posted 05-30-2005 19:08               

My question is, do I have to put my legal name on the passport? My drivers license is under Cindi, but that is not my legal name. I have all my credit cards, car loans, etc under Cindi. I thought I read that your passport and ID have to match exactly for names?

posted 05-30-2005 23:57               

-David

posted 05-31-2005 11:55               

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Originally posted by cymomtx:
Your passport will reflect the name on your social security card.

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I don't think so. Never used my social security card as a form of identification when applying for or renewing my passport. It's not supposed to be used for that purpose. The name will be the same as the one on your birth certificate, marraige license or whatever form of identification you submit with your application.

posted 05-31-2005 15:00               

Thanks for the link. LOTS of great info on there. I actually filled out the application online and then printed it out all filled in. But now I suppose I have to redo it, since it would have to be the name on my birth certificate or marriage license. Hmmm, I wonder where my marriage license IS?? !!

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Originally posted by Icarus:
http://travel.state.gov/passport/get/first/first_832.html

-David

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posted 06-01-2005 10:37               

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Originally posted by geekette:
I didn't see any reference to marriage license in there, tho. Whew, that's something I really don't think I can produce, but I can see why my birth certificate with my maiden name won't do it. County offices should have copies of all that, right?

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I applied for a passport a couple of years ago. I know I had to produce my birth certificate, but I'm pretty sure I didn't have to show my marriage license. Maybe my driver's license was enough to show my current legal name????

posted 06-01-2005 12:55               

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Originally posted by debraxh:
I had to provide both birth & marriage cert. If you don't have your marriage cert you should be able to get a copy from the county in which you were married.

This was just over 10 years ago, so rules may have changed, but the theory was how could they verify you are the same person without both?

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Oh I may have had to provide both, I just don't remember. I do remember that I tried to go in with a "Certificate of Live Birth", which is NOT a birth certificate and wasn't allowed to use that. I send away to get a copy of my birth certificate. And of course wouldn't you know that right after I got the new one I found my original. My filing system was fine, it's my memory that's shot.

posted 06-01-2005 16:36               

Cindi, You're MAKING this much more difficult than it needs to be. Have you actually read the instructions and application? It's so simple, just follow the instructions and provide the identification document(s) required. Have everything processed and validated at your County Clerk's office or wherever else you may be able to do it. That's it. Oh, be sure to include the proper payment.

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Jim

posted 06-01-2005 19:46               

Once you do this once, just keep renewing the passport before it expires, and you'll never have to do the supporing paperwork again. I just sent in my renewal since mine's expiring in November. Fill out a form, send it in with the old passport and two new passport pictures and then in several weeks I'll get the old one and the new one back. The old one will be marked as "invalid". (My previous expired passport has a hole punched in it. I have no idea what they're doing now.)

-David

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posted 06-02-2005 16:32               

I am sure they would be MORE than happy to tell me to go away and come back with whatever I am missing.

And this whole topic started with just wanting to know what would happen if the drivers license and passport didn't match first names.

posted 06-02-2005 17:11               

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Originally posted by cindir4:
I am sure they would be MORE than happy to tell me to go away and come back with whatever I am missing.

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You bet. That's what they did with me when I tried to pass off my "Certificate of Live Birth" in place of a real birth certificate.

posted 06-03-2005 12:26               

I didn't want to say anything until my passport came back ( which it did today ). My passport under my maiden name had expired for more than 5 years so I went to our local office for a new one in my married name.

The only thing I needed was my birth certificate, my driver's license and the appropriate form. I had my marriage license with me but they never asked me to produce it. ( Come to think of it, I was only asked to produce the driver's license when they were doing our under age son's application.)

It's really not that awful a procedure.

BTW you can save a few dollars and some time by having the passport pictures taken at a store before you go to the county clerk.

Good Luck!

posted 06-03-2005 12:31               

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Originally posted by lawren2:

BTW you can save a few dollars and some time by having the passport pictures taken at a store before you go to the county clerk.

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I had to take pictures with me. If not, it would have been another one of those items they would have sent me out to get.

posted 06-03-2005 14:28               

So now I wait. Any bets it will come back ok?