Probably not the right forum...

[~*Maria*~ 1]

Her passport won't change so generally you buy airline tickets in the passport name and then if the green card doesn't match the passport, you may want to keep a copy of your marriage certificate to show upon US entry.

Most countries allow a passport to be updated with a new name after marriage.... some just make an amendment others you get a new passport... but it can be done so there is no need to have the problem of tickets in one name and greencard in another...

Kez

My passport was amended shortly after i was married, i got the old one returned with the corner clipped and a new one sent to me within 5 working days!! Not bad eh Kez, and to think i thought UKPA was slow and would take around 4-6 weeks or so i was told when i took my old passport and application forms to the post office to be check over for the minimal fee!!

Maria

You were married in your home country. The OP's fiance will be married in the US, so she will arrive in the US using a passport and visa in her maiden name. Her name will change here, in the US. Depending on the country, it can be very difficult to obtain a new passport without going home but in most cases it can be done. Many find it cumbersome enough that for some time, they simply use their maiden name on their passport.

For instance, a Chinese woman would have to travel to a Chinese Consulate, in person to even renew a passport without a name change. Some countries have only one Embassy in Washington D.C. The OP doesn't mention the country of origin.

Kez was married here in the US.

I think you'll find my post above is in response to Maria, not Kez. The subject seems to have been adequately covered at this point.

Yes, I see that was my reading error.

IMO it would have been lovely if you could have discussed the topic with these two ladies without making judgment calls about nature of the posts.

*posted simultaneously as Lal was posting*

IMHO didnt come back....he's under the impression i married in my home country, which i didnt!! i just wanted the chance to clarify things up...about how i managed to change my passport to my married name, i guess he thinks i came here on a K-1. ..oh well!!

Edited August 21, 2007 by MariaDane

[pushbrk 12,884]

Her passport won't change so generally you buy airline tickets in the passport name and then if the green card doesn't match the passport, you may want to keep a copy of your marriage certificate to show upon US entry.

Most countries allow a passport to be updated with a new name after marriage.... some just make an amendment others you get a new passport... but it can be done so there is no need to have the problem of tickets in one name and greencard in another...

Kez

My passport was amended shortly after i was married, i got the old one returned with the corner clipped and a new one sent to me within 5 working days!! Not bad eh Kez, and to think i thought UKPA was slow and would take around 4-6 weeks or so i was told when i took my old passport and application forms to the post office to be check over for the minimal fee!!

Maria

You were married in your home country. The OP's fiance will be married in the US, so she will arrive in the US using a passport and visa in her maiden name. Her name will change here, in the US. Depending on the country, it can be very difficult to obtain a new passport without going home but in most cases it can be done. Many find it cumbersome enough that for some time, they simply use their maiden name on their passport.

For instance, a Chinese woman would have to travel to a Chinese Consulate, in person to even renew a passport without a name change. Some countries have only one Embassy in Washington D.C. The OP doesn't mention the country of origin.

Kez was married here in the US.

I think you'll find my post above is in response to Maria, not Kez. The subject seems to have been adequately covered at this point.

Yes, I see that was my reading error.

IMO it would have been lovely if you could have discussed the topic with these two ladies without making judgment calls about nature of the posts.

*posted simultaneously as Lal was posting*

IMHO didnt come back....he's under the impression i married in my home country, which i didnt!! i just wanted the chance to clarify things up...about how i managed to change my passport to my married name, i guess he thinks i came here on a K-1. ..oh well!!

Maria,

Your timeline indicates you obtained a K3 visa. On that basis, I concluded you were married in your home country. If this is not correct, then I stand corrected.

As for any other issues, "won't" is present tense. It has a different meaning than "can't". If my use of the word "won't " resulted in some interpreting my meaning as "can't" then I'll try to be more clear in the future.

Edited August 21, 2007 by pushbrk

[~*Maria*~ 1]

Her passport won't change so generally you buy airline tickets in the passport name and then if the green card doesn't match the passport, you may want to keep a copy of your marriage certificate to show upon US entry.

Most countries allow a passport to be updated with a new name after marriage.... some just make an amendment others you get a new passport... but it can be done so there is no need to have the problem of tickets in one name and greencard in another...

Kez

My passport was amended shortly after i was married, i got the old one returned with the corner clipped and a new one sent to me within 5 working days!! Not bad eh Kez, and to think i thought UKPA was slow and would take around 4-6 weeks or so i was told when i took my old passport and application forms to the post office to be check over for the minimal fee!!

Maria

You were married in your home country. The OP's fiance will be married in the US, so she will arrive in the US using a passport and visa in her maiden name. Her name will change here, in the US. Depending on the country, it can be very difficult to obtain a new passport without going home but in most cases it can be done. Many find it cumbersome enough that for some time, they simply use their maiden name on their passport.

For instance, a Chinese woman would have to travel to a Chinese Consulate, in person to even renew a passport without a name change. Some countries have only one Embassy in Washington D.C. The OP doesn't mention the country of origin.

