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#*It takes 4-6 weeks for your passport to be processed.<ref name="rf17323">http://travel.state.gov/passport/processing/processing_1740.html</ref> If you have this amount of time before your honeymoon, you may take action immediately after your wedding. It is possible to expedite the process, but why take the risk? | #*It takes 4-6 weeks for your passport to be processed.<ref name="rf17323">http://travel.state.gov/passport/processing/processing_1740.html</ref> If you have this amount of time before your honeymoon, you may take action immediately after your wedding. It is possible to expedite the process, but why take the risk? | ||
#Inform your employer that your name will be changing. If possible, give them a target date for when you expect to have your new name. If you regularly receive checks from anyone else (such as tenants), inform them as well. | #Inform your employer that your name will be changing. If possible, give them a target date for when you expect to have your new name. If you regularly receive checks from anyone else (such as tenants), inform them as well. | ||
| − | #Apply for a new Social Security card (US only). In order to change your name on your driver's license, insurance, bank account, and so on, you'll need to be issued a new Social Security card first. In a few situations, they may say you need a court order; if so, you can find directions to that at the bottom of this page. But odds are you probably won't.<ref name="rf13223" /> Repeat: ''You do not need a court order.'' | + | #Apply for a new Social Security card (US only). In order to change your name on your driver's license, insurance, bank account, and so on, you'll need to be issued a new Social Security card first. In a few situations, they may say you need a court order; if so, you can find directions to that at the bottom of this page. But odds are you probably won't.<ref name="rf13223">http://www.courts.ca.gov/1051.htm</ref> Repeat: ''You do not need a court order.'' |
#*The need for a new card applies to all last-name changes in the US, including names that are changed upon marriage, divorce, naturalization as a US citizen, or a court order (i.e., changing the name of a minor in the case of adoption, or for identity protection). | #*The need for a new card applies to all last-name changes in the US, including names that are changed upon marriage, divorce, naturalization as a US citizen, or a court order (i.e., changing the name of a minor in the case of adoption, or for identity protection). | ||
#*Download and complete the [http://ssa-custhelp.ssa.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/315/~/change-a-name-on-a-social-security-card SS-5 form]. | #*Download and complete the [http://ssa-custhelp.ssa.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/315/~/change-a-name-on-a-social-security-card SS-5 form]. | ||
