Traveling Green Card and passport different name

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My wife and I are going to be traveling to Veitnam and I had a question about the names on passport, green card and ticket.

Her passport has her maiden name and her GC has her married name. We went through a traval agent and when she booked the trip they did it using her married name not what is on her passport. Is this a problem? Should they have used the name on her passport or it the name on her GC acceptable?

Thank

Sam

[Krikit 1,163]

Some people have not had a problem with the ticket not matching the passport name, others have. The travel agent should have used the passport name, though. Give the airline a call and check with them, or see if you can get it changed.

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I spoke to the AmericanAirlines and the lady I spoke to seemed confuse to which one I needed to do. After being on hold for a long time she came back she still was not sure but thought it would be best to have it the same as what was on the passport but I think it was more a guess them really knowing. I called my Travel agent. She said she had done hundreds of these and it would cause a problem if the name was the same as what was on the passport instead of what is on the Greencard. Im still confused as to what is correct but guess we are going to leave it so its the same as what she has on the green card.

[caeremonarius 26]

My wife & I have gone to Spain twice since she got her green card. Both times, her ticket was in her maiden name (which is the same name in her Spanish passpot). Both times, she had no problems leaving or returning, even though her green card is in her married name.

If you check in for your flight online, you're asked for your passport information, so it seems to me that you'd need to make sure your ticket info matches your passport info.

Good luck!

AJ

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I believe you both are correct and it should be the same as the passport.

Thank you both for your replies. ;-)

[VanessaTony 3,567]

I spoke to the AmericanAirlines and the lady I spoke to seemed confuse to which one I needed to do. After being on hold for a long time she came back she still was not sure but thought it would be best to have it the same as what was on the passport but I think it was more a guess them really knowing. I called my Travel agent. She said she had done hundreds of these and it would cause a problem if the name was the same as what was on the passport instead of what is on the Greencard. Im still confused as to what is correct but guess we are going to leave it so its the same as what she has on the green card.

Actually it's fine in the GC name. No problem. The rule is "government-issued photo ID" and in this case it's the GC (it can also be the passport). Leave it in the married name, you'll have no problems, I didn't.

I believe you both are correct and it should be the same as the passport.

Thank you both for your replies. ;-)

It's fine in the GC name. I'm trying to locate the link to prove it.

[VanessaTony 3,567]

I believe you both are correct and it should be the same as the passport.

Thank you both for your replies. ;-)

Here: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/183541-land-downunder-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/page__view__findpost__p__4135806 .

Confirmed by TSA and CBP but the link in the email they sent me is now dead so i'm trying to find it again.

**Edit - if in doubt you can carry your marriage certificate which explains the difference but I highly doubt you'll be asked for it. I never was.

Edited March 13, 2011 by Vanessa&Tony

[Brother Hesekiel 2,235]

The name on the ticket and the passport has to match. The Green Card is completely irrelevant for this purpose. Why rolling the dice for no reason?

[VanessaTony 3,567]

The name on the ticket and the passport has to match. The Green Card is completely irrelevant for this purpose. Why rolling the dice for no reason?

No it doesn't. When was the last time you tried it? It needs to match "government-issued photo ID", that is the rule. Just typically people prefer to match their passport.

OP if there's no cost involved and you're worried about it, change it to match the passport. If there's a cost involved then just leave it. I'm sure you'll be fine... unless you meet with people who don't know what they're talking about... which may happen so carry the marriage certificate "just in case".

[Brother Hesekiel 2,235]

No it doesn't. When was the last time you tried it? It needs to match "government-issued photo ID", that is the rule. Just typically people prefer to match their passport.

When's the last time you put your fingers in a running lawn mover to find out if the blades would really chop them off?

Once the O.P. wants to board a plane from 'Nam to the US, her passport has to match the name on the ticket. Vietnamese officials don't consider a US document as sufficient for a Vietnamese citizen asking to be let aboard a plane destined to fly to another country. The only government issued ID a Vietnamese citizen in Vietnam has is a Vietnamese passport.

[Krikit 1,163]

I was travelling with someone who had their ticket in their new name and their passport in their former name. The airline refused to check them in until the ticket was changed. It was pretty stressful, to say the least.

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You would think it would be very clear as to which one is correct and I have to say I still have no idea. I'll can an talk to the the air lines again and see if I can get then to clear this up.

Thank you all for your replies.

Cheers

Sam

[kittens_0117 5]

I have a name discrepancy on my passport vs my GC...

I was married to a USC when I applied for GC, now when all that was done (thankfully didn't encounter problems), I had to renew my PH passport with my married name (conveniently, it was expired). Apparently the Philippine law states you HAVE to use your old surname as your new middle name, and that's what the PH consulate emphasized when I applied for my new PH passport. I wasn't aware of that when me and my husband signed our marriage registration forms - I didn't move my surname to become my new middle name (I kept my middle name as is).

Here's a representation:

1) Maiden Name: Name MidName Surname

2) Name on GC: Name MidName Surname2

3) Name on Passport: Name Surname Surname2

In hindsight, I know I should've thought of that more, but I'm concerned about my travels from PH back to US (to visit my family in PH) - what do I have to present to the US immigration officers when you re-enter the US, besides the GC? Will they fuss about why my PH passport name is different from my name on the GC?

Edited March 23, 2011 by kittens_0117

[lachifa 0]

No it doesn't. When was the last time you tried it? It needs to match "government-issued photo ID", that is the rule. Just typically people prefer to match their passport.

OP if there's no cost involved and you're worried about it, change it to match the passport. If there's a cost involved then just leave it. I'm sure you'll be fine... unless you meet with people who don't know what they're talking about... which may happen so carry the marriage certificate "just in case".

Hi Just Bob!

I also have the same issue. I want to travel to Peru and my passport and green card have different names. I'm pretty stress about the problems I may have in the peruvian airport trying to fly to the US because of this difference in names...any suggestions? Need my marriage certificate in case the airline thinks I'm doing something wrong?

[Brother Hesekiel 2,235]

You book the ticket in the name of your passport. You show your passport when you leave the US, and you show your passport plus the Green Card plus the marriage certificate (only if they give you a hard time) when you leave Peru. In the US you show your Green Card and your passport.

Your passport is the document that allows you to travel internationally. The Green Card is the document that allows you back in to the United States.