Kez was married here in the US.

I think you'll find my post above is in response to Maria, not Kez. The subject seems to have been adequately covered at this point.

Yes, I see that was my reading error.

IMO it would have been lovely if you could have discussed the topic with these two ladies without making judgment calls about nature of the posts.

*posted simultaneously as Lal was posting*

IMHO didnt come back....he's under the impression i married in my home country, which i didnt!! i just wanted the chance to clarify things up...about how i managed to change my passport to my married name, i guess he thinks i came here on a K-1. ..oh well!!

Maria,

Your timeline indicates you obtained a K3 visa. On that basis, I concluded you were married in your home country. If this is not correct, then I stand corrected.

As for any other issues, "won't" is present tense. It has a different meaning than "can't". If my use of the word "won't " resulted in some interpreting my meaning as "can't" then I'll try to be more clear in the future.

I was married in the U.S and returned to the UK shortly after i was married. I had my passport changed in the UK shortly after my return home. Thanks Pushbrk we're all clear now

[pushbrk 12,884]

You were married in your home country. The OP's fiance will be married in the US, so she will arrive in the US using a passport and visa in her maiden name. Her name will change here, in the US. Depending on the country, it can be very difficult to obtain a new passport without going home but in most cases it can be done. Many find it cumbersome enough that for some time, they simply use their maiden name on their passport.

I was married in the U.S. then returned home to UK. My husband (the petitioner) filed for a K-3.

On my return to the UK i had my passport changed to my married name. I was not married in my home country as you put it!!!

Sorry, I didn't see this post until now. My point was that changing your name at the marriage office didn't get your name changed in your passport. You did the name change in your passport in your home country. Changing the name at the marriage office "won't" change the name on the passport.

Edited August 21, 2007 by pushbrk

[~*Maria*~ 1]

You were married in your home country. The OP's fiance will be married in the US, so she will arrive in the US using a passport and visa in her maiden name. Her name will change here, in the US. Depending on the country, it can be very difficult to obtain a new passport without going home but in most cases it can be done. Many find it cumbersome enough that for some time, they simply use their maiden name on their passport.

I was married in the U.S. then returned home to UK. My husband (the petitioner) filed for a K-3.

On my return to the UK i had my passport changed to my married name. I was not married in my home country as you put it!!!

Sorry, I didn't see this post until now. My point was that changing your name at the marriage office didn't get your name changed in your passport. You did the name change in your passport in your home country. Changing the name at the marriage office "won't" change the name on the passport.

No problem

[Kez/JWolf 6]

You were married in your home country. The OP's fiance will be married in the US, so she will arrive in the US using a passport and visa in her maiden name. Her name will change here, in the US. Depending on the country, it can be very difficult to obtain a new passport without going home but in most cases it can be done. Many find it cumbersome enough that for some time, they simply use their maiden name on their passport.

I was married in the U.S. then returned home to UK. My husband (the petitioner) filed for a K-3.

On my return to the UK i had my passport changed to my married name. I was not married in my home country as you put it!!!

Sorry, I didn't see this post until now. My point was that changing your name at the marriage office didn't get your name changed in your passport. You did the name change in your passport in your home country. Changing the name at the marriage office "won't" change the name on the passport.

Your post does not mention Marriage office at all... Guess you just can accept that you were wrong.... how sad..

Kez

[pushbrk 12,884]

You were married in your home country. The OP's fiance will be married in the US, so she will arrive in the US using a passport and visa in her maiden name. Her name will change here, in the US. Depending on the country, it can be very difficult to obtain a new passport without going home but in most cases it can be done. Many find it cumbersome enough that for some time, they simply use their maiden name on their passport.

I was married in the U.S. then returned home to UK. My husband (the petitioner) filed for a K-3.

On my return to the UK i had my passport changed to my married name. I was not married in my home country as you put it!!!

Sorry, I didn't see this post until now. My point was that changing your name at the marriage office didn't get your name changed in your passport. You did the name change in your passport in your home country. Changing the name at the marriage office "won't" change the name on the passport.

Your post does not mention Marriage office at all... Guess you just can accept that you were wrong.... how sad..

Kez

Statements have context. Some have difficulty with context.

I wrote:

The procedure for a wife to take the husband's family name at marriage tends to vary from State to State. Some require a declaration of intent to do so, that may be as simple as checking a box on the license or application for license. When you go to get the license, just ask them and they'll walk you through it.

"Marriage Office" was my chosen term to refer generically to the place one goes to get a marriage license. What they call this office, varies. I chose a generic way to refer to that office. I find it diffucult to beleive that choice was actually misunderstood. More likely somebody wants to nit pik. Enough.

