James Furiosi

Last time my wife and I went overseas (October 2001), the guy who did the security
checks gave us a hard time because my wife still has her maiden name on her passport.
He said it could be construed as "illegal identification" even though I had a copy of
our marriage certificate on hand to show why the name on the green card was different
than the passport.

We want to travel again in March. Should we just order the ticket in her maiden name
so we don't get bothered by security people again. The person at checkin fully
understood what was going on so I don't see what the deal is with these other folks
other than of course the very real fear of terrorists taking over planes or sneaking
into countries.

I understand a lot of airline employees are as trained as fast food workers.

Any ideas on what to do for our next flight?

Jim (its cheaper to change her passport in London with new name)

Ameriscot

You have to apply for a British passport in the US if you live in the US.

http://www.britainusa.com/

Gladu Hebert

Does any one reading this thread have any actual experience with using adv parole in
the FSU esp St petersburg thanks gladu

James Furiosi

My wife has a British passport, it just has her maiden name on it. Is there a UK law
about this?

Jim

Ameriscot wrote:
    >
    > You have to apply for a British passport in the US if you live in the US.
    >
    > http://www.britainusa.com/
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James Furiosi

Why don't you create a new thread? This is my thread!!!!!!!

Jim (more people would notice if you made a separate thread)

gladu hebert wrote:
    >
    > Does any one reading this thread have any actual experience with using adv parole
    > in the FSU esp St petersburg thanks gladu

Michael Voight

James Furiosi wrote:
    >
    > Last time my wife and I went overseas (October 2001), the guy who did the security
    > checks gave us a hard time because my wife still has her maiden name on her
    > passport. He said it could be construed as "illegal identification" even though I
    > had a copy of our marriage certificate on hand to show why the name on the green
    > card was different than the passport.

That should be enough..... My wife has not changed her passport yet and has not had a
problem traveling with her marriage cert.

Michael Voight

Is there a requirement that she change her name??

James Furiosi wrote:

    > My wife has a British passport, it just has her maiden name on it. Is there a UK
    > law about this?
    >
    > Jim
    >
    > Ameriscot wrote:
    > >
    > > You have to apply for a British passport in the US if you live in the US.
    > >
    > > http://www.britainusa.com/
    > >
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    > > http://www.ameriscot.com/i130
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Ameriscot

According to the Passport Agency website, she should have her correct name on her passport, but I think this is more because of difficulties getting past immigration in other countries, rather than the UK. In terms of legality, I believe the using both maiden name or married name is legal in the UK, as long as you are not trying to mislead someone (in a fraudulent manner) by using the alternative.

I know when I got married, I kept my passport in my maiden name until it expired many years laters. It wasn't a problem for me, even though I travelled extensively and with plane tickets and Green Card always in my married name. Maybe once or twice someone commented, but there was never a question of not being let in. But that was a long time ago, with an old hard-backed passport and very little computerisation. Times may have changed.

Ameriscot

As always, Michael, you have more questions than answers.

James Furiosi

Thank you ameriscot and everybody else (Michael included)!

I'm thinking about ordering her ticket in her maiden name so the security guy doesn't
give us flak again. He'll see the name on the ticket and the passport are the same,
so we will avoid many headaches.

Jim

Ameriscot wrote:
    >
    > James Furiosi wrote:
    > > My wife has a British passport, it just has her maiden name on it. Is there a
    > > UK law about this? Jim
    >
    > According to the Passport Agency website, she should have her correct name on her
    > passport, but I think this is more because of difficulties getting past immigration
    > in other countries, rather than the UK. In terms of legality, I believe the using
    > both maiden name or married name is legal in the UK, as long as you are not trying
    > to mislead someone (in a fraudulent manner) by using the alternative.
    >
    > I know when I got married, I kept my passport in my maiden name until it expired
    > many years laters. It wasn't a problem for me, even though I travelled extensively
    > and with plane tickets and Green Card always in my married name. Maybe once or
    > twice someone commented, but there was never a question of not being let in. But
    > that was a long time ago, with an old hard-backed passport and very little
    > computerisation. Times may have changed.
    >
    > --
    > http://www.ameriscot.com/i130
    >
    > http://www.ameriscot.com/i130
    >
    > Posted via http://britishexpats.com