My wife is a USC and I am about to send off my I-485.
Because of a long and unhappy family backstory she refused to use the
family name on the birth certificate when she was a teenager. Instead
she used her stepfather's last name which somehow ended up in her
passport (which shows no trace of her birth name) and since then on
every paper that has her name on it. This change from one name to
another just happened, without any official process, any court
involvement, any paper trail. The absolute only record that shows she
ever had another name is her birth certificate.
Now I am sitting here over the forms and stare at the field "Other names
used (including maiden name):". Because of the missing documentation of
the name change I am hesitant to put down my wife's birthname because
that would probably cause a lot of problems with immigration. Are they
ever going to want to see her birth certificate or are we going to be
okay just sending a copy of her passport? The way I understand the
instructions is that a copy of the passport will do for now. But even if
that is so: are we going to be asked to bring a birth certificate to any
of the interviews at any point?
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