Name change question for those who also changed name at marriage

[jxn 86]

My wife is considering changing her name during the application for naturalization. Let's say I'm John Paul Smith and her maiden name was María Teresa Sosa López, with me having a first name, middle name, and last name, and her having a first name, middle name, paternal last name, and maternal last name.

 

Upon marriage she changed her name to María Sosa Smith, taking her paternal surname as her middle name and taking my surname as her new surname. With the N-400 application, she wants to become María López Smith.

 

When she naturalizes and we update her name at the DMV, bank, et cetera, what is the actual document she shows demonstrating the new name change? I'm assuming it will list also list her previous married name to demonstrate the change.

 

Are there scenarios where we will need to show our marriage certificate to demonstrate both name changes? Thanks for your advice!

[Going through 5,669]

Check out this thread on name changes....tons of good info in there that will probably answer a lot of your questions and give you good information on how to go about changing her other ID later on:

 

 

[jxn 86]

On 7/14/2017 at 0:44 PM, Going through said:

Check out this thread on name changes....tons of good info in there that will probably answer a lot of your questions and give you good information on how to go about changing her other ID later on:

 

 

Thanks, I posted my question there and will happily remain active in this thread in case anyone needs clarification or can provide more detailed information.