EAD/AP card with maiden name and passport with married name. Can I travel aboard?

[joyceyang1902 0]

Hi guys

I have my EAD/AP card with maiden name and passport with married name. Can I travel aboard without any issues? I have searched here and only found a couple of topics about GC with maiden name. Not sure if I could refer the advice from those.

Please give me advice. Thank you in advanced.

[Pinkrlion 2,723]

All of documents and plane tickets have to have the same name. I would call TSA/CBP to ask.

[KayDeeCee 4,893]

If you changed your name, why did you not file the AOS forms in your married name so your EAD/AP and green card will come in the new married name you plan to use? Why did you only change your passport?

The usual problem is having a passport in maiden name and receiving the EAD/AP and green card in married name. In those cases you purchase the ticket to match the name on the passport and provide your marriage certificate if asked about EAD/AP or green card showing a different last name.

[mayfield 23]

If you changed your name, why did you not file the AOS forms in your married name so your EAD/AP and green card will come in the new married name you plan to use? Why did you only change your passport?

The usual problem is having a passport in maiden name and receiving the EAD/AP and green card in married name. In those cases you purchase the ticket to match the name on the passport and provide your marriage certificate if asked about EAD/AP or green card showing a different last name.

Totally agree, sounds like you rushed your forms.

Take your marriage certificate along with you, I would also be wary of where you are going at this moment as to not go to a country that your unfamiliar with.

Also try and get this corrected, I have seen in other forums and even in other topics on this site where the applicants were able to tell their interviewing officer that they want the married name on the green card.