Timeline for Does changing one's name increase the processing time of the N-400 (Application for Naturalization Form)?
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| Apr 18, 2022 at 8:22 | answer | added | Franck Dernoncourt | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 6, 2022 at 20:59 | history | edited | Franck Dernoncourt | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 5, 2022 at 12:47 | answer | added | Oliver Mason | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 4, 2022 at 12:56 | comment | added | Brian | @GerardAshton Changing your name before naturalization is probably the worst option of the three because it takes forever to get USCIS to issue a replacement green card with the new name. Check the I-90 processing times online if you're curious. | |
| Apr 4, 2022 at 8:00 | answer | added | littleadv | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 3, 2022 at 9:48 | comment | added | Gerard Ashton | I don't know if changing name as part of naturalization process increases processing time. The state department's Foreign Affairs Manual 8 FAM 403.1-5 seems to indicate that you could keep your three first names and one surname, but only show the first first name and surname on the passport. Example given is '"Robert Allen Zimmerman Dylan" to "Robert Dylan"' would be considered an immaterial name discrepancy. Don't know if it's a good idea. | |
| Apr 3, 2022 at 9:24 | comment | added | Franck Dernoncourt | @GerardAshton upside of naturalization during n400: it's free and doesn't take additional time from the applicant. Potential downsides is delay in application. Consequently I'm trying to understand if the latter exists. | |
| Apr 3, 2022 at 9:19 | comment | added | Gerard Ashton | There are three possibilities, change your name in a state court before you submit the N-400, change it in a federal court as part of the naturalization process, or change it in a state court after the naturalization process is complete. Have you narrowed it down to one or two of these options? | |
| Apr 3, 2022 at 7:12 | comment | added | phoog | Consider the potential problems caused by having different names in your passports. Also consider that you can change your name after you naturalize. | |
| Apr 2, 2022 at 22:56 | history | asked | Franck Dernoncourt | CC BY-SA 4.0 |