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louisnida   0

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hi everybody!

i just want to know if there's any problem if you are going to travel international with your maiden name and your govt id is in your married name. my passport will expire this coming 2009 bearing my maiden name. i dont know if we will encountered problems because of this.

hoping to receive some response about this.

thanks a lot,

louisnida

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MaydayDas   1

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take the marriage certificate with you ...just in case ;)

"Daca voi nu ma vreti, io va vreau"

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05/07/2007 Received email from USCIS ROME confirming that our petition was approved (why Rome? because we complained to the District Office Rome about the Sub-Office Frankfurt..it took too long for our petition to be approved)...now waiting for the interview letter from the Consulate

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Living in Maryland

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Living@working in Maryland :)

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Feb 2009 Received letter from VSC to start removing conditions.

Getting ready the packet for Removing Conditions I-751

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lynny   0

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As long as your ticket is in the same name as your passport you will be fine. and like louisnida said take marriage cert with you, I travelled to Australia last year with passport and ticket in maiden name and had no problems

have a great trip

Lynny

Nov 11th 2003 sent i29f form to VSC

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gag54611   1

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Why not just send your passport to your country's consulate in the USA and get it updated to show your married name?

If you travel without this change, then when you return to the USA your passport will differ from your green card (I'm assuming that's what you've got). This is when the marriage certificate comes into play.

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Dr_LHA   3

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Why not just send your passport to your country's consulate in the USA and get it updated to show your married name?

Because if they already bought a ticket, and get their passport changed they won't be able to fly. Passport must match the ticket.

If you travel without this change, then when you return to the USA your passport will differ from your green card (I'm assuming that's what you've got). This is when the marriage certificate comes into play.

Exactly, as other said, take the marriage certificate with you, it won't be an issue.

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Nancy2015   2

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Why not just send your passport to your country's consulate in the USA and get it updated to show your married name?

Because if they already bought a ticket, and get their passport changed they won't be able to fly. Passport must match the ticket.

Also, it's easier said than done. Some countries (like mine) will put you through bureaucratic hell to do that and will charge you over a thousand bucks. And in my case, it would require a visit to some govt agencies in my country in person. :wacko: So, I guess I'm not going to change my last name in the passport :(

Filed AOS from F-1
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~krakatoa~   27

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hi everybody!

i just want to know if there's any problem if you are going to travel international with your maiden name and your govt id is in your married name. my passport will expire this coming 2009 bearing my maiden name. i dont know if we will encountered problems because of this.

hoping to receive some response about this.

thanks a lot,

louisnida

Primarily you must get in touch with the consulate of your country. I did, it did not take much. So I chose to report my marriage and amend my passport (it still has the original biographic page, same passport -with my maiden name etc and another oage with the amendments - married name etc signed and stamped by the consulate general.)

OR,

keep purchasing tickets using maiden name, using the same foreign passport (without amendments) plus carrying with you the marriage certificate to show you were married (to show that it matches your GC info later on).

Good luck!

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