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I have this situation where spouse name was incorrectly entered by Indian passport office. Instead of entering fathers name, they entered mothers (passport holder) name (self) as spouse in the last pages of passport.Being US citizen,I am planning to apply for GC for my mother. When I went over i-485 instructions, it says the following about passport copy under required documents.

3. Copy of passport page with non-immigrant visa

If you have obtained a non-immigrant visa (s) from a U.S. Embassy or consulate abroad within the last year, submit a photocopy (ies) of the page(s) of your passport containing the visa(s).


Now, unless it is really needed to make correction for immigration purposes, I do not want to go through the process of correcting spouse name in the passport .

Did anybody enounter this situation where they had incorrect spouse name for a parents (mother) passport but I-485 was still approved.

Any input will be greatly appreciated.


Thanking you,

They dont generally ask for the pages of the passport. But, it is in your best interest to get this corrected if anything does arise. Your local consulate should be able to fix this fairly easily...

Hi Thomas,

I will be still providing first 6 or 10 pages as mentioned in I-485 instructions. Spouse name is indicated only on the inside of hard back cover of the passport along with the names of parents.I believe consulate has a lengthy procedure of obtaining marriage certificate and then applying for passport again. I would like to avoid this process for family reasons.

Any suggestions will be appreciated.

Hi gc,

I was not asked for my passport during the interview (nor did the IO look at it). Maybe others can chime in regarding this...