name change after k3 issued (new passport)

[k32007 0]

Assume the K3 visa is approved in the maiden name and the passport that it's inserted into is in the maiden name.

If my wife does a "name change" after K3 approval, is it possible to get a new passport with the married name and use the old passport (with the K3 visa) to enter the US? Is there any formal "adding of aliases" to the K3 visa?

My understanding is that if the original passport expired that the K3 visa in the expired passport would still be valid until the expiration date and you'd just carry both passports. Is the same true if the name in the passport has been changed to the married name? Do you just carry your marriage certificate?

[Dakine 26]

Assume the K3 visa is approved in the maiden name and the passport that it's inserted into is in the maiden name.

If my wife does a "name change" after K3 approval, is it possible to get a new passport with the married name and use the old passport (with the K3 visa) to enter the US? Is there any formal "adding of aliases" to the K3 visa?

My understanding is that if the original passport expired that the K3 visa in the expired passport would still be valid until the expiration date and you'd just carry both passports. Is the same true if the name in the passport has been changed to the married name? Do you just carry your marriage certificate?

Normally to pass the embassy interview passports have to be valid at leat 6 months after embassy interview.

Also K3s must use visa within 6 months of approval.

May be easier to change name when she adjusts ststus.

Edited May 23, 2008 by Haole