N-400

[irok]

Hi,

This is a really dumb question, considering I have filled in heaps of INS papers.
I am filling in the N-400 (Naturalization) Part 8, and it asks for my current (and previous spouse) "Spouse's Family Name (Last Name)", do they mean their maiden name?

thanks
Paul

[Fatbrit]

Originally Posted by irok

do they mean their maiden name?

No.

(And some pointless garble added because the message must be at least 10 characters long.)

[irok]

Originally Posted by Fatbrit

No.

(And some pointless garble added because the message must be at least 10 characters long.)

thanks, because sometimes they require their maiden name...
So my current spouse plus my previous 2 spouses I would put my last name Deppeler for ALL of them. I know on my initail K1 app I had to list maiden names..I wish they would be consistent.

[Fatbrit]

Originally Posted by irok

thanks, because sometimes they require their maiden name...
So my current spouse plus my previous 2 spouses I would put my last name Deppeler for ALL of them. I know on my initail K1 app I had to list maiden names..I wish they would be consistent.

If I were you I'd write:

Deppeler (Clinton)
Deppeler (Bush)

though you might find it doesn't fit if the names are long and you're using the fillable pdf. In this case, just write it in with ink after you've printed them out.

The other big "catch-ya" on the N400 is the need to list your citations = speeding tickets and motoring offenses.

[synthia]

If youf former spouses changed their names since your divorce, wouldn't you put whatever they use now? So if the maiden name is Smith, and wife 1 has remarried and now goes by Brown, would they want Brown?

[Fatbrit]

Originally Posted by synthia

If youf former spouses changed their names since your divorce, wouldn't you put whatever they use now? So if the maiden name is Smith, and wife 1 has remarried and now goes by Brown, would they want Brown?

I think the important thing is to identify the person. As long as you make a good faith attempt at that, they're unlikely to baulk.

[irok]

thanks for all your help, I wrote Deppeler (Clinton) etc.

[Fatbrit]

Originally Posted by irok

thanks for all your help, I wrote Deppeler (Clinton) etc.

In the unlikely occurrence they don't like at the interview, they'll take a red pen (just like teacher), cross it out and write whatever they want in. Then they get you to initial it. Things like these are no harm, no foul.