Visa for My Wife... new doubt

[riversidecreations]

Hello again... I have already posted before about my wife's application. She has done her IELTS tests and is awaiting results which should hopefully arrive by the end of this month...

We have pretty much all the documents in place... but just came across a huge doubt... since marriage, my wife has not officially changed her surname. Will this be an issue when applying? The IELTS test also has her current name and we planned to do the name change when she arrives in UK... but if this will be a cause for rejection, i would rather change her name... before we submit the application...

Please could someone shed some light on this? Thanks

[harv]

Name change is not a requirement.

Stick with the original names as all the relevant documents would have the original names.

Ones in the UK, you can think about changing names if needs be

[asim72]

Hello again... I have already posted before about my wife's application. She has done her IELTS tests and is awaiting results which should hopefully arrive by the end of this month...

We have pretty much all the documents in place... but just came across a huge doubt... since marriage, my wife has not officially changed her surname. Will this be an issue when applying? The IELTS test also has her current name and we planned to do the name change when she arrives in UK... but if this will be a cause for rejection, i would rather change her name... before we submit the application...

Please could someone shed some light on this? Thanks

Just for curiousity sake, are you from India or Philipines?

[riversidecreations]

I am a Sri Lankan born UK Citizen..

My wife is an Indian born Indian Citizen