Changing My Wifes's Name

[Bill & Bea 0]

My wife Bea arrived here from the Philippines last year on a K1 visa. We applied for and received her SS number/card in her maiden name. We were married using her maiden name. We had to apply for her Green card with her passport (with her maiden name. Her Philippine passport is, of course, in her maiden name. We received her Green card last month. Now, here is the question. All these things were generated with her maiden name; how do I go about changing them. What is the order in which we should start to change all of these?

She will be going back to the Philippines in April for a visit. I am assuming that she will be using her original Philippine passport.

Please, any information will be appreciated.

Thanks,

Bill and Bea

[Bobby+Umit 161]

Depends on the state you live in.

In Ohio, simply using the married name after the marriage was sufficient to make the change.

We had to show the marriage certificate at the SSA to change the SSC, and when we filed the AOS, we used the married name (so everything came with that name).

I would start with the GC, the passport, then the SSC.

You should be able to change all these things prior to apr 2011.