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SURNAME
Following a marriage or civil partnership
ceremony some people may wish to change
their surname to their partners or may wish
to hyphenate their surnames. Her Majesty’s
Passport Office, DVLA, Banks, Building Societies,
other government departments and private
companies will accept a marriage or civil
partnership certificate as evidence for changing
names.
ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATES
Extra copies of your certificate will be useful if
you are going to change your name after the
ceremony and need to send a copy to the various
organisations where you wish your new name
to be used. Purchasing additional copies could
mean that you will not have to wait for your
original certificate to be returned to you before
sending it out to inform someone else about your
new name!
If you are getting married or forming a civil
partnership and are travelling abroad immediately
after the ceremony, Her Majesty’s Passport Office
can issue a British passport in your new name, up
to three months before the ceremony.
Her Majesty’s Passport Office will cancel your old
passport and post-date your new passport in
your new name, making it valid from the date of
your ceremony. This means you can’t use it until
the legal ceremony has taken place. You should
note that any name used for travel bookings or
tickets must be the same as that shown in the
passport that you will be using to travel.
If you decide to amend your passport before the
ceremony, you will need to complete a standard
passport application form and a Post-Date
form 2 (PD2) ‘Passports for Newly Weds and
Civil Partners’. You can get both forms from a
Post Office branch that offers the Check & Send
service, by calling the Passport Advice line and
getting them to send you one in the post, or you
can download the PD2 form from www.gov.uk
Additional certificates are available after your
ceremony day for an increased fee.
BRITISH PASSPORTS
If you are going to change your name after your
ceremony, then one of the documents that you
can change in advance of the big day itself is your
British Passport.
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