travel back to Russia

[san diego 407]

My wife is traveling back to Russia to visit her parents. She has 2 year temporary GC expiring in 1 year. Now here is the issue: Her GC is for her married name and her Russian passport - maiden name. Her airline tickets are on her married name. If she carries GC, passport and marriage certificate, will there be a problem:

a) At Russian POE

b) Here in US

c) With the airline

[Sirdaniel42 86]

I could be wrong but should the airline ticket not be in the name as stated in Passport?

Her Green Card is not a travel document, only for her re-entry in to the US.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

My wife is traveling back to Russia to visit her parents. She has 2 year temporary GC expiring in 1 year. Now here is the issue: Her GC is for her married name and her Russian passport - maiden name. Her airline tickets are on her married name. If she carries GC, passport and marriage certificate, will there be a problem:

a) At Russian POE

b) Here in US

c) With the airline

Airline tickets should ALWAYS match the passport for international travel. Match her US Identification for domestic travel and carry a copy of the marriage certificate in her passport.

Your only potential problem is with the airline. She enters Russia using her passpot, she enters the US using both passport and green card but she has her marriage certificate to show the name change.

How picky the airline gets is up to them

[Steve S 2]

Here is my understanding of it, based on my own travel experience and reading similar posts in the past. I could be wrong, though!

a) Russian POE -- will not be a problem, they will just look at her passport

b) US POE -- will not be a problem, they will look at the GC

c) Airline -- could be a problem b/c the passport does not match the ticket. I would speak with a representative of the airline to check, unless you get definitive reassuring answer here. Hopefully having the GC and marriage certificate would make it ok. Getting through TSA screening should be ok b/c they will accept the GC. But sometimes the airline may additionally want to verify passports/visas.

My wife is traveling back soon. Passport in maiden name, GC in married name, airline ticket in maiden name (rather than married name as is yours). We are expecting smooth process through passport control on both ends, but will bring marriage certificate along just in case. I will keep tabs with this thread in case anyone has additional advice on preparing for our trip.

[AmyWrites 593]

I think the airline will be the one that really gives you #######. I'd bring some documents that somehow explain the situation.

[jaycali 415]

Agree with above posters. The airline will most likely throw a fit if the passport and ticket names don't match. In fact, they might deny her boarding.

The Russian and US POEs, no problem.

Edited May 4, 2012 by jaejayC

[Neonred 3,562]

Having the ticket match the international passport is certainly the best way. Having said that, we have always flown internationally with a ticket in her married name and her passport in her maiden name. We do have the stamp the embassy used to put in the passport, but when showing the tickets and passport to the airline at check in, before we show them the stamp they usually notice the difference and ask for a marriage certificate. We always carried it just in case. For several international trips we were never given a problem. In fact some did not understand the stamp and just looked at the marriage certificate, and were satisfied with that.

[san diego 407]

Thank you, everyone!