Travel outside US with name changed

[Saigon-okc 0]

My wife has 2 yrs Green Card and it'll be expired in 8/09. We are planning to travel to VN 01/2010. She has a VNese passport but she has changed her lastname when we got marry last year. Her GC and DL is listed with under new lastname. The question is "how can she travels to the VN and back". My concern is she might have problem when she enters and leaves VN. Since Vnese Government might not allow her to entry or to leave VN. Her Vn passport lastname won't match since she has changed her lastname. Assumed, she should have her extended 1yr GC letter from USCIS when she apply for her 10yrs GC in 5/09. Has anyone encountered with the same problem? Thanks in advance.

[Dakine 26]

My wife has 2 yrs Green Card and it'll be expired in 8/09. We are planning to travel to VN 01/2010. She has a VNese passport but she has changed her lastname when we got marry last year. Her GC and DL is listed with under new lastname. The question is "how can she travels to the VN and back". My concern is she might have problem when she enters and leaves VN. Since Vnese Government might not allow her to entry or to leave VN. Her Vn passport lastname won't match since she has changed her lastname. Assumed, she should have her extended 1yr GC letter from USCIS when she apply for her 10yrs GC in 5/09. Has anyone encountered with the same problem? Thanks in advance.

Just take a copy of the marriage certificate.

[Andersen 1]

My wife has 2 yrs Green Card and it'll be expired in 8/09. We are planning to travel to VN 01/2010. She has a VNese passport but she has changed her lastname when we got marry last year. Her GC and DL is listed with under new lastname. The question is "how can she travels to the VN and back". My concern is she might have problem when she enters and leaves VN. Since Vnese Government might not allow her to entry or to leave VN. Her Vn passport lastname won't match since she has changed her lastname. Assumed, she should have her extended 1yr GC letter from USCIS when she apply for her 10yrs GC in 5/09. Has anyone encountered with the same problem? Thanks in advance.

Just take a copy of the marriage certificate.

Exactly, that's what I did and had no problems. Eventually I went to my country's consulate and they put a stamp on my current passport that says that I've married and have a new last name, they also put a reduced copy of my marriage certificate with a clip attached to my passport so I don't have to carry around the original.

[antda 13]

Hi Saigon-okc,

From my experience travelling between the US and Canada (my former country) for land crossings, I have shown border officials the following documents/identifications, and haven’t had any problems before: soon to expire Canadian Passport (maiden name, but with married name non-machine readable format paper notation), expired 2yr US Green Card (married name), 1 year extension letter (married name), US Driver's license (married name). Also, I keep a photocopy of my US marriage certificate with me (though they haven't asked for that, but have that handy just in case they do ask).

As well, bear in mind for air travel, that your wife has to book the tickets in the name that is on the passport in machine-readable format, which in this case would be in her maiden last name, as the tickets have to exactly match the machine-readable name on the passport. Also, if you are air travelling, your wife should bring along the following documents: foreign passport (maiden name), green card (married name), extension letter (married name), other identification (married name, maiden name), and marriage certificate (married and maiden name). With all these documents, your wife should be ok travelling to Vietnam and back to the USA. By the way, since you're going back to Vietman, can your wife get a new foreign passport with her married name on it while she is there too, so you don't have to encounter this maiden/married last name problem anymore for future travels?

Hope this helps. Good luck with the rest of your immigration journey too.

Ant (Still waiting at the VSC, Still waiting for Baby...)

My wife has 2 yrs Green Card and it'll be expired in 8/09. We are planning to travel to VN 01/2010. She has a VNese passport but she has changed her lastname when we got marry last year. Her GC and DL is listed with under new lastname. The question is "how can she travels to the VN and back". My concern is she might have problem when she enters and leaves VN. Since Vnese Government might not allow her to entry or to leave VN. Her Vn passport lastname won't match since she has changed her lastname. Assumed, she should have her extended 1yr GC letter from USCIS when she apply for her 10yrs GC in 5/09. Has anyone encountered with the same problem? Thanks in advance.

Edited January 12, 2009 by AntandD

[hope2018 25]

I think you just need your Greencard and your old passport there is no other forms maybe marriage cert intrested in this topic as well.