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Personal experience: changing the name after the wedding in America

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'19.10.2017'

Did I take my husband's surname after the wedding? Yes, I did! Natalia Posokhova - Natalia Cepeda. Only the marriage certificate does not say a word about it. In some states, there is no line that the wife takes her husband's surname a priori.

Our Maryland marriage certificate simply says that such-and-such took such-and-such a wife. In the US, the fact that people got married is enough to change their last name without extra lines in the certificate. You just submit the documents as they are, and they already understand that you want to take the name of your husband, and not your neighbor across the street.

Many Americans, by the way, do not bother at all and leave their maiden name.

I am conservative in this matter, I did not doubt for a second that I would take the name of my husband. Now all my American documents, including the green card, with a new name.

I can change my Russian passport in the USA, BUT only after I receive my Russian internal passport with a new name, and this can be done ONLY in the territory of the Russian Federation.

And here the most interesting begins. In Russia, unlike the United States, with such a certificate, I can not change the name on the basis of marriage. Since there is no line on changing the name, for the Russians, this means that everything remains as it is. Therefore, it is necessary to change the name not on the basis of marriage, but on their own. Such a statement is considered a month. I'm not sure that I have enough time in the summer for this. Now while I study the information, I read responses.

It happens that the employees of the registry office themselves do not know what to do.

Then I will write you a report when it will happen. And if someone has already changed documents in a similar situation, share your experience, especially time. I know that some girls do not change documents at home and live in the United States with the name of her husband, and at home with a girl.

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