Name changing after (fiancée's) arrival in the US

[Ready to do it 101]

My ex-wife could not change her passport name in the US. Her original country's embassy would not do it. They said she must do it when she is there. Thus the problem... how do you buy an airline ticket when your maiden name is on your passport, and everything else... including your permanent resident card has your new married name (in her case... her divorced name). Easy... put the maiden name to get there and then change the name while there like her embassy told her to do. Great, then how does she get back?

It was a nightmare and she had to jump through a zillion hoops. Perhaps your fiance's embassy is a little easier to work with. It took months of her calling hers just to get a return phone call.

I would think that because she (my fiancee) is going to be coming here, getting married to me, changing her last name to be her last name, a new passport is the least that we need to do. Once we're married, a new passport, ss card, etc will be in the works (with the new last name). I am not sure how this can be complicated. If I know ahead of time that I am getting married and changing my last name (and then potentially fly sometime after my marriage), the least I would do is change my passport to show that my last name has changed. Of course, this is only done via the embassy of the alien fiance(e)'s country within the united states.

Am I missing something?

Thx