Originally Posted by nadiag8505

Hello everyone,
I am desperate!!!!!!! I applied for a working permit thru DACA and i was approved the only problem is that the name on my card has both my fathers and mothers last names. I have never used my mothers last name. My social security card that i got when i first came to the USA only has what i consider to be my legal name, which is my fathers last name. Thru the years that is what i have used to work, open bank accounts, credit cards, etc etc etc. That is also the name that appears on my daughters birth certificate. I went to the dmv to apply for my learners permit and was denied, i was told that all my documents have to match. I contacted uscis about removing my mother's last name on my card and they said that they took my name as it appeared on my passport and that was my legal name. I called again and they said to make an appt in one of their offices, which i did i never got to see an immigration officer but the person behind the desk told me to reapply and write them a letter explaining my situation, i don't know if it will help. It sounds optimistic but at the same time its pretty much what the customer service person told me the first time i called. What seems to be really odd is that this is only happening to females. Males are only getting their cards with their father's last name even though they have both last names on their passport (i know this for a fact). I feel like i have to change my identity and what will happen to all the things i have acquired thru the years. Nothing will match.!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know of friends who cant take their medical license bc of this issue. Please if anyone out there is going thru the same scenario and you know what steps to take to fix this, let me know. This whole situation is like taking a step backwards and we have come so far!!!!!!