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11th December 2009 #1
Question ref changing fiancee's name when married
Hi to all
I'm marrying my filipina fiancee Ronadel on 16th January in England.
In my experience (pretty much all UK based and definitely all Western based) on marriage the surname of the wife changes, but first and middle names remain the same.
It seems that with filipino's the surname changes, the middle name (mothers family name) is lost, and the original surname becomes her middle name.
This seems alien to me and I wonder how this fits with UK legislation and what actually needs to happen.
If anyone can enlighten me (I'm sure its not an uncommon issue) I'd be very grateful.
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11th December 2009 #2
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My mom is half filipino and she didn't change her middle name with her maiden name when she married my dad.
We live in Australia and Australia has a very similar legal system to the UK. I just think that when mom went around to change her name at the bank and everywhere else they just didn't give her the option. She likes her middle name though and never wanted to change it.
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14th December 2009 #4
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Only problem my wife had was getting the bank to accept it.
After two weeks I went with her to close the account and they immediately said 'it's no problem, we can change the name on the account'
Our response was to ask why it took the threat of closing the account to get what we needed and transferred to another bank anyway.
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15th December 2009 #5
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Sorry to repeat this yet again, but in UK on marriage it is only a 'Custom' that a woman changes her name. It is NOT a legal requirement.
And again, for those who think it 'proves' a couple are married: That a man and woman have the same surname does NOT prove they are married at all and certainly not that they are married to each other. They might be brother and sister or not related at all.
The usual proof of marriage is the marriage certificate, and then maybe some documentary proof that the persons named in the marriage certificate are the couple in question.
See elsewhere how anyone can change their name in UK, without any formal paperwork, i.e. Isa Berk can change her name to Freda Smith.
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8th February 2010 #6
I agree with johncar..
If u will also notice there is no marital status indicated in the passport
and also it is ur wifes decision if she wanna carry ur surname or remain on her maiden name on her passport..
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Although legally you can call yourself whatever you want, there are problems with official bodies such as banks. When I changed my name I prepared a Deed of Naming myself with the proper legal wording, but the bank would only accept one with a solicitor's stamp on it - even though they'd known me for a long time and knew I was me, whatever I called myself!
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9th February 2010 #8
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9th February 2010 #9
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OK it may have been easier for you to accept what (the uniformed individual) in the bank wanted, but there is NO LAW which says you need anything, Deed Poll, Gustatory declaration, official stamp etc, even through maybe a lawyer, who wants to earn some money might say you do.
Had you written to say the bank's CEO the 'problem' would have disappeared.
I had an argument with the British Consul in Manila when we got married (I had changed my name by Common Law 20 year before). I called the FCO in UK, he got a flea in ear and stopped displaying hos ignorance of the UK law,..
When I changed my name the only 'problem' I had was with Visa, but a 'suitable' letter to them put that right and quite soon everything I had (except birth Cert which cannot be changed)everything in my new name, including passport, D/L, medical records and my police warrant card.
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