A question I would like to pose...
 

Ok, I think by now everybody knows I'm getting married in December.
I think I'm too late to change my name now, but I just wanted to know how I go about it when I do?
By too late, I mean my passport. They only do it up to 3 months before the ceremony and I have less than two. (Scary >.<)

But yes, anyone?

Haha.
Iz x

I'm changing my name too and I was tld you can't actually do it until you've got the certifcate! So I just got told that all that stuff will be done after the ceremony and that I should make sure that our honeymoon flights are booked in my maiden name :P

You can always get it changed afterwards but, even if you're flying using your married name, i think they're fine with you having a passport in your married name. Would be worth ringing up your local passport office to find out. :)

The honeymoon tickets will be in my maiden name. So that's not a worry. I didn't intend to do all of this until afterwards.
I just don't know how the process works, start to finish.
Like I know I don't need a deed poll or anything like that but I wasn't sure what I DID need to do lol.

Still none the wiser.
x

I changed my name a couple of years ago after I got married -
You can order a new passport upto 3 months before the ceremony which is post dated to the date of the ceremony but as the tickets are in your maiden name that doesn't matter...

Anyway - After you have been married all you will need is your marriage certificate (& your current passport) You can pick up a form from any postoffice or complete online & they will send it to you to sign & send back with the documents.

http://www.ips.gov.uk/passport/

My passport expired so I had to get a new one & change my name & go all the way up to london to stand in a queue to get the thing 3 days before my holiday it cost a fortune! But if you have an existing passport it should cost you about £70.

anyway - hope that helps xxx

you need to change:
NHS card (you should receive a new one that is amended)
National Insurance Card
Driving License
Dentist's, Dr's, Optician's etc
Bank accounts
Passport
Any other forms of ID
Car/House Insurance
can't think of more right now... but there's lots.
Draft a letter and leave the adressee blank, then print off a load and just write a different person on the top of each.
mand x

You can't issue new NI cards?! It's just that they change the records, surely?! All our info with NI numbers on is fine..

I thought they wouldn't be able to change your NI card?
How odd.

I'm just going to wait until after the ceremony when I have all the relevant proof I need. Much easier.
Thank you so much for the advice though, I shall do a screen dump of this page and save it for when I'm ready to take on more stress!

This wedding malarky is haaard! Lol.
But it should be a fabulous day.
So it will all be worth it, it will all be worth it, it will all be worth it...

Iz x

You can't change it before hand anyways iz! Well you can't in Aus. I asked and they said you actually need your marraige cert to PROVE you've been married! So yesh.

I totaly understand the wedding rubbish though >.< I think mine is all set now...

How excited are you Jess? On a scale of 1 to 10?

I'm still so stressy and nervous that there is only room for a little bit of excitement!

Iz x

just wanted to say......


CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!! :O)
love ya both!!!

(cant wait to see pics!!!! *hint hint* lol)

love ya both
romp

now? my excitement is at about a 7.... it's still 6 weeks away and there are still a few things i gotta do! but ask me in 3 weeks and you'll prolly be able to hear my shrieks all the way over there :P

Haha. I think my head only has room for a 5.
I have so much going on and some important stuff left to do and if yours is the 8th and that's 6 weeks away...holy cow. That makes mine 7.

*worries*

Iz x

mine's the 5th! oh my god... it's LESS than 6 weeks away now >.<

Does that help? hehehe