Can you travel home with maiden name on passport, and return with married name on passport?

[Wildstar 2]

Hi,

My (Thai) wife's green card just got approved, and, if USCIS emails can be believed, she should be receiving it in a few days.

The thing is, we will be traveling to Thailand in a few weeks to have a wedding celebration with her family there. Her passport is about to expire, so while she is in Thailand she will get a new one. She wants to get the new passport in her married name, as she did for the green card.

My question is which name should we buy her airplane ticket in?

Option 1: Her maiden name?

She could show her current passport (maiden name) when she leaves the U.S., so no problems there. But when she returns to the U.S. her new passport will have a different name. I am guessing that will be a problem? Or would it be OK if she can show her old passport or the marriage certificate?

Option 2: Her married name?

She would be trying to leave the US with her current passport, would that be a problem? Could she show her green card and marriage certificate to get around this? On the return trip the new passport would have the married name so no problems.

Any advice anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

[RnB 0]

i'm sorry to see you didn't get any reply to your question before and i hope you did get to read the other posts on similar topics. i am trying to figure this out myself as i am applying for a CR1 visa but still have my passport in my maiden name. i hope you somehow found the answers you were looking for.

[VanessaTony 3,567]

i'm sorry to see you didn't get any reply to your question before and i hope you did get to read the other posts on similar topics. i am trying to figure this out myself as i am applying for a CR1 visa but still have my passport in my maiden name. i hope you somehow found the answers you were looking for.

The answer to the OP's qn is that would be fine. I did it without issues and booked my ticket in my married name.

In your situation however, your visa, and thus GC will be issued in your passport name. So change your passport before you get the visa.

[Krikit 1,165]

The answer to the OP's qn is that would be fine. I did it without issues and booked my ticket in my married name.

There are many who have had problems. It's definitely airline-specific so it's something which needs to be checked with them first.

[RnB 0]

The answer to the OP's qn is that would be fine. I did it without issues and booked my ticket in my married name.

In your situation however, your visa, and thus GC will be issued in your passport name. So change your passport before you get the visa.

thanks but somehow, changing my passport at this point would just complicate things and possibly cause delay since we don't instantly get our new passport here. i would rather go with my old passport and accept the fact that my visa will be in my maiden name..then i will follow the suggestion of one VJer who said i could request at the POE that my green card be issued in my married name. also, we will call the airline ahead of time to ask which they would prefer...me getting my ticket in the same name as my passport or if married name would be fine. thanks again.