Other names question on N-400

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sageflow

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Hello guys I Have filled out the N-400 for a few family members in the past few weeks and my own in January. The question I have for you is this:

In the N-400 a section asks you to list any other names you have been known to use. I did not put any alternative names. In my documents my last name is my fathers last name and my mothers maiden name together, as is done in my country of origin.

That is how most of my legal documents are. However in school, bills etc. My last name is only my fathers last name, as things are usually done in the United States.

So I ask you should I have put that my last name is at times only my fathers last name and at sometimes it is my fathers last name along with my mothers maiden name?

All of my family have this issue.

Should I send corrections or can this be corrected at the interview?

I just don't want them to interpret this as me lying to them and denying me due to bad character.

The reason I didnt think to put that as an alternative name is becuase I thought They meant and entirely different name...

how should I proceed? I would appreciate any guidence on this issue.

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I understand your situation. I wouldn't worry much about this now, what's done is done. Worse come to worse I assume they have your birth certificate and that should have your full name plus father and mother family name. You can mention it at the interview if you'd like I just hope it won't trigger another name check, but other than that I think you should be fine. I very much doubt that this can end as a character issue. On hindsight I think it would have been good to put is in the other names used, but hey, it was an honest mistake. If at all I would handle it at interview time. I am sure USCIS has a lot of experience with this kind of situation.

My 2 cents.
 
Thanks for the reply. Has anyone here heard of a situation like this? Can you tell what the outcome was?


I was considering just sending a correction to show them that I am not trying to hide anything...
 
sageflow said:
Thanks for the reply. Has anyone here heard of a situation like this? Can you tell what the outcome was?


I was considering just sending a correction to show them that I am not trying to hide anything...
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Please tell us what you ended up doing.

My name appears as <first initial> <last name> on Birth Certificate while everything else has <A---> <P---> as the full name. I'm considering getting an affidavit from India certifying my full name as the one equivalent to the name on the N-400.

I too missed the other names question. I filed my N400 in Dec 2006 and am debating if I should send an amendment with the other names question filled in.

What did you do?

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