New passport after marriage

[actob99 156]

We are getting my wife a new passport with her married legal name and curious about the CFO sticker. Do we not need to have it in the new passport? We will be traveling on her AP as long as approved

[Dave&Roza 748]

We are getting my wife a new passport with her married legal name and curious about the CFO sticker. Do we not need to have it in the new passport? We will be traveling on her AP as long as approved

You can do this if you want, but why go thru all the trouble and expense just to change her last name? How much longer is the passport valid? If it is valid for about 4 years or more, you can then get a US passport when she obtains citizenship--assuming she goes that route. She can travel on her PI passport and the AP and GC when it arrives. All you have to do is book the travel in the name in her PI passport and it is a good idea to carry a copy of the marriage certificate to show the name change between the passport and GC. Up to you.

Dave

[ca_babe 129]

We are getting my wife a new passport with her married legal name and curious about the CFO sticker. Do we not need to have it in the new passport? We will be traveling on her AP as long as approved

She only needs the CFO sticker to get out of Philippines the first time. She won't need it again.

[actob99 156]

You can do this if you want, but why go thru all the trouble and expense just to change her last name? How much longer is the passport valid? If it is valid for about 4 years or more, you can then get a US passport when she obtains citizenship--assuming she goes that route. She can travel on her PI passport and the AP and GC when it arrives. All you have to do is book the travel in the name in her PI

passport and it is a good idea to carry a copy of the marriage certificate to show the name change between the passport and GC. Up to you.

Dave

Good point, except she has to travel with my last name because that's the legal name she chose. Also,I think it will make it alot easier getting visa's to other countries that I may have to work in and take her with.

She only needs the CFO sticker to get out of Philippines the first time. She won't need it again.

Thanks much..

[Tahoma 2,292]

All you have to do is book the travel in the name in her PI passport and it is a good idea to carry a copy of the marriage certificate to show the name change between the passport and GC.

^^^ True.

...she has to travel with my last name because that's the legal name she chose.

^^^ False.

[actob99 156]

^^^ False.

True. She has to fly with that name because of my work, thats the name in the system.. But legally or government needs you are correct.

Also, if your traveling to some of the places I go, they make up the rules worse then the PI. So I want zero questions regarding our marriage.

I was really just worried about the CFO sticker....didn't know if it was a one time deal or if she will have to show it everytime leaving.

[Dave&Roza 748]

Good point, except she has to travel with my last name because that's the legal name she chose. Also,I think it will make it alot easier getting visa's to other countries that I may have to work in and take her with.

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Actually she now has two legal names: Frist name Maiden name, First name maried name. Now if you want to throw in a middle name verse middle initial it can get quite messy. That is why when a will is drawn up for a woman that have changed their last name or moved their maiden name to the middle and then use the husband's last name there is a listing of also known as (AKA). For example my mother never legally changed her name to Middle Maiden Married but went by it for many, many years until she retired. Then her DL was changed to First name Middle Married. Her SSC and passpost were always in First Middle Married, but all of her financial investments were in Middle Maiden Married. Talk about a fun situation when dealing with the banks.

She has a legal government issued ID, her PI passport, that has her name as First Maiden. She also has a legal governement issued ID from the US, her GC, with her name as First Married. BOTH are her legal name. The problem is your work will not issue travel documents for international travel in the name it is required to be in--her maiden name. I can see how you would want to avoid complications by having the GC and passport in the same name--she could have kept her maiden name until citizenship, that way the GC and passport names would have matched. Having the GC to the US will make it easier to get a visa regardless of which last name she is using. Just remember that for international travel, her ticket must match the name in the passport she is using and any visas should also have the name of the passport being used.

Good luck,

Dave