Rep. Ilhan Omar's 2009 Minnesota marriage license application to Ahmed Elmi, the man accused of being her brother, shows her surname written as Omar, crossed out and changed to Elmi, then changed back to Omar, according to a certified copy from Hennepin County obtained by the New York Post.
Do NOT let this fade.
Keep the pressure on.
Ilhan Omar and Ahmed Nur Said Elmi's (Omar's BROTHER) marriage certificate. pic.twitter.com/0dY92uTzXS— Mila Joy (@Milajoy) December 31, 2025
The name changes could matter because the Justice Department is investigating whether the Somalia-born Minnesota Democrat fraudulently obtained U.S. citizenship in 2000 by failing to use her true legal name and birthdate. That case grew out of an earlier probe into whether Omar committed immigration fraud by marrying Elmi, a British citizen.
The document arrives weeks into an escalating federal effort. Homeland Security Investigations agents raided Omar's Washington, D.C., home on Oct. 12 as part of the immigration fraud probe. In a court filing last week, the Justice Department referred to her as "Congresswoman Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, a/k/a Ilhan Abdullahi Omar."
A source familiar with the investigation told the Post that Omar is not her real name and that her birth surname is Elmi, the same as the man she married.
The application is dated Feb. 12, 2009. One question asks whether the brid
