Changing Name to married name

[KevLiez 1]

Hi everyone!

My fiance recently applied for her passport as a first time application. She should be getting it in the next month or so. We plan to get married in December then I will file paperwork for the CR-1 Visa in January. We would like to change her name to her married name. Do I fill out the I-130 and G-325A with her married name even if she does not yet have it changed on her passport? What other documents will she need to obtain with her new married name? I know the passport will need to be amended. Am I right? How long will it take to have her passport changed?

Thank you

[happyblessedme 12]

Hi everyone!

My fiance recently applied for her passport as a first time application. She should be getting it in the next month or so. We plan to get married in December then I will file paperwork for the CR-1 Visa in January. We would like to change her name to her married name. Do I fill out the I-130 and G-325A with her married name even if she does not yet have it changed on her passport? What other documents will she need to obtain with her new married name? I know the passport will need to be amended. Am I right? How long will it take to have her passport changed?

Thank you

You can use the married name in all her document as long as u have the marriage certificate then.

Ammendment of Passport will only take minutes depending on where it is to be done. I had mine ammended at the US embassy in Manila..i had to go there personally and ijust waited for it for a couple of minutes.

[Inky 1,111]

If you want the visa and green card in her married name you will have to change the passport name to married name.

Everything will be issued in the same name that is in the passport.

[KevLiez 1]

You can use the married name in all her document as long as u have the marriage certificate then.

Ammendment of Passport will only take minutes depending on where it is to be done. I had mine ammended at the US embassy in Manila..i had to go there personally and ijust waited for it for a couple of minutes.

you had a philippine passport amended at the US embassy?

[ivantulier 1]

Hi everyone!

My fiance recently applied for her passport as a first time application. She should be getting it in the next month or so. We plan to get married in December then I will file paperwork for the CR-1 Visa in January. We would like to change her name to her married name. Do I fill out the I-130 and G-325A with her married name even if she does not yet have it changed on her passport? What other documents will she need to obtain with her new married name? I know the passport will need to be amended. Am I right? How long will it take to have her passport changed?

Thank you

You no longer can Amended a passport you have to get a new one and also you have to do the CFO before you can get the passport in the married last name as well as NSO orginal of marriage certificate so I suggest to get several of them because they will keep the NSO orginal marriag certificate at DFA and also you have to one once you get to the NVC stage.

[KevLiez 1]

You no longer can Amended a passport you have to get a new one and also you have to do the CFO before you can get the passport in the married last name as well as NSO orginal of marriage certificate so I suggest to get several of them because they will keep the NSO orginal marriag certificate at DFA and also you have to one once you get to the NVC stage.

I was reading requirements to do the CFO and it seems like they want you to bring your visa itself, but she will need to bring her passport to the interview. The passport cant be changed without the CFO and the CFO cant be done without the visa. Does it matter what name is on the passport at the time of interview?

[ivantulier 1]

I was reading requirements to do the CFO and it seems like they want you to bring your visa itself, but she will need to bring her passport to the interview. The passport cant be changed without the CFO and the CFO cant be done without the visa. Does it matter what name is on the passport at the time of interview?

My wife did not have her visa when she did her CFO so just make sure she knows your mother madien name as well to bring wedding picture and the marriage certificate from NSO. The plus to this is that if she does her CFO then she no longer has do it again. Once she has her visa she shows the certificate from CFO and put the stick in her passport. One less thing to worry about.

[KevLiez 1]

My wife did not have her visa when she did her CFO so just make sure she knows your mother madien name as well to bring wedding picture and the marriage certificate from NSO. The plus to this is that if she does her CFO then she no longer has do it again. Once she has her visa she shows the certificate from CFO and put the stick in her passport. One less thing to worry about.

Thank you!

How long did it take to receive the new passport?

[len ben 12]

New passports will take up to 12 weeks. Changing from maiden to married name is like applying for a new. I just have my name changed to my married name last March 19, have my passport on hand by May 17..

[~happyndinlove~ 540]

I was reading requirements to do the CFO and it seems like they want you to bring your visa itself, but she will need to bring her passport to the interview. The passport cant be changed without the CFO and the CFO cant be done without the visa. Does it matter what name is on the passport at the time of interview?

The CFO seminar can be done even before you submit your visa application.

New passports will take up to 12 weeks. Changing from maiden to married name is like applying for a new. I just have my name changed to my married name last March 19, have my passport on hand by May 17..

12 weeks? Wow! Mine took only 2 weeks.

Edited September 7, 2011 by ~happyndinlove~

[len ben 12]

The CFO seminar can be done even before you submit your visa application.

12 weeks? Wow! Mine took only 2 weeks.

Where and when did you apply for a new passport? I was affected with that delays that they had last March till May. Here's the links:

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/global-filipino/05/04/11/dfa-tackles-delay-release-passports

http://dfa.gov.ph/main/index.php/public-advisory/3158-dfa-office-of-consular-affairs-advisory-on-passport-release

Cause I applied in Lucena City in Quezon, because that's the only DFA branch that accepts walk in applicants.

[ivantulier 1]

New passports will take up to 12 weeks. Changing from maiden to married name is like applying for a new. I just have my name changed to my married name last March 19, have my passport on hand by May 17..

My wife did hers in Manila near the Mall of Asia and it was not long about the average two weeks to process it.

[~happyndinlove~ 540]

Where and when did you apply for a new passport? I was affected with that delays that they had last March till May. Here's the links:

http://www.abs-cbnne...lease-passports

http://dfa.gov.ph/ma...assport-release

Cause I applied in Lucena City in Quezon, because that's the only DFA branch that accepts walk in applicants.

Well, I applied for my new one in Tacloban City 3 years ago...

[ivantulier 1]

My wife did hers in Manila near the Mall of Asia and it was not long about the average two weeks to process it.

My wife did this process early in the year I think in Febuary.