Edited August 21, 2007 by pushbrk

[rebeccajo 14]

You were married in your home country. The OP's fiance will be married in the US, so she will arrive in the US using a passport and visa in her maiden name. Her name will change here, in the US. Depending on the country, it can be very difficult to obtain a new passport without going home but in most cases it can be done. Many find it cumbersome enough that for some time, they simply use their maiden name on their passport.

I was married in the U.S. then returned home to UK. My husband (the petitioner) filed for a K-3.

On my return to the UK i had my passport changed to my married name. I was not married in my home country as you put it!!!

Sorry, I didn't see this post until now. My point was that changing your name at the marriage office didn't get your name changed in your passport. You did the name change in your passport in your home country. Changing the name at the marriage office "won't" change the name on the passport.

Your post does not mention Marriage office at all... Guess you just can accept that you were wrong.... how sad..

Kez

Statements have context. Some have difficulty with context.

I wrote:

The procedure for a wife to take the husband's family name at marriage tends to vary from State to State. Some require a declaration of intent to do so, that may be as simple as checking a box on the license or application for license. When you go to get the license, just ask them and they'll walk you through it.

"Marriage Office" was my chosen term to refer generically to the place one goes to get a marriage license. What they call this office, varies. I chose a generic way to refer to that office. I find it diffucult to beleive that choice was actually misunderstood. More likely somebody wants to nit pik. Enough.

Women tend to do that when they are waiting on an apology.

[Kez/JWolf 6]

The procedure for a wife to take the husband's family name at marriage tends to vary from State to State. Some require a declaration of intent to do so, that may be as simple as checking a box on the license or application for license. When you go to get the license, just ask them and they'll walk you through it. It's an ever day thing.

Her passport won't change so generally you buy airline tickets in the passport name and then if the green card doesn't match the passport, you may want to keep a copy of your marriage certificate to show upon US entry.

No where does your post mention marriage office, and as your statement about passports is in a new paragraph it is not a continuation of the statement in the first paragraph... your second paragraph tells the OP what you think they need to do with regard to foreign travel because you belive the passport wont change....

You like to portray yourself as a man of integraty if that were true you would just have said Opps got that wrong... insted of continuing this telling everyone else that they have not interpreted your post correctly... oh and it is not nice to tell anyone to GFY and FO in a PM it just comfirms how silly you are....

Kez

[pak 0]

Thanks everyone for your help! Here's a follow up questions (although they are very similar to original):

1. If I understood correctly, marriage license from County Court House might not even have space for "new name", just a checkbox for "intent to change the name"? (We can be specific here, Las Vegas, Clark County...)

2. During marriage ceremony, her old name is going to be used?

3. When and how do we actually change her name? Thanks!

4. Changing my fiancee's original passport... are there any countries that would not do that? Saying, well, you got married to an American, so you are about to become American, so you won't need your birth place country's passport?

[payxibka 10,045]

Thanks everyone for your help! Here's a follow up questions (although they are very similar to original):

1. If I understood correctly, marriage license from County Court House might not even have space for "new name", just a checkbox for "intent to change the name"? (We can be specific here, Las Vegas, Clark County...)

2. During marriage ceremony, her old name is going to be used?

3. When and how do we actually change her name? Thanks!

4. Changing my fiancee's original passport... are there any countries that would not do that? Saying, well, you got married to an American, so you are about to become American, so you won't need your birth place country's passport?

1) google is your friend... Clark County has all information you need online

http://www.co.clark.nv.us/clerk/pdf/Marria...NSTRUCTIONS.pdf

2) Typically the officiant announces at the end the names the parties desire to have announced

3) See Clark County or local if different

4) She will not be able to naturalize for several years (or maybe even never) so she will not receive that kind of response from her country. Does not mean they will make it easy though

[pak 0]

4) She will not be able to naturalize for several years (or maybe even never) so she will not receive that kind of response from her country. Does not mean they will make it easy though

Thanks, fwaguy! Did your wife change her name in original passport? Country is very similar..

Edited August 21, 2007 by pak

[payxibka 10,045]

4) She will not be able to naturalize for several years (or maybe even never) so she will not receive that kind of response from her country. Does not mean they will make it easy though

Thanks, fwaguy! Did your wife change her name in original passport? Country is very similar..

We have not crossed that bridge yet... We will decide later but early indications are that in the US she will use my last name and in her country she will use her previous name..... because of that no passport name change will occur in the near term....

[BishopMnA 0]

In our case, the official/legal name change occured during the application for her Social Security number.

Once we took the official wedding certificate to the SS office (in her maiden name), we completed changing of her last name (to my last name).

Peace,

Mark-N-Aam

[pak 0]

In our case, the official/legal name change occured during the application for her Social Security number.

Once we took the official wedding certificate to the SS office (in her maiden name), we completed changing of her last name (to my last name).

Yes, that's the plan - get SSN in her maiden name (I think it is required for marriage license anyway), get married, apply for name change on SSN. But what I was not sure about is where her new name first appear... you are saying on wedding certificate... something that is given by the chapel/priest/whatever - right? THANKS!