Help: Change of Name
 

My fiance and I are planning to get married here in canada, specifically quebec. My fiance wants to take my name but we don't have a clue about how to do it. The issue is that we are not Canadian citizens but are permanent residents.

Help would be hugely appreciated!

Thanks in advance.

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Eh?

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I think I see the problem:

Thom O'Malley's "fiance", wants to take his name when they get married.

A "fiance" is a bloke. Therefore there will be a Mr & Mr Thom O'Malley.

They're in Quebec. Are the Quebecois tolerant of married "man-love"? That's what obviously he wants to know.

In French "Excusez-moi, mais ou peut j'acheter des tampons de la derriere?"

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About time we had our daily bottom thread.

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I'm not sure if you can in Quebec (or if you can, its tremendously expensive). I know a lot of my Brit colleague's spouses were horrified when having moved to Quebec and applied for the requisite documents (drivers license, healthcare SINs etc), got them all back with in their maiden names.

My boss got married in an unofficial Buddhist wedding in Quebec but he and his "wife" waited til they moved to Ontario to do the official "bit" so his wife could take his surname.

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I'll never understand why women bother changing their names when they get married...

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This is why i said, "eh?"

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....nice of you to squeeze one in.

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Hi

The OP might want to note this for Quebec marriages.

"Canada (Québec)

In all Canadian provinces except Québec, customs relating to maiden names in marriages are the same as in the rest of the English-speaking world. In Québec, however, the custom until 1981 was similar to that in France. Women would traditionally go by their husband's surname in daily life, but their maiden name remained their legal name.[19] Since the passage of a 1981 provincial law, intended to promote gender equality as outlined in the Quebec Charter of Rights, no change may be made to a person's name without the authorization of the registrar of civil status or the authorization of the court. Newlyweds who wish to change their names upon marriage must therefore go through the same procedure as those changing their names for other reasons. The registrar of civil status may authorize a name change if: 1) the name the person generally uses does not correspond to the name on their birth certificate, 2) where the name is of foreign origin or too difficult to pronounce or write in its original form, or 3) where the name invites ridicule or has become infamous.[20] This law does not allow a woman to immediately legally change her name upon marriage, as marriage is not listed among the reasons for a name change.[21] However, she can use her husband's name socially and may eventually apply to change it under the "general use" clause.

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I like (3) best. My wife's maiden name was Peace.

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The thing is in Quebec they won't process a change of non for non Canadians.

Therefore for clarification my question is: has anyone have any knowledge or has gone through a change of name in Canada whilst being a permanent resident i.e. taken your spouse's last name or they took yours.

I am thinking along the lines of that since we are not Canadian citizens my spouse would have to go through a change of name in the UK (through the embassy hopefully) and then update passports etc. to reflect this change.

It makes sense to me but has anyone gone through this?????

Any constructive help would be appreciated.

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Anyone?

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I quite like it. I think it shows a seriousness about marriage and displays solidarity, a togetherness and a little respect. Sadly like most traditional things, its not much in vogue these days.

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Are you just getting married in Quebec or do you plan to live there?
We were married in Montreal and had to use my maiden name while we lived there (I did however change my name on my British Passport) once we moved to Ontario I started using my OH surname without any problem.

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When I told my OH's family in Montreal that I wanted to change my name they all thought I a bit weird whereas my family in Ireland would have thought I was odd if I didn't:blink:

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My OH and I were married in Montreal. For reasons not entirely unconnected with (3) in PMM's post above, my OH wanted to take my name (which isn't much less ridiculous, but easier to spell). We were still living in the UK at the time, so she simply changed the name in her passport according to the UK system, changed the name on our joint bank account, etc etc. When we moved to Ontario there was never any question but that her name had changed.

Her mother, conversely, having been married in the mid-60s in the UK, was always, without fail, addressed by her maiden name in Quebec. After 20 years, trying to explain "no, that's not my name, it hasn't been since I got married, I have nothing whatever to do with the family whose name that is" [there's a bit of family history in there...] got too tedious and they moved to ON last summer. She's now once again known by her married name; the only difficulty was when OHIP tried to recoup medical costs through RAMQ in hte first three months after moving.

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is this like one of those Michael Fitzpatrick gags

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Doesn't he drink with Ben Dover and Phil McHavarty. Or am I thinking of William Fitzwarren

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Butch, you're getting him confused with Seymour Butt

although he is partial to the odd tsing tsao with Wan Hung Lo