Married - Do You Have To Change Your Name On Passport ?
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Well I expect that you may have some issues with the fact that you can only book as Mr Griff500 and Ms Maiden name. Which may or may not be an issue except that your wife is likely to have a purse full of Id in the name Mrs Griff500 and a passport that doesn't match.
It is a piss take, but then so is her getting her license etc changed over.
It is a piss take, but then so is her getting her license etc changed over.
We encountered the same issue as Mrs H had to have a new passport only 6 months prior to us getting married (abroad).
So, even though she is now Mrs H when we book holidays we use her maiden name and her original passport. I suspect we'll get a few years use out of her passport before changing due to the cost!
So, even though she is now Mrs H when we book holidays we use her maiden name and her original passport. I suspect we'll get a few years use out of her passport before changing due to the cost!
Why do you have to change your name, I thought UK law was you could call yourself anything unless it fraud. My first wife never used my name, and never had apssport with my surname on it. My current wife wanted to use my surmname, but it is not automatic where we live and she had to do it using the local equivilent of a deed to change her name.
Use the old passport until it runs out.
Use the old passport until it runs out.
redgriff500 said:
I know that theoretically you need to change your name on your passport after marriage but my wife has come to do this and found it costs £77 !!!
Which seems to be taking the pi$$ considering it was only issued 2 yrs ago.
So what happens if she doesn't ?
I dont think theres any such law that says you have to change your name on marriage.Which seems to be taking the pi$$ considering it was only issued 2 yrs ago.
So what happens if she doesn't ?
Easier for her to leave it as it is anyway. WHen you split she wont have to change again.......
On a serious note, many divorced women seem to keep their married name for some reason....
hornetrider said:
So, even though she is now Mrs H when we book holidays we use her maiden name and her original passport. I suspect we'll get a few years use out of her passport before changing due to the cost!
My wife did the same - she had 6 years to run on her passport when we got married and neither of us saw the point in paying the Passport Office to change it unless there was any need to.I'm not aware of any obligation to change the name, not least because not all women choose to take their husband's surname.
As someone who deal with passports on a daily basis, the only reason I can think of for changing the name on your passport is if you have travelling with children in your married name and your passport doesn't match, not an offence as such but with child trafficing etc.. it's always best to have some way of proving you own the little cherubs (If you don't have a passport in the same name a birth certificate is sufficent, of course this is only if your husband/wife isn't travelling with you). This of course applies for children from a previous relationship, grandparents etc..
In many countries it is an offense not to have something identifying your relationship with the children you are travelling with and can lead to social services being called in!
In many countries it is an offense not to have something identifying your relationship with the children you are travelling with and can lead to social services being called in!
The answer is "no". My wife is Italian and the Italians cannot change their name on theirr passport and other official documents to their married name (something to do with screwed up Italian bureacracy).
Word of caution though - be careful when booking flights. We've only done it once but booked a flight in her married name. Had to buy a new ticket at the airport!
Word of caution though - be careful when booking flights. We've only done it once but booked a flight in her married name. Had to buy a new ticket at the airport!
However, if you want to fly somewhere, you will have hassle if you book the ticket in her married name and the passport shows her maiden name, at check-in everything must match.....the check-in lads and lasses were trained at the highest Jobsworth Academy in the world. Im afraid if things dont add up you either aint going anywhere or they will make things as difficult as possible.
Mobile Chicane said:
What may happen is that even though you've booked flights together, if the names are different you may well not be sat together.
As I found out on a Singapore Airlines flight from Sydney to London (at check-in).
Sods wouldn't change it either.
Sounds like a plus to me !As I found out on a Singapore Airlines flight from Sydney to London (at check-in).
Sods wouldn't change it either.
Mobile Chicane said:
What may happen is that even though you've booked flights together, if the names are different you may well not be sat together.
As I found out on a Singapore Airlines flight from Sydney to London (at check-in).
Sods wouldn't change it either.
How far apart where you?As I found out on a Singapore Airlines flight from Sydney to London (at check-in).
Sods wouldn't change it either.
It's a breach of guidelines to seat family members apart as they'll try to get each in the event of an emergency and that could be disruptive.
Usually the cabin crew will shuffle people around - when I've been travelling on my own I've been moved a few times to accommodate others. I haven't always wanted to move but some airlines are quite forceful about it.
Deva Link said:
Mobile Chicane said:
What may happen is that even though you've booked flights together, if the names are different you may well not be sat together.
As I found out on a Singapore Airlines flight from Sydney to London (at check-in).
Sods wouldn't change it either.
How far apart where you?As I found out on a Singapore Airlines flight from Sydney to London (at check-in).
Sods wouldn't change it either.
It's a breach of guidelines to seat family members apart as they'll try to get each in the event of an emergency and that could be disruptive.
Usually the cabin crew will shuffle people around - when I've been travelling on my own I've been moved a few times to accommodate others. I haven't always wanted to move but some airlines are quite forceful about it.
However the crew weren't interested in helping, just said they couldn't change the seating plan.
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