Hello,

I am originally from Kazakhstan. I am getting married in a few months, and dont know what to do about my passport -- once I get married, I will change my name. What should I do about my name in my Kazakh passport?

Hello,
When you say "name", do you mean last name only(logically-through marriage, the last name would be different, unless you are a man), or what you are trying to say is that you would like to change your first name, also?
If you would like to change your first name, then you can only do that at your citizenship interview.
If you would like to change your last name(on the passport and ids), then that would be different.
Maybe you can specify exactly what you mean by "name", or maybe someone else would understand what you meant by "name" without you giving any specifications.
Good Luck and Happy Holidays. :0)

hey, don't even worry about. I have been married almost 5 years and I haven't change my last name yet. There are so many other things you should be warry about.

hi there...

its not mandatory to change the name but if u want to do in your country passport ...contact the following and they should be able to do for you...good luck...Pasha

Diplomatic Representation in US:
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US Diplomatic Representation:
Ambassador: Larry C. NAPPER
Embassy: 99/97A Furmanova St., Almaty, Republic of Kazakstan 480091
Mailing Address: use embassy street address
Telephone: Tel [7] (3272) 633921, 631375, or 507623
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Hi immigrant,

You will have Marriage Certificate to prove that you have changed your last name.

After marrying my American citizen husband, I obtained EAD on married name, and Green Card has my married name. But I did not change name in my Belarus passport. In Belarus, you don't want to show to customs or any officials that you are USA resident, so for travel safety and less questioning I was recommended to keep passport with maiden last name. I don't know if this is an issue in Kazakhstan. After 8 years here, I've finally gone to Belarus to see my family this September. Leaving United States, I've presented to customs only my passport along with a ticket. Leaving Belarus and on arrival to USA, I had to demonstrate the Green Card (married name) along with passport (maiden name), nobody ever asked for Marriage Certificate. So don't worry. Good luck with your marriage!

Lanavip

P.S. Ya rodilas' v Kazakhstane, vozle ozera Balhash, moi papa sluzhil tam na voennoi baze 14 let.
Esli u teb'a est' voprosy, zdes' mozhno naiti otvety i podderzhku. Pasha tozhe pishet po-russki, ochen' cennyi istochnik informacii, pomogaet vsem ot dushi. Pasha, privet!

lanavip:
privet.menya zovut Dasha i ya toze iz belarusi. ya tolko chto vushla zamuz za usc. moya mama rodilas v kazaxstane toze i tam zila ochen' dolgo.
ya putaus' zapolnit' documanty na ead. esli chto to znaesh pomogi
spasibo

Dasha, privet!

Nado zhe, zemlyaki s toboi i tvoei mamoi!

Chto tebe ne ponyatno? Kakoi punkt v EAD?

V kakom ty shtate zhivesh'? Ya otvechu tebe uzhe utrom, pora spat', a to zavtra ne prosnus'. Spokoinoi nochi!

lanavip

ya zivu v tn.
na moeu i-130 oni nepravilno napisali muza familiu.
na i-485 oni mne ne skazali o fingerprints fee..
ya sovsem ne znau kak zapolnyat' i chto prisulat' s moeu i-765.