British Expatriate Network

Hi there,

I was wondering if anyone has any experiences about marrying a US citizen and getting your name changed in your passport from your maiden name to your married name?

I'm hoping to travel to the UK in October with my husband. My passport is in my maiden name but I assume we'd book the tickets using my married name & then carry a copy of our marriage certificate and my state ID card with my married name on it.

But we've had some problems with our tax returns - the IRS doesn't recognise my social security number as it's in my maiden name. (Meaning we get $300 less of a refund than we should.) We went to the SS office to get my name changed in their systen. They typed in my alien number into their INS database to find that they still have me under my maiden name. So the SS people are going to write to the INS to ask them to get a move on and get it changed.

So now I'm a bit worried that we might have some similar problems with my passport being in my old name. Don't you have to send it to the British Embassy in the US to get it changed? I don't really like the idea of sending my passport in the mail.

Well, just wondering if anyone else could share what they did.

Thanks, Jennie

You are wrong about the refund - and it can be fixed.

Paul

Wrong howso? We've got that under control now anyhow - we've been in touch with the IRS and went to the Social Security Office, who are going to get in touch with the INS on our behalf.

Now I just want to know about my passport name change.

You should get the info from the British Embassy in Washington DC website

http//www.britain-info.org

smile

Thanks for the link Dawn. I was looking at that site yesterday, but wasn't sure if it was the official Embassy site - it didn't look too official. I found a form there which can be used for name changes. Seems it costs around $70 for that though eek But I guess that's more official than travelling with a out of date named passport and our marriage certificate,

Thanks, Jennie