Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community (https://thetfp.com/tfp/)
-   General Discussion (https://thetfp.com/tfp/general-discussion/)
-   -   Passport question (https://thetfp.com/tfp/general-discussion/154024-passport-question.html)

rahl 04-09-2010 11:53 AM

Passport question
 
So the Wife and I are going to Mexico in July! We already booked the trip.
My Wife's passport has her maiden name on it, we've only been married 6 months and didn't want to pay $110 bucks for a new one. I went to the clerk of courts to ask about how to handle the customs deal, and she said to book the trip with her married(legal)name and bring a copy of our marriage license to present along with her passport(maiden name). So we booked it accordingly but I'm just kinda worried that we may have problems with customs even though this is what the clerk told us.

Does anyone here have any knowledge or input on passports?

seamaiden 04-09-2010 12:33 PM

I just got married on March 20th, and was told (by Services Canada...my not be the same rules in the US) that I would need to get a new passport before I traveled outside of Canada.

genuinegirly 04-09-2010 12:49 PM

This is one of the many reasons I didn't change my name. Sorry I don't have any helpful advice.

noodle 04-09-2010 12:53 PM

Our local office told the lady in line beside me that she had to get a new passport or risk not being able to get back into the country. That it would be easier to get into another country, but harder to get back.

xepherys 04-09-2010 12:55 PM

The clerks office isn't really a great place for such information. I would call Customs and Immigration to make sure. They can pretty much give you the definitive answer.

Daniel_ 04-09-2010 01:20 PM

Both times I married, I took my wife(s) away and both times they travelled on their maiden name passport, but brought the marriage certificate.

Don't forget to give the same name when you buy tickets that is on the passport she's going to use.

Cynthetiq 04-09-2010 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daniel_ (Post 2776132)
Both times I married, I took my wife(s) away and both times they travelled on their maiden name passport, but brought the marriage certificate.

Don't forget to give the same name when you buy tickets that is on the passport she's going to use.

Since my mother in law has various names I know all about this shit. So long as things all match, you'll be fine.

If you changed driver's licenses then you're going to have to change passports. Some people won't take a copy of the marriage certificate because well it's a copy and not legal identification.

You're not going to have problems with customs since customs is the group that is making sure you aren't smuggling things in that aren't allowed. No, what's the problem is immigration services.

dlish 04-09-2010 06:38 PM

why would you book something that isnt in her passport/official travel documents? why does it matter is she's married or not?

if you book something that isnt in her passport, you may have a tough time getting on a plane where there are discrepanies in your documents. especially if you have a peculiar name.

she-lish and I have been travelling for many years now and she's never changed her name and probably never will. we've never had a problem, so far.

Like has been mentioned before, you wont have issues at customs because customs checks for contraband. Your issue is immigration. You need to speak to your immigration office in your local state.

Grasshopper Green 04-10-2010 06:44 AM

When I got married, I sent my passport in and they amended it. It required a small fee and it took about 6 weeks. This was 10 years ago, though, so I'm not sure how things work now.

rahl 04-10-2010 08:18 AM

Well damn it, wish I had just come here before I booked the trip. My travel agent told me to ask the clerk of courts about passport questions. I'll check with the immigration office on monday as to what needs to be done. Thanks for all the comments!

AquaFox 04-30-2010 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rahl (Post 2776347)
Well damn it, wish I had just come here before I booked the trip. My travel agent told me to ask the clerk of courts about passport questions. I'll check with the immigration office on monday as to what needs to be done. Thanks for all the comments!

did you get any updates on this yet? I'm curious as to what the answer is.


All times are GMT -8. The time now is 12:44 PM.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.6.0 PL2
© 2002-2012 Tilted Forum Project


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360