Name Change, Pension, Real Estate, (Dual) Citizenship

[Southbyrd 2]

Fiance wants to change her last name to mine but discovered that for a multitude of administrative issues, as in dealing with the government and passport, changng the name to my last name after the marriage would not be wise. She has a retirement pension for which to draw from as well as a flat for which she will sell. Also, changing her name to mine will potentially mess up her passport(s) for Russia.

1. There is no requirement for her to change her name once she is married to me in the States?

2. Dual Citizenship: In order for her to draw the pension will she need to keep her citizenship in Russia?

Anyone with experierence with dealing with these type issues would be appreaciated. Thanks.

[Hollyday 122]

Fiance wants to change her last name to mine but discovered that for a multitude of administrative issues, as in dealing with the government and passport, changng the name to my last name after the marriage would not be wise. She has a retirement pension for which to draw from as well as a flat for which she will sell. Also, changing her name to mine will potentially mess up her passport(s) for Russia.

1. There is no requirement for her to change her name once she is married to me in the States?

2. Dual Citizenship: In order for her to draw the pension will she need to keep her citizenship in Russia?

Anyone with experierence with dealing with these type issues would be appreaciated. Thanks.

there is no requirement to change name after marriage. It can be done at any moment in time anyway.

I don't think they'd give pension to someone who's not a citizen, but it's just my $0.02.

[Amy_and_Victor 159]

I don't think they'd give pension to someone who's not a citizen, but it's just my $0.02.

That's not really like this.

Non-citizens still can get pension in Russia as well if they have valid "вид на жительство" (something similar to US Green Cards), but only if they had been paying social taxes in Russia for minimum 5 years during your life. I don't know if there is any requirement about how many days per year you supposed to live in Russia to be elegible.

There is one more problem - I've heard that Russia has some issues with paying pension to a person who already getting pension in other country. I don't know details though.

- Victor from Russia

Edited May 25, 2014 by Amy_and_Victor

[Southbyrd 2]

Thanks all for your responses.

Victor, she has paid into the system all her life; born, raised, and worked in Russia. Cheers.....