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jennyal
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do you have to change your name on your passport???
its been 2 years since we've been married and i've been putting it off...changing my last name...but now that we have a son, DH wants me to change my name so we all have the same last name...but i'm so lazy....what's the bare minimum that i have to change....ehehehe
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Posted 8/6/09 10:50 AM  |
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timanda
Puppy Love
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Re: do you have to change your name on your passport???
as far as the passport goes, you don't have to change it as long as you bring and show a copy of your marriage certificate (from what I understand).
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| Posted 8/6/09 11:28 AM |
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MrsPJB2007
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Re: do you have to change your name on your passport???
When you travel internationally, you should book your tickets in the name on your passport -- be it your maiden name or your married name.
Immigration & Customs have no clue whether you are married or not, they go by what your name is on your passport, so if you don't change your name, and continue to book your tickets in your maiden name, there is no problem at all.
Now if you book a trip in your married name, and your passport is in your maiden name, you can come across an issue, even with your marriage certificate with you. Some airlines will not allow you on board unless the names match, and its not worth the risk and problems.
I haven't changed my name on my passport - and this November I'll be making my 3rd international trip since being married, and I made sure the tickets were issued in my maiden name. I don't want to bother changing it, until my passport is gonna expire, because if you do a name change, you have to pay a fee if its been a year or more since your passport was first issued, and then later you have to renew it anyway and pay another fee. Why bother paying two fees?!
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| Posted 8/6/09 2:58 PM |
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PennyCat
Just call me mommy :)
Member since 7/08 19084 total posts
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Jib
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Re: do you have to change your name on your passport???
Posted by MrsPJB2007
When you travel internationally, you should book your tickets in the name on your passport -- be it your maiden name or your married name.
Immigration & Customs have no clue whether you are married or not, they go by what your name is on your passport, so if you don't change your name, and continue to book your tickets in your maiden name, there is no problem at all.
Now if you book a trip in your married name, and your passport is in your maiden name, you can come across an issue, even with your marriage certificate with you. Some airlines will not allow you on board unless the names match, and its not worth the risk and problems.
I haven't changed my name on my passport - and this November I'll be making my 3rd international trip since being married, and I made sure the tickets were issued in my maiden name. I don't want to bother changing it, until my passport is gonna expire, because if you do a name change, you have to pay a fee if its been a year or more since your passport was first issued, and then later you have to renew it anyway and pay another fee. Why bother paying two fees?!
Wow, thanks for posting all this useful info! I was wondering the same actually  so all this info was very helpful!
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| Posted 8/6/09 8:33 PM |
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kristin597
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Re: do you have to change your name on your passport???
Thanks for that info. On my last international trip I had to show id and my passport along with my ticket and all three had to have the same name on it. Now, I have changed my license to my married name (passport is still in maiden). I am assuming I will have to change it now, right?
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| Posted 8/7/09 11:17 AM |
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Finally1108
My two boys
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Angela
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Re: do you have to change your name on your passport???
That is so good to know. I am planning on going on a cruise in Novemeber for our 1 year and was nervous b/c my passport is still under my madien name.
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| Posted 8/7/09 11:52 AM |
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Dee0522
And then there were four...
Member since 6/09 2088 total posts
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Denise
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Re: do you have to change your name on your passport???
I haven't changed it, but after I changed my name with the DMW, I kept the old driver's license with my maiden name for exactly this reason. I just use that as a second form of ID that matches my passport. If I didn't have that, I think I'd have to change it, since everything else (credit cards, etc.) are in my married name.
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| Posted 8/7/09 2:00 PM |
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ns1011
I'm wide awake
Member since 4/09 2697 total posts
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Nic
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Re: do you have to change your name on your passport???
Posted by Finally1108
That is so good to know. I am planning on going on a cruise in Novemeber for our 1 year and was nervous b/c my passport is still under my madien name.
It's not very difficult to change. I had mine in less than a month. Just go to the post office and ask for the papers for a passport name change and then you fill it out and send it in with 2 passport photos along with your old one (which they send back to you). 
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| Posted 8/7/09 9:48 PM |
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