Anyone travel recently with JUST their marriage certificate and passport under their MAIDEN name?

My coworker is giving me a hard time because we're going to Cayman on a company trip and I don't want to change my passport.

I just want to make sure I can still travel with my marriage cert. and my old passport. The ticket is in my married name and I have Driver's Licenses in both my married and maiden name.

Any input would be helpful. Thanks Ladies!

Re: Anyone travel recently with JUST their marriage certificate and passport under their MAIDEN name?

did the old passport expire?

Re: Anyone travel recently with JUST their marriage certificate and passport under their MAIDEN name?

my DH is a customs officer and says that if the passport is still valid, bring your marriage cert and you will be fine

Re: Anyone travel recently with JUST their marriage certificate and passport under their MAIDEN name?

I think you may have an issue. If the tickets was in your maiden name, you'd have no issues.

Maybe contact the Department of State for a real answer:http://travel.state.gov/passport/fri/ChangeName/ChangeName_851.html

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this is direct from the travel.state.gov website concerning the Cayman Islands:

All Americans traveling by air outside of the United States are required to present a passport or other valid travel document to enter or re-enter the United States. This requirement will be extended to sea travel (except closed-loop cruises), including ferry service, by the summer of 2009. Until then, U.S. citizens traveling by sea must have government-issued photo identification and a document showing their U.S. citizenship (for example, a birth certificate or certificate of nationalization), or other Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) compliant document such as a passport card for entry or re-entry to the U.S. Sea travelers should also check with their cruise line and countries of destination for any foreign entry requirements.


Essentially what this is saying is you must have a passport if traveling by air--but if you have a driver's license and birth certificate that is sufficient for sea travel....until summer 2009.

Now the problem is that your ticket is supposed to match the name on your passport. You should contact your airline, and see what they say. Leaving the U.S. is usually not a problem--its coming back IN that is the issue.

Considering that when you re-enter the U.S. you will be dealing with a U.S. customs/immigration agent and not your airline--I would be get the passport changed or find out if you can change your name on the ticket.

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Re: Anyone travel recently with JUST their marriage certificate and passport under their MAIDEN name?

he actually said this happens a lot - and it is very easy to get it changed when you are ready

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No my passport is only a year old- its still valid, just the name changed. The problem is my ticket is booked under Buckley

If I was traveling myself I wouldn't care as much but since I'm traveling with work I really would prefer to avoid a situation....especially since they're already harassing me about it.

We're traveling by air. As far as I know we're still using US Airways.

UGH- this is so annoying! I mean- I'm being retarded about it but seriously I REALLY don't want to shell out another $60 plus photos plus whatever else to get this done when I literally JUST went through this

Am I being ridiculous????

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Re: Anyone travel recently with JUST their marriage certificate and passport under their MAIDEN name?

Re: Anyone travel recently with JUST their marriage certificate and passport under their MAIDEN name?

Posted by Belongs2DanBuckley

It was about a month OVER a year ago! so I would have to pay the fee. I'm gonna call the # at the passport dept just to confirm but I'm pretty sure I'm going to try and live dangerously

Re: Anyone travel recently with JUST their marriage certificate and passport under their MAIDEN name?

I called the US Gov Passport # and they told me to change it. If all of my docs were in my maiden name (tix, drivers lic and passport) but since i booked the tix in my married name, if I want to travel under that name, I have to change it.

bummer

Again- thanks for checking. I can prob get away with it but I'd rather not have a problem, especially since I'm traveling w/ work.

Re: Anyone travel recently with JUST their marriage certificate and passport under their MAIDEN name?

I have been travelling all over the world for the last 10 years with a passport in my maiden name, tickets booked in my maiden name, and a copy of my marriage certificate, not once has anyone asked me any questions, nor have they asked to see my marriage certificate, and we never have any problems.

I flew once to Paris with tickets booked in my married name, and again, no one said a thing to us. It just depends on the IO that you get, what kind of day they have had, and their general attitude.

Message edited 2/10/2009 5:16:26 PM.

Re: Anyone travel recently with JUST their marriage certificate and passport under their MAIDEN name?

I always book tickets in my maiden name, because I refuse to pay for the name change until it expires. Sorry :0(

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Message edited 2/13/2009 3:07:14 PM.

Re: Anyone travel recently with JUST their marriage certificate and passport under their MAIDEN name?

Actually, you do not pay anything for a name change! You do not get issued a new passport, there is a notation in the back of the passport with the name change.

Message edited 2/15/2009 9:55:54 PM.