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Need advice: name on SS# and Drivers license after getting married with K1

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KMD   0

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Hello, I need your help...!

I was working in the US with proper visa until 2015 and moved to Europe and now working in Asia. I was married then, but separated for years, and using married name (SS, drivers license,etc) in the US. My divorce was finalized in 2015 and I'm now waiting for K1 visa approval and moving back to the US to get married.

My question is the process of changing my name on SS and drivers license. Do I need to change my last name (former married name, let's say Smith) back to my maiden name (current name, Honda) on my SS card before getting married? Or, can I just change my former married name Smith to my new married name Jones (without bothering to change to Honda)? How about the drivers license? (My US drivers license was expired last month already)

Ant of your advice is highly appreciated. Thank you in advance!

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Pitaya   2,577

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bigjailerman Proficient

bigjailerman   318

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The divorce papers generally includes the granting of the ability to change it back from married name to you original name. Social security wont just change your name back without documents or ID with a different name that is on it now. You can change your name to what you have now (divorced = Smith to new maiden Jones) with your marriage license/certificate. Driver licensees (DMVs) are different from state to state but in NY you can show a copy of divorce papers and original name birth certificate and will change it to your original married name or new married name with marriage certificate and there is no need to go back to original and change to new married name. The changing of married names can get pretty confusing once you have various aliases.

You can also go to court and officially change your name to whatever you want. Depending on where your live, it could be very simple or time consuming and expensive.

What name are you filing with the i129f?

Once you get married its probably the easiest way to go change your ss card with marriage license/certificate and dirivers license after you have the ss. My 2 cents

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You just go from your current legal name to the name you will use once married. No need to change it to some name in the middle between those. Your marriage certificate will be your legal name change document for changing your name over to the new married name on everything once you marry.

Link to K-1 instructions for Ciudad Juarez, Mexico > https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/K1/CDJ_Ciudad-Juarez-2-22-2021.pdf

 
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