Changing my surname advice

You can change your passport before but I think you need to get the priest/ registrar to sign something to confirm that you are getting married and the date. Your passport however will not be valid until the day you get married so you will not be able to travel between the date of your current passport expiry and the date of your wedding.

WSS. You can do it up to three months before. You download a form it from the passport website and then I just posted it to my registrar with a covering letter and SAE. It threw them a bit at the post office because I did check and send and they said they'd neverseen one before! I waited while they verfied it and it was fine. One week later I had it back. I wasn't going abroad until after the wedding so it was fine for me.

You won't be able to organise your ESTA for travel to the states until your passport is valid on your wedding date - you need to apply at least 72 hours before departure, so bear this in mind! Check this out - http://london.usembassy.gov/ukpapress91.html

I can understand why you'd want to do this as it sounds like a lovely way to celebrate your new name and your new life. But I would be scared that something would go wrong with the booking/flights/passport and that I wouldn't be able to go on honeymoon. There are enough things to think about without worrying if you've given the right name to the airline/picked up the right passport etc etc. I'm a worrier!

Hi,

Can anyone help me! We are getting married on August 20th 2015 and are planning on having our honeymoon on September 12th 2015. But it is in Dubai and I have to change my surname as we are staying out there with family - we cant stay in the same room under their roof if we don't have proof we are married. I want to try and have a hassle free honeymoon so want to sort out my passport as soon as I can. Has anyone else had to do this? How much earlier can you change it and what do you need to do.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

thanks

Bex

Rebecca as above you can apply for a new passport before your wedding you need the registrar to sign something...

two years on I've still not changed my name everywhere! X