UK spouse visa advice: passport name different to marriage certificate name

[DanaMarie]

I am in this same situation. It seems that in the UK a marriage certificate is a legal name change document while in the US it is not. My US marriage certificate will list both my maiden name (which is also my passport name) as well as my "declared name" (which would be my married name if I elected to legally change it) and while I have every intention of changing from my maiden name to my married name, it will likely not be for many months after my wedding.

My question is this - would it be helpful or even necessary to clarify in my visa application somewhere that my name legally remains as it is on my passport and the "declared name" on my marriage certificate is reserving my right to change my name in the future?

[krehman83]

Hi - Not sure if this will be of any help but posting anyways.

My wife had only one name “abc” - she travelled to uk with this name and stayed 4 years before returning back to home country.

After she went back - we married in home country (i went from uk) and she changed her name in home country ID card and also on passport ( new passport)

Applied her spouse visa and attached old passport in 2016 and recently applied for FLR(M) and attached old passport again.

However, in the application form they do ask for any other name, so provided old name and the date of change was when she got her new ID cars in home country.

No other explanation was provided, I assumed that it was self-explanatory as she changed her name post-marriage.

Good luck.

Regards,
Kay

[krehman83]

The important bit - our marriage certificate still had her old name - that was of course provided as an evidence of marriage.

PS: Marriage certificate was translated and stamped by home country foreign office