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N600 Experience & Assistance in Name Change
My experience in Chicago:
Application received 10/1/2018
In line for Oath Ceremony to be scheduled 5/7/2019
Oath Ceremony Letter mailed 7/17/2019
Oath Ceremony 8/21/2019
There were approximately 100 people sworn in representing 41 countries. Appointment was at 12:00 at which time they started directing you to the check-in station row by row where you were seated in the waiting room. (I was in the first row so I was one of the first ones to check in but by the time everyone was checked in, it was over an hour.) Checking in is surrendering the oath letter and your permanent residence card and you submit your signature by signing on a paper twice. This is a nonjudicial ceremony/administrative ceremony performed by an USCIS officer since N600 involves no name change.
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Now, here's where I need assistance, suggestion:
I found out through N600 process that my legal name wasn't my "American" name. I always assumed my American name was my legal name since that has been the name I've been using since I came to USA. We came here when I was 7 and my parents naturalized when I was 14. We were enrolled in school with an American first name: Kathy Kim instead of Song Kim (birth name). However, my Citizenship Certificate was issued with my legal name: Song Jones (married and I took hubby's name). Now, all my IDs, legal documents are under Kathy Jones except for my Citizenship Certificate which has Song Jones since my first name was never legally changed by my parents, rather they must've used the "common law" name and all institutions accepted that (DD214, driver's license, SSN, mortgage).
I actually don't care going back to the name "Song" (Korean name) instead of "Kathy" (American" name since "Song" is my legal name but it appears that I need a proof (court order name change document) of a name change. Confusing? Yes! Since I'm not changing my name, I'm accepting my legal name but I have nothing proving that "Song" is "Kathy" with having a legal name change? In other words, getting a new SSN that matches my Citizenship Certificate but how do I prove it?
Application received 10/1/2018
In line for Oath Ceremony to be scheduled 5/7/2019
Oath Ceremony Letter mailed 7/17/2019
Oath Ceremony 8/21/2019
There were approximately 100 people sworn in representing 41 countries. Appointment was at 12:00 at which time they started directing you to the check-in station row by row where you were seated in the waiting room. (I was in the first row so I was one of the first ones to check in but by the time everyone was checked in, it was over an hour.) Checking in is surrendering the oath letter and your permanent residence card and you submit your signature by signing on a paper twice. This is a nonjudicial ceremony/administrative ceremony performed by an USCIS officer since N600 involves no name change.
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Now, here's where I need assistance, suggestion:
I found out through N600 process that my legal name wasn't my "American" name. I always assumed my American name was my legal name since that has been the name I've been using since I came to USA. We came here when I was 7 and my parents naturalized when I was 14. We were enrolled in school with an American first name: Kathy Kim instead of Song Kim (birth name). However, my Citizenship Certificate was issued with my legal name: Song Jones (married and I took hubby's name). Now, all my IDs, legal documents are under Kathy Jones except for my Citizenship Certificate which has Song Jones since my first name was never legally changed by my parents, rather they must've used the "common law" name and all institutions accepted that (DD214, driver's license, SSN, mortgage).
I actually don't care going back to the name "Song" (Korean name) instead of "Kathy" (American" name since "Song" is my legal name but it appears that I need a proof (court order name change document) of a name change. Confusing? Yes! Since I'm not changing my name, I'm accepting my legal name but I have nothing proving that "Song" is "Kathy" with having a legal name change? In other words, getting a new SSN that matches my Citizenship Certificate but how do I prove it?
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