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Passport after changing surname

  • 11-07-2024 12:37pm
    #1
    veryangryman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,707 ✭✭✭


    Existing wifes passport expires in 2027

    Is it worth the while to change the name and if so, is it treated as a brand new passsport with the 90 odd quid price tag?

    Can we get away with using the marriage cert and existing passport until expiry? Anyone with experience of doing this?



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  • #2
    Nigel Fairservice
    Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 2,403 Mod ✭✭✭✭Nigel Fairservice


    I would only change the name if she's using her married name. Would be a new 10 year passport. If she wants she can also submit her birth certificate with the application and request a birth certificate observation on the new passport. The passport will note her name at birth on the opposite page to the main photo page so you can have both names on there. Any travel bookings would have to be in the name that's on the photo page.



  • #3
    Donald Trump
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,327 ✭✭✭✭Donald Trump


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058359193/passport-after-changing-surname

    Existing wifes passport expires in 2027

    I notice the way you say "existing wife's passport" rather than "wife's existing passport" ……. thinking of trading in already?

    How and ever, just to respond to the post above, I think that one should still be able to travel on the document when the booking is made in the "birth cert name" rather than the name on the photo page

    Alternate solution for UK travel is to have her driving licence in the other name. Some airlines will accept that.



  • #4
    stargazer 68
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,179 ✭✭✭stargazer 68


    Only changed my passport this year to my married name. Been married 6 years! Just book flights with the current passport name until she needs a new passport



  • #5
    tea and coffee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,852 ✭✭✭tea and coffee


    Just book the flight in her maiden name until the passport expires. Its not like she HAS to change her name on marriage



  • #6
    Jim2007
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 10,716 Mod ✭✭✭✭Jim2007


    So long as she is just using it for travel and does not need to present it with other documents using her married name, it should be fine.



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  • #7
    SweetSand
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 154 ✭✭SweetSand


    I would just change it to make life easier in the future. It happened to me, my passport wasn’t expiring for few years after we got married and I decided to leave it as it is. Thing is - if your wife intends to use her married name, it’s not just passport that needs to be changed, driving license, bank account and etc. I ended up with passport in one name, other stuff in married name. Then we moved country and it just became a pain and I regretted not doing it all right after the wedding.



  • #8
    Dial Hard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,497 ✭✭✭✭Dial Hard


    Or everyone could just keep their own name and not have to worry about anything.



  • #9
    JVince
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,783 ✭✭✭JVince


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122373675#Comment_122373675

    Yep, I just don't get this name change thing. We decided many years ago to keep all official stuff in our our names. Just makes life easier and gives a sense of independence.



  • #10
    SweetSand
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 154 ✭✭SweetSand


    Totally personal choice. I love having my husband’s last name. And even if you keep yours, once you have kids - what are you going to do there? Father’s last name, double-barrel, mother’s last name? I think it makes traveling easier as a family as well when everyone has the same last name.



  • #11
    Dial Hard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,497 ✭✭✭✭Dial Hard


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122373762#Comment_122373762

    This comes up all the time. Pick whichever of those three options you want for the kids - my brother has all three across his family. Two have their mother's surname, one has his and hers double-barrelled and two have his name (he has three kids from a previous relationship and two from his current one) and it has never once caused an issue while travelling.

    Also, why, when this argument comes up, do you never, ever hear of the man taking his wife's name? I find the whole thing bizarre, quite frankly.

    Also, not every couple has or wants kids.



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  • #12
    Ezeoul
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,380 ✭✭✭Ezeoul


    Why the urgency? There is no legal requirement to change your name on your passport after marriage, even if you do adopt your spouse's surname.

    Don't see why you'd think your wife would need to produce a marriage cert when travelling?

    Just book any travel tickets in the existing name on the passport until it expires and then she can change it on renewal, if she still wants to then.

    Not a big deal.



  • #13
    Sunny Dayz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,517 ✭✭✭Sunny Dayz


    There's no requirement to change her passport to her married name unless she wants to. If there's only a couple of years left on the passport and if it's not used that often I wouldn't bother with the expense. Just to remember when booking flights or a trip that you use her maiden name. I've a copy of my marriage cert tucked into my passport cover but it's never been an issue in the 12 years I've been married and my passport is in my maiden name and most other stuff is in my married name.



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