Name change and UK passport

[heishe 2]

My fiance will arrive on a K1 sometime next year and he wants to change his name when we get married. Will he need to get a new or updated UK passport for travel between the US and UK after that, or will it be enough for him to present his old passport and our marriage certificate showing the legal change of name? When should we get a new UK passport for him? As his K1 will be in his passport, I don't want him to surrender it for replacement while we still need that visa.

For his adjustment of status, I assume his old passport and paperwork along with the marriage certificate showing name change will be sufficient to establish that he is the same person with a new name.

[no name 1]

My fiance will arrive on a K1 sometime next year and he wants to change his name when we get married. Will he need to get a new or updated UK passport for travel between the US and UK after that, or will it be enough for him to present his old passport and our marriage certificate showing the legal change of name? When should we get a new UK passport for him? As his K1 will be in his passport, I don't want him to surrender it for replacement while we still need that visa.

For his adjustment of status, I assume his old passport and paperwork along with the marriage certificate showing name change will be sufficient to establish that he is the same person with a new name.

I can't answer that but I'm sure some of legal name change paperwork will be required, NOT only a marriage certificate. When a woman changes her name, she has to show her marriage certificate & get a new SSN, etc. I'm sure it's different for a man, as it is not the same as a woman's married name change.

[heishe 2]

My fiance will arrive on a K1 sometime next year and he wants to change his name when we get married. Will he need to get a new or updated UK passport for travel between the US and UK after that, or will it be enough for him to present his old passport and our marriage certificate showing the legal change of name? When should we get a new UK passport for him? As his K1 will be in his passport, I don't want him to surrender it for replacement while we still need that visa.

For his adjustment of status, I assume his old passport and paperwork along with the marriage certificate showing name change will be sufficient to establish that he is the same person with a new name.

I can't answer that but I'm sure some of legal name change paperwork will be required, NOT only a marriage certificate. When a woman changes her name, she has to show her marriage certificate & get a new SSN, etc. I'm sure it's different for a man, as it is not the same as a woman's married name change.

Actually, it is the same. We'll be married in Iowa and both the man and the woman are allowed to legally change their name at the marriage ceremony. There's a place on the marriage license application for just this, one for the bride and one for the groom.

[John & Annie 0]

My fiance will arrive on a K1 sometime next year and he wants to change his name when we get married. Will he need to get a new or updated UK passport for travel between the US and UK after that, or will it be enough for him to present his old passport and our marriage certificate showing the legal change of name? When should we get a new UK passport for him? As his K1 will be in his passport, I don't want him to surrender it for replacement while we still need that visa.

For his adjustment of status, I assume his old passport and paperwork along with the marriage certificate showing name change will be sufficient to establish that he is the same person with a new name.

I can't answer that but I'm sure some of legal name change paperwork will be required, NOT only a marriage certificate. When a woman changes her name, she has to show her marriage certificate & get a new SSN, etc. I'm sure it's different for a man, as it is not the same as a woman's married name change.

Actually, it is the same. We'll be married in Iowa and both the man and the woman are allowed to legally change their name at the marriage ceremony. There's a place on the marriage license application for just this, one for the bride and one for the groom.

It is really painless to have the UK Passport changed. You send the original marriage cert and the passport to the UK Embassy in DC and a week later you have it back. with the old passport and original Marriage Cert. Annie was really worried, I would do it as soon as possible, we made color copies of everything. Annie carries a copy of her passport and a copy of the visa. Till she changed her passport she also carried a copy of the mariage cert.

Edited November 6, 2006 by John & Annie

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You are required to carry your original passport, the K1 Visa is irrelevant after you entered, it is a one shot document and has no further validity.

[heishe 2]

My fiance will arrive on a K1 sometime next year and he wants to change his name when we get married. Will he need to get a new or updated UK passport for travel between the US and UK after that, or will it be enough for him to present his old passport and our marriage certificate showing the legal change of name? When should we get a new UK passport for him? As his K1 will be in his passport, I don't want him to surrender it for replacement while we still need that visa.

For his adjustment of status, I assume his old passport and paperwork along with the marriage certificate showing name change will be sufficient to establish that he is the same person with a new name.

It is really painless to have the UK Passport changed. You send the original marriage cert and the passport to the UK Embassy in DC and a week later you have it back. with the old passport and original Marriage Cert. Annie was really worried, I would do it as soon as possible, we made color copies of everything. Annie carries a copy of her passport and a copy of the visa. Till she changed her passport she also carried a copy of the mariage cert.

So did she get a new passport or did they just add the new name to the old passport? If she got a new passport but also got the old one back, was the old one marked invalid? I see you can get some kinda "also known as" notation. I suppose that will be ideal while the US paperwork is still in processing. It's kinda scary to send his passport away, but I suppose it probably would be safe.

Edited November 6, 2006 by heishe

[Lansbury 19]

Actually, it is the same. We'll be married in Iowa and both the man and the woman are allowed to legally change their name at the marriage ceremony. There's a place on the marriage license application for just this, one for the bride and one for the groom.

It might not be the same in the UK. It can be what it is in Iowa but a British passport is a British government document and issued under UK law. Likewise the UK Embassy is bound by UK law, it would be best to call the passport section at the Embassy in Washington and ask them.

Unless someone posts on here who has done exactly what you propose any answer is just a guess. The official answer is all that counts

[John & Annie 0]

ok,

Having been through this, We can shed some light. The K1 Visa is not irrelivent, that is proof that you entered the country legally with the intent to stay.

Secondly, I would highly recomend you check all of the info given to you.

Now, when we called the British Embassy in Washington DC to inquire about the new passport we hade to fill out the form and sent it with Annie's original passport and the original Marriage Certificate and money. About a week later we got all of the sent documents back and Annies new Passport, her old one was voided. It was relatively painless.

In the interim, to prove legitimacy Annie carrys copies of her passport. If we got pulled over i would rather have to go to court and prove it then have her bag stolen and lose it.

Please feel free to pm me if you have any questions.