can file all the forms (i485, i 693, i 130 etc..)?
Thank you in advance for your response.