Legal Question in Immigration Law in New York

I have three last names that don;t fit in the I-94 card. So how do I write my last names so that SSN and DMV accept them?. Say three names are apple orange mango. Then is that OK to write as 'apple o m'?. Otherwise as 'a orange m' or 'a o mango'?.

Thank you and appreciate your advice.


Asked on 9/12/09, 2:21 pm

2 Answers from Attorneys

Luba Smal Smal Immigration Law Office

No, that's not okay to write a last name as an abbreviation when applying for official documents. A last name (surname) has to be fully spelled, as well as the first name.

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Answered on 9/17/09, 2:27 pm
Antoinette Wooten The Wooten Legal Consulting, PC

An I-94 card is the �green form� that you fill in on the plane before entering the country.

When you are leaving the country you have to return the half of the card that has been stapled in your passport to the border control officer.

Accordingly, I cannot understand where the SSN and DMV issue comes from. That form is a NON-IMMIGRANT form.

I must also inform you that the law was changed at the end of July. Therefore when traveling all forms that you fill in including the purchase of your travel ticket must show your full name as it is written in your passport, or any other ID documents. If your name is Apple Orange Mango as you state below it must appear exactly like that in your passport, and on your air line ticket and any other forms that you fill in.

Patricia Martin-Gibbons

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Answered on 9/19/09, 11:44 am


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