Name change question

[asterix_100]

My birth certificate and current name are different (by a couple of letters and a space).

My foreign passport, permanent resident card, credit cards, driver's licenses and all other documents I have ever had have my current name. I applied for the N400 using my current name. I have no desire to change my current name and did not request a name change.

However, when I went in for my naturalization interview the officer produced a copy of my birth certificate (probably submitted during my green-card change of status application) and told me that I needed to apply for a name change since the USCIS treated the birth certificate as the ultimate proof of someone's name.

He then filled out a petition for a name change, changing my name from
the name on my birth certificate to the name I currently use.

I have now received a notice for the naturalization oath ceremony addressed to the name on my birth certificate. All previous notices were issued to my current name.

Is this a mistake? or am I going to regain my current and actual name only after naturalization? My problem is that I have absolutely no documents or identification corresponding to the name on my notice of naturalization oath ceremony.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Jackolantern]

In the N-400 instructions, it says your legal name is the name on your birth certificate unless there has been a legal action after birth to change your name. What you should have done in the interview is to request a name change to the name on your passport and other documents. That way the certificate would have the name you use daily instead of the birth certificate name.

If you make an Infopass appointment you may be able to get them to withdraw your original oath and invoke a name change request to your usual everyday name. But it will result in you taking the oath at a later date.