Name change issues

stephriz · September 2009

In Texas, when you go get your driver's license, they don't have the license-making machines at the stations, so they give you a temporary paper license and you wait for your real license to arrive in the mail. So I changed my name with them mid-July and went home to patiently await my new license.

Well, apparently they're updating the machines and it's now taking 4-6 weeks to get your license in the mail, but I spoke with someone yesterday who had been waiting 8 weeks and still hadn't received it! I need to go get some special work credentials, and I need my license in my new name to do it, and this whole ordeal is holding me up. The State of Texas drives me nuts.

Anyone else still having name change issues?

AmyRI · September 2009

It look me 2 months to get Nissan to send me a copy of the title for my car (they're the lienholder on my car). It was the biggest pain. First they told me to fax in a request for a name change form. 6 faxes and 4 phone calls later, they actually sent one. But, that's not good enough for the Rhode Island DMV. They need a copy of the title, which took me being incredibly rude to the woman on the phone for 15 minutes before she would mail me a copy... 2 weeks later. Glad it's finally over.

stephriz · September 2009

Car registration and title! Ugh! Will this never end?

Oh, and it looks like I get the pleasure of purchasing a new title for Texan vehicle for $28. Shouldn't this be free?

AmyRI · September 2009

You would think it should be free. I ended up paying $56 to change my name on my registration after all that. Crazy, since I already own it and had to pay the $56 to renew my registration a month before we got married...

Ryan&Kristin062009 · September 2009

I have yet to change the car, but my car ins will change I believe at the end of this month (had to wait til the policy renewed). Still have to change our mtg and passport. It seriously never ends!

keb270 · September 2009

This makes me glad I kept my name!!!

britab · September 2009

My name is half changed. I got a new SS card after waiting in line for hours. I moved so to get a new DL I have take the written test. I need to study for that, which is not easy when I am preparing for my first year of teaching.

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