What Last name should I use while traveling outside the states?

[Olga88 84]

My green card has my married name, but my international passport has my maiden name in it.

i understand that flying to my home country, I should use my maiden name for booking the tickets because i will be flying with my passport. 
But when I will be returning to the states, what am I supposed to do? 
If I land on US territory under my maiden name because it’s in my international passport, but my green card has a different name. Will it be a problem? 
Or having a marriage certificate is enough? 

[Timona 4,207]

Everything has to be in PP name. 

 

Other will suggest you carry your MC too.

[Verrou 1,962]

just bring your marriage certificate ( for airlines )

 

while you are in american soil, most CBP just request to see ur GC and not even passport. happened to me, happened to my friend yesterday who just got back from overseas and landed in Miami

 

 

[Olga88 84]

@HaroKitty  you guys have different names in those documents too? 

[Daphne . 1,852]

7 minutes ago, Olga88 said:

@HaroKitty  you guys have different names in those documents too? 

My passport and green card have different names. I always book my tickets under the name that is in my passport (maiden name) and always carry my marriage certificate that shows my name change after marriage. Never had issues

[Verrou 1,962]

14 minutes ago, Olga88 said:

@HaroKitty  you guys have different names in those documents too? 

Yes. It’s very very common practice 

[Dashinka 24,488]

My wife traveled like this for years until she naturalized and now she has her US passport in her married name.  When her GC and Russian passport name did not match, she always booked the tickets in the name on her Russian passport and carried a copy of the marriage  certificate with her.  After traveling like this for a little more than 3 years, I don't believe any CBP officer ever asked to see the marriage certificate when she was re-entering the US with her GC in her married name.  Now she uses her US Passport except for domestic Russian flights.

 

This is very common particularly from former Soviet Union countries.

 

Good Luck!

Edited June 19, 2023 by Dashinka

[DaveAndAnastasia 2,092]

On 6/19/2023 at 11:10 AM, Dashinka said:

My wife traveled like this for years until she naturalized and now she has her US passport in her married name.  When her GC and Russian passport name did not match, she always booked the tickets in the name on her Russian passport and carried a copy of the marriage  certificate with her.  After traveling like this for a little more than 3 years, I don't believe any CBP officer ever asked to see the marriage certificate when she was re-entering the US with her GC in her married name.  Now she uses her US Passport except for domestic Russian flights.

 

This is very common particularly from former Soviet Union countries.

... and largely an artifact of it being somewhat complicated to legally change your name in those countries, particularly if you're not residing there.

 

Although we ended up not traveling internationally between my wife arriving on a K-1 and naturalizing (between K-1 travel restrictions, pregnancy, having a small child, Covid, buying a home, Putin invading Ukraine, and me losing my job we never had a good opportunity).