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HELPFUL TIPS
Changes to your passport
There are so many things to organise when you
are planning your ceremony and celebrations
that notifying the passport authorities if you
are planning to change your name after your
ceremony may be overlooked. Any person who
is planning to marry or form a civil partnership
and then travel abroad immediately after the
ceremony can apply for a post-dated passport to
be issued to them in advance, showing the name
they intend to use after the ceremony. You can
apply up to three months before the date of your
ceremony.
Alternatively, you can travel on a current passport
in the name you are known by before your
ceremony. In these circumstances, it would
be advisable to carry your marriage or civil
partnership certificate with you, and to consult a
representative of the country to which you wish to
travel, to ensure that the documentation will be
considered valid by that country.
If you would like to apply for a passport in a future
name, you will need to submit a completed
Form PD2 (available online) to the passport
authorities, along with supporting documents
and photographs. Once your Notice of Marriage or
Civil Partnership has been given, the form can be
completed. One section will be completed by you,
and one section by the Registrar or Minister of
Religion who will be conducting your ceremony.
If you are planning to travel abroad, remember
to book your tickets in the name which will be
shown in your passport at the time of travel.
For further information, contact www.gov.uk.
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