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Hey Ladies... wow, its been a long time...
I have a question.
DH and I are going to Europe next year for our 5 year anniversary. We are renting a car and doing a sort of Euro Road Trip (14 countries)... Slovakia seems like it might be the hardest to get in and out of..... on to the dilemma, I'm really nervous about my passport. After we got married, I never bothered to send it in to have my name changed (because we are NOT world travelers so I figured, why bother?!?)... now with this trip we are planning, I am worried that I'll have issues crossing all the borders because my passport, in reality, isn't correct.
DH and I are arguing about it... he says as long as we have our marriage certificate it won't be a problem... but I take the stance of, we're in a foreign country and I'd rather change my name than risk being deported or whatever. Plus they may ask why I never changed it in 5 years. No reason other than being lazy... LOL.
What are your thoughts???
Re: Hey Ladies... wow, its been a long time...
Hi! I remember you from the knot a LONG time ago, my wedding was 1 week after yours 10-27-07!
I don't have an answer to your question, I don't even have a passport! Having no knowledge on that I would have to agree with you and just get it changed before you go so you don't have any issues.
Might as well just get it changed, it will save you from future headaches if you need it besides on this trip. I wouldn't want to be carrying my marriage cert, it would just be another piece of paper to keep track of
How long of a trip is this? sounds like fun!
I remember it being really easy to change my name on my passport. I think the most annoying part was having to get a new picture taken.
If my memory serves me correctly, it didn't take very long either. Maybe 2 weeks? It's possible they just were super busy then, but the process was pretty painless.
http://travel.state.gov/passport/forms/ds5504/ds5504_2663.html
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I have been wrestling with this for the last few months. DH and I are planning a trip to Maine in a few months and are thinking of heading into Canada for a day or two. The general concensus that we came to was that there was no point in risking it. Legally my name has been changed, therefor if they run my passport through the systems at the border, I worry that there would be some issues. I plan on getting my passport renewed ASAP...
I would suggest that you just get a new passport, especially because it's only $100 (ish) and you have a full year before you are planning on going. I feel like this is a "better safe than sorry" issue...
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It's not a big deal to change it on the passport, I would definitely do that and save the headache.
That being said I had the opposite problem on our honeymoon. I had already changed my passport, but our tickets were a wedding gift and in my maiden name. The issue came from my passport and ticket not matching up. I got into Greece fine without anyone saying anything, but coming home they gave me a hard time. Also, when I was younger (my parents are divorced) all my stuff was in my moms maiden name but it wasn't changed legally. Whenever we flew I had to use the name o the legal identification. Your ticket and passport have to match up, that is most important. So if you are traveling by car I wouldn't see how it would be an issue. Just make your flights with your maiden name on them if you are too lazy to do the paperwork and have your passport changed.
We're going to be gone for 3 weeks.
Its just been this ongoing argument... DH says save the money and I say better safe than sorry. LOL. Of all the silly things to argue about, he picks this one! LOL. I think he wants me to be held in a foreign country to get rid of me. LOL.. J/K
Really? With the amount of money is takes to go to Europe for 3 weeks he is worried about the $100 to change a passport? You have a whole year to save, I think you can manage.
I still haven't changed mine either, what I do when I travel abroad is just book everything in my maiden name. I haven't had any issues....they're not going to need any identification other than your passport so as long as that matches your tickets you will be fine.
BUT if you've already booked stuff in your married name or if that's not possible I would just go ahead and change it, it's going to be a pain for you every time you cross a border over there.
LMAO! I know, right?!?! Sometimes he makes my ears bleed. LOL.
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I agree w/pp - since you are going to be gone for 3 weeks and you will be crossing SO many borders, I would say just get it changed. that way you don't have to worry about it. better safe then sorry.
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If it were me, I would definitely get a new one with your married name before you go. While it may not be a problem with your old one, I wouldn't want to take a change of not having the correct identification in a foreign country. The less stress, the better!
Sounds like an awesome trip. Have fun!!
Have you already bought plane tickets? If yes, then your passport has to match whatever name you got the tickets under.
Honestly, I would just pay to have the passport changed. We went to the Bahamas in April and I booked the plane ticket in my maiden name and used my passport in my maiden name and it wasn't a big deal. However since you have a year and you're traveling through so many locations, I would just get it changed and be done with it. Then you don't have to worry about remembering which name you're supposed to use.