Marriage in Canada

[Ontarkie 14,506]

ok if you got married in Quebec, but live in th US i would think you could still change your name just the same wouldnt you just show your marriage licence as you would normaly?

[Carlawarla 1]

If you're not living in Canada, then you wouldn't use your husband's last name if you were married and living in Quebec. If you lived elsewhere, you could go through the name change request.

If you're in the US, then just start using your husband's name, fill out your papers with his last name etc. It's no big deal.

My marriage certificate doesn't have my last name as my husband's either. We applied with two different last names, and the only thing the marriage certificate shows is that we were married and what date...not that I now have his last name.

I've always known this about Que. and a few friends from there told me that it was initally used because there were so many similar last names after marriages, and that whole "distintion" business, that they just made it law that unless there was a good reason for taking the husband's name, they'd just keep their own.

[Krikit 1,165]

I'm planning when my husband comes to the US that we will remarry and then I will take his last name here.

Not sure you'd need to get married again in the US to do that. I think you'd be hard pressed to find an officient to do a legal ceremony if you've already had one.

That's correct, the officiant will not redo a legal ceremony. They'll do a renewal of vows but the original marriage is legal and binding. As the others said, you should just use your marriage certificate as your legal proof of name change when you move to the US.

Wait a minute. Are you already living in the US? If so, you can change your name anytime you want.