Name Change

[J&C 0]

HI,

My Fiancé changed his surname about 10 years ago to the name of his stepfather for personal reasons. This means that he has a birth certificate in his old name. I read that to use his passport it has to have been valid for at least 5 years which it hasnt (only 3 yrs).

So does anyone know what we can do. Is it sufficient to include a copy of both his birth certificate AND the document outlining the name change?

Many thanks

J&C

[Tiksman 0]

Well Tik has had several name changes.. I submitted the B/C and the name change documents and everything was fine.

[Yodrak 7]

J&C,

I think you misunderstand something - the passport needs to have a total period of validity of at least 5 years from date of issue to date of expiration. This is not the same thing as saying that the passport has to have been issued at least 5 years ago.

US passports are typically issued with a period of validity of 10 years, but in some circumstance a passport with a shorter period of validity may be issued. It is a 'temporary' passport, issued for a period of less than 5 years, that cannot be used for purposes other than travel.

Yodrak

HI,

My Fiancé changed his surname about 10 years ago to the name of his stepfather for personal reasons. This means that he has a birth certificate in his old name. I read that to use his passport it has to have been valid for at least 5 years which it hasnt (only 3 yrs).

So does anyone know what we can do. Is it sufficient to include a copy of both his birth certificate AND the document outlining the name change?

Many thanks

J&C

[Cristy 4]

My name was changed as a child. I have my name change documents and a birth certificate with my new name.

[J&C 0]

J&C,

I think you misunderstand something - the passport needs to have a total period of validity of at least 5 years from date of issue to date of expiration. This is not the same thing as saying that the passport has to have been issued at least 5 years ago.

US passports are typically issued with a period of validity of 10 years, but in some circumstance a passport with a shorter period of validity may be issued. It is a 'temporary' passport, issued for a period of less than 5 years, that cannot be used for purposes other than travel.

Yodrak

HI,

My Fiancé changed his surname about 10 years ago to the name of his stepfather for personal reasons. This means that he has a birth certificate in his old name. I read that to use his passport it has to have been valid for at least 5 years which it hasnt (only 3 yrs).

So does anyone know what we can do. Is it sufficient to include a copy of both his birth certificate AND the document outlining the name change?

Many thanks

J&C

just re-read it, yes it seems i that i did!! Thank you for clearing that up for me though.