Maiden Name or Married name: Already has passport??

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Hello All!

My wife already has an Indian passport; we recently got married, and I am about to file I-130 for her.

Should we use her maiden name or my last name on all of our applications?

(She wants to use my last name in the longterm)

IF we use my last name as her NEW last name (married name), then she will need to get her passport updated for it, right? How long does that take in India (Chandigarh RPO)? and what is the procedure for that? Is it fairly simple, or a pain-in-the----

All of her professional documents are in her maiden name (obviously); is that an issue? (I guess not; women get married & in India, most take on their husband's last name.....)

My concern is with the processing of our case: what is the best route to take:

1. File ALL papers with her MARRIED name, AND change name on her passport

OR

2. File all papers with her MAIDEN name & leave same name on passport.

PLEASE HELP & GUIDE.....

Joe

hi joejoe,

both names will work

if you dont have passport in married name her visa will be issud in maiden name

later she will reeive the ssc in her married name

just mention the applicant name as the married name for her ssc in married name

you will be more than fine joejoe

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hi joejoe,

both names will work

if you dont have passport in married name her visa will be issud in maiden name

later she will reeive the ssc in her married name

just mention the applicant name as the married name for her ssc in married name

you will be more than fine joejoe

Thanks nice_lady.

I think the overwhelming consensus seems to suggest that I should not mess with the name; let it be the maiden name & go thru the process as is, and change her name when she comes here....

Thanks Mala....

I know you care, and that is why you are trying to help: I agree I don't want to complicate things for us either. 'Keep it simple' is the best policy. The reason why I have thought about the name change was after I saw some postings on this forum, where people said it took them only 6-7 days for the name change (after marriage) on their Indian passport (in India). IF however it is a long drawn complicated process, then certainly I am NOT getting into it.....

Thanks again folks,

Joe

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i do understand your situation joe coz in SOMETIME BACK even i was messed up with name change issue my hubby at the end took comsultation from a very competitive attorney and i was perfectly fine ,

see my past post here for name change

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=72786

now i am going as simple as it is , by not taking tensions .

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and on top of it my ssc and ssn will be in married name so i had posted this regarding my travel to swiss with hubby

and even the travel seem to be fine

my hubby says why do i seem so crazy for new indian passport he wil get me an american passport in 3-4 yrs

he is such a lovable cant see me tensed at all - always accessible to me whenever i am tensed

i really dont have words for his care for me

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and on top of it my ssc and ssn will be in married name so i had posted this regarding my travel to swiss with hubby

and even the travel seem to be fine

my hubby says why do i seem so crazy for new indian passport he wil get me an american passport in 3-4 yrs

he is such a lovable cant see me tensed at all - always accessible to me whenever i am tensed

i really dont have words for his care for me

O THAT IS CHO CHWEET

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[GGT 0]

i would simply suggest go with the maiden name yet. u can get all this funda's in indian embassy in u.s. its better if we keep things less complicated as already there are lot of documents to file...

gaurav

[jojoe 0]

i do understand your situation joe coz in SOMETIME BACK even i was messed up with name change issue my hubby at the end took comsultation from a very competitive attorney and i was perfectly fine ,

see my past post here for name change

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=72786

now i am going as simple as it is , by not taking tensions .

Thanks Mala....

I think I will just file the petition in her maiden name & when she gets here, we will do the name change part then.... Don't want any pangas with anyone, anywhere along the way.....

Just want to file the petition ASAP now.....

I think I am all set with most of the papers; just need her to DHL me her signed G-325A....

Thanks for all the guidance...

Joe

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ggt,

thanks gaurav for your suggesstion to change the maiden name or not

gaurav i am expecting a good news in your interview soon

i really think you will be successful your case is clear so dont worry ,okay .

joe,

u dont worry so much even i used to be so worried before when i was in your stage so i really do understand .

it isnt so complicated as it seems to be ,

only thing we have to keep patience and also try to have minimal complications

have a wonderful visajourney

these memories will also be sure remembered when u were apart from your wife .