Family Issues

The need to change the name on a passport may be a rare occasion but will still arise in many people’s lives. The first and foremost reason is marriage, and the need to receive an expedited passport name change before embarking on a new life may become a necessity. This is particularly true if the couple has made the decision to leave the country immediately following the wedding and all documentation must be up to date.

The entire process is very simple and other than a little running around, the Internet and the post office can supply all of the services and forms that are needed. If you have ever gone through the actual process of getting a new passport, rest assured that this process will be hardly as time consuming. It is more online work than anything else.

For any expedited passport name change, actual proof must be presented to the issuing agency. For most cases, this will come in the form of either a marriage certificate or court document showing the actual change. These documents cannot be uncertified copies or even notarized copies, and they must have the seal of the issuing body attached.

By going online and finding the agency that will be used for the service, the applicant can download any and all files that they will need. However, keep in mind that if the passports have less than a year left before it expires, it will be necessary to get a passport renewal with the new information instead of getting the old passport updated. This will require separate forms, but they are also all available online.

For those that need to have this done in a rush, there are services that are available that can make this process go very quickly, for a fee of course. Even if the court documentation is missing, there are steps that can be taken to make the changes that the applicant needs to have done. While we would all like to think we are perfect, even the best of us misplace documents from time to time and when there is a crunch in getting the details of the passport changed, it is nice to know that it can still be handled.

As with most services, the higher the level of service that is needed, the more money it is going to cost. For instance, there is standard expedited service that is fairly reasonable. If someone needs a passport within 24 hours, it can be done, but it will be significantly more money.

Many of the websites will also request color photos of you for the name change process. An expedited passport name change must be proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that the correct person is doing the changing. These photos allow for one more form of proof to be provided to the issuing agency.

Once everything is gathered for the expedited U S passport name change, the final step is nothing more than putting everything in an envelope and mailing it off. We recommend that an overnight service be used to do this as it will provide more protection for the U S passports documentation. Not only that, but the applicant will be provided with tracking information and will have the security of knowing exactly when their documentation was received and that the agency actually took possession of it.

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