Name change certificate / birth certificate

[Frustrated74 23]

Does anyone know if you have to get a separate name change certificate if your current birth certicate states the details of your name change? I changed my surname quite a few years ago so received an updated birth certificate and on the back it has the details of my name change. Will this be enough or should I just pay the extra and get a name change certificate?

[agripa 100]

23 minutes ago, Frustrated74 said:

Does anyone know if you have to get a separate name change certificate if your current birth certicate states the details of your name change? I changed my surname quite a few years ago so received an updated birth certificate and on the back it has the details of my name change. Will this be enough or should I just pay the extra and get a name change certificate?

When in doubt, get it! I think including both would be a great step.

[Frustrated74 23]

12 minutes ago, Dee elle said:

I agree with Agripa... even though there is consistency with your birth certificate, passport etc, the DS260  requires you to list all names you have used.. so best have the official paperwork showing that name change, rather than having an RFE and adding extra time...

So, keep funding Birth, Deaths and Marraiges!!! 

Yep. They're getting another $50 from me plus extra for a new birth certificate since I had to send my original one in to get the equivalent of a tax file number in the US!  Plus also over $200 for a Canadian police clearance since I lived there for 11 months. They better not change the checklist back to 12 months where you've lived somewhere. I'll not be happy.