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Did you use a lawyer? Is it true that there's a line in it where one is allowed to change one's name?

• refurb 10y ago
  Nope, didn't use a lawyer, just filled out the forms. All the questions are very straightforward. The most difficult part was listing all of the times you left the US (when you left, when you returned, countries visited) in the last 5 years. If you didn't start tracking it when you got your green card I can imagine it's a hell of a task (not every country stamps your passport). I wrote all mine down over the years. And yes, you can change your legal name through the citizenship process. You just write down what you want your new name to be. However, I think if you do that, you can't go through the regular citizenship ceremony, rather, you need to have a judge do it. But don't quote me on that.
  • Spoom 10y ago
    If you want to change your name, you have to go to a judicial ceremony, which occurs (almost always) at a local federal courthouse, as opposed to an administrative ceremony which may happen at a USCIS field office, school, auditorium, etc. FWIW, in Cleveland they only offer judicial ceremonies at the federal courthouse building. In places where administrative ceremonies are offered, they are usually done at a higher frequency than judicial ceremonies, though they still try to have at least one judicial ceremony per month.
  • arjie 10y ago
    I-94s are accessible over the Internet from the DHS now. That helps considerably with the history.