Traveling AFTER the green card

[sean126 2]

My wife is from Colombia. She came here on a K1 visa this Feb. We were married here in the U.S. in April and now we are going back to Colombia to visit her family. Her passport is in her maiden name, but her greencard and her U.S. state ID is in her married name.

Question.....what last name should she use on her plane tickets??? The one on her passport (maiden name) or on her green card (married name).?

Thanks

Sean

[broma25 2]

I would use the one on the passport, (which needs to be changed). Make sure she carries her marriage certificate to show her previous and married names.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

ditto... my wife has done it twice. no problems to report.

plane ticket - maiden name

passport- maiden name

green card- married name

carried marriage certificate

[sean126 2]

Thanks for the info. It's appreciated.

[tweety 1]

since this topic came up again..... did you all take the original marriage certificate or a copy of it? I don't really like the idea of dragging the original document all over the world with me and risk losing or damaging it... will a regular copy, or a certified copy do as well?

[sean126 2]

tweety,

I don't know if it helps but....right after we got married I went to the local office and got 4 or 5 certified copies, just in case something came up when I need them. I think they only cost about $2.00 or so a piece...at least they do in Indiana. Usually gov. people like those because the original i would think is easier to forge. Perhaps a copy of the original and a certified copy would be the best way to go.

I will do an update when we get back from Colombia in Jan.

[Marilyn. 340]

no one really gets the original documents anyways... what you get is a certified copy of the original....

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

since this topic came up again..... did you all take the original marriage certificate or a copy of it? I don't really like the idea of dragging the original document all over the world with me and risk losing or damaging it... will a regular copy, or a certified copy do as well?

We ordered several extra certified copies from the courthouse.

[tweety 1]

no one really gets the original documents anyways... what you get is a certified copy of the original....

hmmm.... not sure what you got, but what I have here is the one with the original signatures of the witnesses and the judge. It's what I call the original...

Anyway, I guess I'll take it along and hope all goes well - I'm just still a bit traumatized when two years ago the guy at the SSN office scribbled his notes on my birth certificate

[Marilyn. 340]

no one really gets the original documents anyways... what you get is a certified copy of the original....

hmmm.... not sure what you got, but what I have here is the one with the original signatures of the witnesses and the judge. It's what I call the original...

Anyway, I guess I'll take it along and hope all goes well - I'm just still a bit traumatized when two years ago the guy at the SSN office scribbled his notes on my birth certificate

that isn't really your official marriage certificate then.... I could be wrong though....

what I have looks kind of like my birth certificate.... with no signatures etc.... but maybe marriage certificates are different in the US