@UncleB wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
My wife still hasn't changed her name with the social security office after 3 years and has had no problem changing her name on cards or bank accounts or getting approved for new cards and a mortgage with her married name and her cr's all show both names...the only thing she has to use her maiden name on is tax returns
Yeah, this will 'work', since even brick-and-mortar banks only need to see a copy of your marriage certificate, if they even ask for that much. There's another thread going right now, though, with somebody that is dealing with a name mismatch (not due to marriage) and it can get messy.
Your wife will probably be fine, but if she ever gets a passport (or renews an existing one) she'll definitely want to make sure all the records match, or just disregard her married name alltogether, since TSA is now connected to all the other databases (including SSA). It would be a shame to be denied boarding an international flight because of a 'flag' on a passport caused by an alias. Of course, just consistently using only her maiden name with government paperwork would work as well.
Just my 2¢
Agree about the passport...
