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I started using my new name socially as soon as I was married. If your email is changed I would absolutely change your voice mail to avoid confusion for your professional contacts.
I would start using it right after the wedding socially and for things like e-mail ect, it will save you having to change everything once all the legal changes are done!
I started using my married name immediately after the wedding. I had time to change my name with the SSA before going back to work, so as soon as I came back, I was already officially Mrs. Newname.
So a question about last name change since you're going through the process. Do you only have to change your last name with social security and the DMV, or do you need to go to the courthouse to legally change it? I'm so confused on this aspect.
I cant wait to use it! Not because I like it but because I think my FI will get such a kick out of hearing me use it.
At my job and school, I had to turn in proof of my name change before they would let me change it. I started to use my new name socially right after the wedding.
@shastahun: I believe that your marriage license covers that aspect in most states.
Married bees, correct me if I'm wrong on that one.
No one's asked my new name yet! :-/ but I'd tell them my married name. I haven't asked them to change it at work yet because they'll change it with payroll at the same time and I don't want to have trouble with my checks.
@shastahun: Steps are as follows: Get you marriage certificate (or buy a certified copy of it), change with teh S.S. office, wait atleast 1 day and change with the DMV, then notify all other places (banks, irs, bills, insurance, etc.)
I am using my new last name socially, but not professionally because I have to have my name changed legally before doing it in HR. However, my personal email changed and on facebook (of course) and if someone new were to meet me I would introduce myself as my new name. However, its weird to use it half and half because when I answer my work phone I still have to say my old last name because my students (I am a college advisor for an online university) know me as my old last name!
You are correct. As long as you aren't making up some name and are just either changing it to hislastname or a hyphen, there is not court involved. Proof of his name on the marriage license is enough.
So I just changed my voicemail LOL!
I had a meeting with someone today and just introduced myself as my first name because I really wasn't sure haha.
@shastahum - After the wedding the minister send in our marriage license to the courthouse. About 3-4 weeks later, we received the marriage certificate in the mail. I just took the marriage certificate to the Social Security Office and changed my name. Then, I took that same marriage certificate to the DMV and changed my license the same day. I also used that same certificate at the bank (two of them) to make my name change.
I can't change my name legally until 2 months after the wedding because we're going on a delayed honeymoon overseas. I definitely plan to start using my married name socially though! I am changing my personal email address and changing it at work. Unfortunately I can't change work email or any "official" things until I change it with HR.
I think you should go ahead and use it!
I don't think you have to wait at least one day to go to the DMV. I changed mine at the SS office then immediately went over to the DMV. Worked fine for me :)
I left an extra day in our honeymoon to go to the social security office and department of motor vehicles, so I was officially Mrs. B when I got back to work. It was so weird being called to get my driver's license picture taken ... for a second I didn't respond. lol.
It was actually easier to change my name legally than it was to change it at work (all the log-ins for programs I have to use, and my username, badge, voice mail, etc. had to be changed internally). And then of course, I still occasionally write "Ms. F" on credit card slips and realize too late that ... oops ... that's your maiden name, silly.
Outside of my plane tickets and hotel reservations on the honeymoon, I went by Mrs. B from the moment we were introduced at the end of the ceremony. I'm proud of it!
@andregirl: I didn't even think about taking a new license picture when I change my name at the DMV. When I read that, I got really excited because the picture in my license will be 8 years old when I go to change my name.
@JenniMichele: I didn't think about it, either! I also got to drop the pesky vision limitation. I'm far-sighted, but that improves with age, and when I got my contacts years ago I thought I had to take the test with them in ... but the nice DMV guy let me re-take it after I explained things. I passed without any corrective lenses, thank goodness. Now if I get pulled over or in a wreck that won't be held against me if I'm not wearing the glasses I never wear.
It was nice to have my picture taken right after a relaxing honeymoon, lol. Granted, I was bumming around that day in the middle of February and had waited in long lines the whole day for the process. I highly reccommend bringing a book. The line in the SS office was LONG.
I actually will first use my new last name roughly a month before the wedding. I have to fill out registration paperwork for my marching band early in the summer and if I don't get everything straightened out from day one, everything (including my name tag that I have to wear for the first few weeks of the season) would have my maiden name. Otherwise I won't socially use it until after wedding. I'm really looking forward to seeing how long it takes my university to get my new name in the system after I submit the offical paperwork- and how confused my professors will be!
I'm planning to start easing into it right after the ceremony, starting, I guess, with my place card (escort card? I haven't started delving into the exciting world of paper good yet...) at the reception! And ever since I decided to change it, FI has taken to calling me Mrs. Hisname :)
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I know legally I can't use my new last name until I change it with the social security office, but when did you start using your last name when others ask your name.
Did you start telling people that your last name was your husband's last name as soon as you were married or did you wait until it was legally changed? Just curious because they changed my email at work and people keep saying to change my voicemail, but if I'm supposed to do it now or wait.