What document has your new name?
That's how I did it. Here in NY they didn't even ask to see the nat cert at DMV. Just name change petition and old DL.
That's how I did it. Here in NY they didn't even ask to see the nat cert at DMV. Just name change petition and old DL. SSA needs to see nat cert and name change petition. Passport agency needs to TAKE AWAY your nat cert so better do that the last. They will mail it back to you later. BTW you might want to get a few certified copies of your name change petition at the courthouse because sometimes your credit card company or life insurance company might need that. (i.e. not just any photo copy). You can probably do all these in a couple of days. (no need to wait for DL)
I change my name during naturalization process. In the interview I signed the paper with the new name.
At the oath ceremony you should have received a name change court document showing that you changed your name from XXXXXX to YYYYYYY.
Probably I will take the oath ceremony in a big building with 5000-6000 people in Los Angeles, CA. So I need to know where I can get a certified copy out of the ceremony should I need it after that.
Probably you can ask the USCIS people at the ceremony.
BTW, The IO told me that the certificate of naturalization SHOULD HAVE BOTH THE NEW AND OLD NAME ON IT. My wife works in a bank and she saw a lot of people with the certificate of naturalization in order to change the name in the bank. She told me that the certificate of naturalization has both names. You should ask about it.
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That is strange. They should have asked you to sign a name change petition which has to be approved by the court. It will be given out during the oath ceremony. Are you sure you requested name change in your application? Or did you change your name already before you filed for naturalization?I didn´t have the oath ceremony yet. The IO didn´t give me any copy of the paper I signed in the interview. I guess that one it is not a court document. So will I receive the certificate of naturalization and court document in oath ceremony???. In any court could I get a certified copy of my name change??.
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Not in my nat cert. Maybe they do it differently in CA??
Anyway, my point is that check with your service providers to see what they need to change your name on record. The banks are usually the easiest because you can also walk into a branch to show your original documents. If you have to do it over the phone, the process could be a bit more complicated.
You probably should have shown the natz cert anyway, so they could record in the system that you are a citizen. Otherwise, you're probably still listed as a permanent resident in the system.
I did. They didn't want it. All they cared was that I had six points of ID. The old DL suffices.
I think Jackolantern is right. Here in Georgia they check the voter's list against the driver's license list and throw out voters who show as non-citizens on the DL list. There's some controversy over this practice, which is fairly recent, and voters in this status can apply to vote provisionally, or something like that, but goodness knows if they count your ballot. When I'm finally a USC and entitled to vote, I want my vote to be counted.
Until reading a recent news story about rejected voters it hadn't even occurred to me that I should notify the Dept. of Driver Services when I become a USC (God willing). I'm now definitely intending to do that promptly, in addition to notifying the SSA of course. I didn't bother to get my SSN card updated (to remove the conditional language) when I got my green card because it didn't seem worth the long wait at the SSA office. Now I'll hopefully have a much more important reason to go there, and I'll ask for a new card too.
I didn´t have the oath ceremony yet.
Probably I am not going to have my ceremony in a courthouse.