i need help

[robbie jeannet 5]

MY QUESTION IS,WHEN A FILIPINA GET MARRIED HERE IN THE US,HOW DO HER NAME APPEAR IN THE MARRIAGE LICENSE. IN MY CASE I AM STILL USING MY MOTHERS MAIDEN NAME.AS A SECOND NAME HERE,AND MY LAST NAME WAS DROP OFF. FOR EXAMPLE. MY SISNGLES NAME IS: JANE BALANSAG ADELAN(JANE IS MY FIRST NAME,BALANSAG IS MY MIDDLE NAME,ADELAN IS MY LAST NAME) AND I GOT MARRIED HERE AND IT CHANGE IT TO JANE BALANSAG BROWNING (BROWNING IS THE LAST NAME OF MY HUSBAND). IM SO CONFUSE ABOUT IT. PLSS..SOMEONE MAKEME UNDERSTAND?

[zeezawrydan 1]

MY QUESTION IS,WHEN A FILIPINA GET MARRIED HERE IN THE US,HOW DO HER NAME APPEAR IN THE MARRIAGE LICENSE. IN MY CASE I AM STILL USING MY MOTHERS MAIDEN NAME.AS A SECOND NAME HERE,AND MY LAST NAME WAS DROP OFF. FOR EXAMPLE. MY SISNGLES NAME IS: JANE BALANSAG ADELAN(JANE IS MY FIRST NAME,BALANSAG IS MY MIDDLE NAME,ADELAN IS MY LAST NAME) AND I GOT MARRIED HERE AND IT CHANGE IT TO JANE BALANSAG BROWNING (BROWNING IS THE LAST NAME OF MY HUSBAND). IM SO CONFUSE ABOUT IT. PLSS..SOMEONE MAKEME UNDERSTAND?

Us filipina's use our moms maiden name for middle name and our our dad's last name when we are single.

Now that we are married, I believe our middle name should be our Dad's last name and our last name should be our husband's last name.

Example: Your name when you were single was

Jane Balansag Adelan

Your married name now will be

Jane Adelan Browning OR Jane A Browning

That's how I did mine.

Hope it helped Cheers x

[Markieboy 104]

MY QUESTION IS,WHEN A FILIPINA GET MARRIED HERE IN THE US,HOW DO HER NAME APPEAR IN THE MARRIAGE LICENSE. IN MY CASE I AM STILL USING MY MOTHERS MAIDEN NAME.AS A SECOND NAME HERE,AND MY LAST NAME WAS DROP OFF. FOR EXAMPLE. MY SISNGLES NAME IS: JANE BALANSAG ADELAN(JANE IS MY FIRST NAME,BALANSAG IS MY MIDDLE NAME,ADELAN IS MY LAST NAME) AND I GOT MARRIED HERE AND IT CHANGE IT TO JANE BALANSAG BROWNING (BROWNING IS THE LAST NAME OF MY HUSBAND). IM SO CONFUSE ABOUT IT. PLSS..SOMEONE MAKEME UNDERSTAND?

You can change your name to whatever you like. In the U.S., by convention, your maiden name is replaced with your married name once married. Your middle name remains the same. OTOH, in the Philippines, once married the woman's maiden name become her middle name.

My wife had to explain this when she applied for her driver's license. Initially, they had her name as First Middle Married. She told them that that wasn't her name...it was First Maiden Married and furnished a copy of the marriage certificate. She was issued her driver's license according to Filipino convention. She then was able to use her state-issued I.D. to apply for SSN and, eventually green card, in that name.

Hope this helps.

[DanTes 21]

MOST FILIPINAS TAKE THEIR FATHER'S LAST NAME AS THEIR MIDDLE NAME WHEN THEY MARRY EITHER IN THE PHIL OR U.S.

[happybee 0]

MY QUESTION IS,WHEN A FILIPINA GET MARRIED HERE IN THE US,HOW DO HER NAME APPEAR IN THE MARRIAGE LICENSE. IN MY CASE I AM STILL USING MY MOTHERS MAIDEN NAME.AS A SECOND NAME HERE,AND MY LAST NAME WAS DROP OFF. FOR EXAMPLE. MY SISNGLES NAME IS: JANE BALANSAG ADELAN(JANE IS MY FIRST NAME,BALANSAG IS MY MIDDLE NAME,ADELAN IS MY LAST NAME) AND I GOT MARRIED HERE AND IT CHANGE IT TO JANE BALANSAG BROWNING (BROWNING IS THE LAST NAME OF MY HUSBAND). IM SO CONFUSE ABOUT IT. PLSS..SOMEONE MAKEME UNDERSTAND?

What did you put in your application for the marriage license? I think your marriage license/certificate will still reflect your maiden name. I have a friend who also dropped her maiden last name, and used her mom's maiden name as her middle name. However, when you fill out legal documents and sign your name, be consistent as different names used may pose some difficulties with your identification. In my case, what's listed in my marriage certificate is still my maiden name. I used my maiden [last] name as my middle name. All of my legal documents (SSS, passport, etc.) reflect my [married] last name. Hope that helps you a bit.

