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Changing Name on Passport
Before you change your name on your passport remember the following;
Your old passport will be cancelled and some countries will not accept visas that have issued in a cancelled passport.
If you get a post dated passport due to marriage or civil partnership bear in mind that some countries will not issue visas in post-dated passports - therefore check with the country’s embassy before making the application.
A simple mistake to make, the name on your passport must be the same as the name on your air tickets.
Documentation required when you changing your name
If you’ve changed your name (eg through marriage, changed the spelling or added a middle name), you must send extra documents with your application which may be the following;
- Marriage certificate
- Deed Poll is you change your name
- Civil partnership certificate
Your name may change due to the following;
- by Deed Poll
- Marriage,
- Separation or divorce
- Entering into a civil partnership.
- Sex change
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