Edited October 25, 2010 by happybee

[Tahoma 2,292]

WHEN A FILIPINA GETS MARRIED HERE IN THE US, HOW DOES HER NAME APPEAR ON THE MARRIAGE LICENSE? IN MY CASE, I AM STILL USING MY MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME AS A SECOND NAME, AND MY LAST NAME WAS DROPPED OFF. FOR EXAMPLE, MY NAME WHEN I WAS SINGLE WAS: JANE BALANSAG ADELAN (JANE IS MY FIRST NAME, BALANSAG IS MY MIDDLE NAME, ADELAN IS MY LAST NAME). AND WHEN I GOT MARRIED HERE, IT CHANGED TO: JANE BALANSAG BROWNING (BROWNING IS THE LAST NAME OF MY HUSBAND). I'M SO CONFUSED ABOUT IT. PLSS..SOMEONE MAKE ME UNDERSTAND.

At the time you get married in the U.S., you have the opportunity to legally change your name. You are allowed to change your name to anything you want. You legally change your name when you fill out the document for the marriage certificate. You simply write your new name on the document.

For example, when you got married, you legally could have changed your name to:

> Jane Adelan Browning...<---Chinook used this method.

> Jane Balansag Adelan-Browning.

> Jane Balansag Browning-Adelan.

> Jane Balansag-Adelan Browning.

[gary9891 10]

MY QUESTION IS,WHEN A FILIPINA GET MARRIED HERE IN THE US,HOW DO HER NAME APPEAR IN THE MARRIAGE LICENSE. IN MY CASE I AM STILL USING MY MOTHERS MAIDEN NAME.AS A SECOND NAME HERE,AND MY LAST NAME WAS DROP OFF. FOR EXAMPLE. MY SISNGLES NAME IS: JANE BALANSAG ADELAN(JANE IS MY FIRST NAME,BALANSAG IS MY MIDDLE NAME,ADELAN IS MY LAST NAME) AND I GOT MARRIED HERE AND IT CHANGE IT TO JANE BALANSAG BROWNING (BROWNING IS THE LAST NAME OF MY HUSBAND). IM SO CONFUSE ABOUT IT. PLSS..SOMEONE MAKEME UNDERSTAND?

The clerk at the courthouse (florida) simply asked my wife what she wanted her new married name to be. Like many of the other posters have said, my wife moved her maiden last name to her new middle name. Her old middle name was just dropped.

[jandk 6]

MY QUESTION IS,WHEN A FILIPINA GET MARRIED HERE IN THE US,HOW DO HER NAME APPEAR IN THE MARRIAGE LICENSE. IN MY CASE I AM STILL USING MY MOTHERS MAIDEN NAME.AS A SECOND NAME HERE,AND MY LAST NAME WAS DROP OFF. FOR EXAMPLE. MY SISNGLES NAME IS: JANE BALANSAG ADELAN(JANE IS MY FIRST NAME,BALANSAG IS MY MIDDLE NAME,ADELAN IS MY LAST NAME) AND I GOT MARRIED HERE AND IT CHANGE IT TO JANE BALANSAG BROWNING (BROWNING IS THE LAST NAME OF MY HUSBAND). IM SO CONFUSE ABOUT IT. PLSS..SOMEONE MAKEME UNDERSTAND?

My wife put her dad's last name as her middle name and my last name as hers

[charlie&pam 1]

i used my dad last name in my middle name and my hubby last name....

[Joan >3 Bob 20]

WHO'S YOUR DADDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JORDANTONI09 10]

We're in a similar position. I dropped my last name and kept my mom's maiden name.

When I was single, it was M A C F L

Now, it's M A C F P

I'm going to get my SSN next week.When I was at the clerk's office, I was told that what ever I listed down as my married name will appear on the license. Maybe you can call the and inquire about that.

Edited November 3, 2010 by JORDANTONI09

[russaida_love 0]

Hello Robbie Jeannet have a nice day to you, I just finished reading your post here and I found out that I have the same problem as you have. Last month I applied an SSN but it took a month to have my ssn on mail, but I was so sad to know that in my SSN my middle name the time I was single is the same I have in my SSN , that supposed to be it must be my father's name as my middle name since I am already married. I want to know if you made it since you posted it last 2009 and we are 2014 now. please tell me and I will appreciate to have your response. thank you and GOD bless you and your family.

[Hank_ 9,174]

Hello Robbie Jeannet have a nice day to you, I just finished reading your post here and I found out that I have the same problem as you have. Last month I applied an SSN but it took a month to have my ssn on mail, but I was so sad to know that in my SSN my middle name the time I was single is the same I have in my SSN , that supposed to be it must be my father's name as my middle name since I am already married. I want to know if you made it since you posted it last 2009 and we are 2014 now. please tell me and I will appreciate to have your response. thank you and GOD bless you and your family.

This topic is from 4 years ago, not sure those people are around anymore.

[russaida_love 0]

ah ok thank you for your reply, let me know if ever you know some of your friend that has the same problem I have..God bless!

[Al422 221]

Still it is useful knowledge. Candy has expressed a desire to follow that tradition when we are married.

I understand there is a proecedure to file a report of marriage with USCIS to update their files to her new name, but i am not quite sure how that works.