Name change procedure

obi604

Hello

I got married recently and my other half wants to change her name.

Is they any central place to do a name change or any ideas where one has to change a name

Or do you have to do the name change at multiple places

e.g. Revenue, passport, guards, voting register, household bills, drivers license etc

We are just a bit lost as to where to start and who exactly we need to be contacting. Do we need to engage a solicitor etc ?

username123

In Ireland you just change it legally through 'common usage'. So you just contact each place individually and change it, some places just take you at your word, others require a copy of the marriage cert. I'm about halfway through, my passport runs out next year so once that's changed I'll change it everywhere. I did my drivers licence last year so had to do car tax, insurance to all be same name. I've done the credit union but not the bank, and all medical stuff. It would be nice if there was a central place!

Jellyjelly

Hi Obi

Its only a tradition in Ireland that the lady takes her husbands surname. You don't physically have to go to an office to change it. Any legal forms will ask for surname and maiden name and she just completes these forms the way that you wants the name to appear.

You have two choices you can change everything straight away or you can wait for things to expire for example driving licence or passport, as you have to buy a new one as you can't amend it.

Regards

Jelly

obi604

username123 wrote: »

In Ireland you just change it legally through 'common usage'. So you just contact each place individually and change it, some places just take you at your word, others require a copy of the marriage cert. I'm about halfway through, my passport runs out next year so once that's changed I'll change it everywhere. I did my drivers licence last year so had to do car tax, insurance to all be same name. I've done the credit union but not the bank, and all medical stuff. It would be nice if there was a central place!

Thanks for that

Would you have a list of the things you have changed so far or need to change.

obi604

username123 wrote: »

In Ireland you just change it legally through 'common usage'. So you just contact each place individually and change it, some places just take you at your word, others require a copy of the marriage cert. I'm about halfway through, my passport runs out next year so once that's changed I'll change it everywhere. I did my drivers licence last year so had to do car tax, insurance to all be same name. I've done the credit union but not the bank, and all medical stuff. It would be nice if there was a central place!

Thanks for that

Would you have a list of the things you have changed so far or need to change.

username123

obi604 wrote: »

Thanks for that

Would you have a list of the things you have changed so far or need to change.

I kind of looked at it like groups of things. So drivers licence/car tax/car insurance, gp/physio/vhi, credit union was stand alone. When I do passport ill do banks/visa card/revenue/social welfare. I've done one utility bill.

It will depend on the person and their own usage. Some people have their name in more places than others.

To be honest I am interchangeable with my single and married name. I'm mid degree and my other academic qualifications have my single name so this one will too. Married women in Ireland often use both or either. It's a organic process with me, I change things as they come up, but as some things impact others I end up doing small groups at a time.

obi604

username123 wrote: »

I kind of looked at it like groups of things. So drivers licence/car tax/car insurance, gp/physio/vhi, credit union was stand alone. When I do passport ill do banks/visa card/revenue/social welfare. I've done one utility bill.

It will depend on the person and their own usage. Some people have their name in more places than others.

To be honest I am interchangeable with my single and married name. I'm mid degree and my other academic qualifications have my single name so this one will too. Married women in Ireland often use both or either. It's a organic process with me, I change things as they come up, but as some things impact others I end up doing small groups at a time.

Thanks for taking the time to reply , very helpful.

username123

obi604 wrote: »

Thanks for taking the time to reply , very helpful.

No probs, hope it all goes smoothly.

hoodwinked

obi604 wrote: »

Thanks for that

Would you have a list of the things you have changed so far or need to change.

i changed mine in

College - Free
Drivers licence - free
bills - free
bank - free, cert needed
pps office - free
car tax - free, cert needed
register of electors - free

garda id - fee
passport - fee, cert needed


if i think of more ill add them

username123

hoodwinked wrote: »

register of electors - free

Ooh - theres one I never thought of! Thanks for that!

Roustabout

Here is a list that I did after I got married. There may be more but I'm working my way through these for the moment!
Work
Revenue
Doctor
Dentist
Utilities
Electoral register
Bank account sole
Bank account joint
Savings account
Credit Union
Mortgage
Life assurance
Passport
Driving Licence
Gym
Mobile phone
Credit card
Union
Pension companies
Car insurance
House insurance
TV licence
Store cards

Hope this helps

obi604

Roustabout wrote: »

Here is a list that I did after I got married. There may be more but I'm working my way through these for the moment!
Work
Revenue
Doctor
Dentist
Utilities
Electoral register
Bank account sole
Bank account joint
Savings account
Credit Union
Mortgage
Life assurance
Passport
Driving Licence
Gym
Mobile phone
Credit card
Union
Pension companies
Car insurance
House insurance
TV licence
Store cards

Hope this helps

It does help, thanks.

Feck me, some amount of places to change a name !

username123

obi604 wrote: »

It does help, thanks.

Feck me, some amount of places to change a name !

Of course, Id keep one bank or credit union account in my single name - just in case

bovril

username123 wrote: »

I kind of looked at it like groups of things. So drivers licence/car tax/car insurance, gp/physio/vhi, credit union was stand alone. When I do passport ill do banks/visa card/revenue/social welfare. I've done one utility bill.

Just a quick question on this, is it worth applying for a new driver's licence and paying the fee to have one form of photo ID in your married name? My passport has about 7 years left on it so I don't necessarily want to fork out the fee for that again. The driver's licence renewal fee is less than the passport one.

Have you encountered any problems having your driver's licence in your married name and your passport not in your married name? I guess the only problem I am thinking of at the moment is remembering to book all flights in your single name until you change your passport.

Toto Wolfcastle

bovril wrote: »

Just a quick question on this, is it worth applying for a new driver's licence and paying the fee to have one form of photo ID in your married name? My passport has about 7 years left on it so I don't necessarily want to fork out the fee for that again. The driver's licence renewal fee is less than the passport one.

Have you encountered any problems having your driver's licence in your married name and your passport not in your married name? I guess the only problem I am thinking of at the moment is remembering to book all flights in your single name until you change your passport.

You don't have to pay to change your name on your drivers licence. I changed mine in January and it was free. The waiting time can be up to 4 weeks though because there's a demand for the new licence and they're made in one place.

bovril

Bobblehead Panda wrote: »

You don't have to pay to change your name on your drivers licence. I changed mine in January and it was free. The waiting time can be up to 4 weeks though because there's a demand for the new licence and they're made in one place.

Thanks for that info. That is good news! How did you fair out with driving though during that time? I presume you need to send your old licence in to them so you're without a licence. There is still a 4-6 week wait at the moment, I had to ring them recently about another question and there is a recorded message on their machine telling people about the delay.

Toto Wolfcastle

I applied in the tax office and the guy there photocopied my old licence and gave me a receipt. He said that I should be okay if I had them in the car with me and that the Gardai are aware of the situation. I wasn't stopped in that time though so I had no issues.

username123

bovril wrote: »

Just a quick question on this, is it worth applying for a new driver's licence and paying the fee to have one form of photo ID in your married name? My passport has about 7 years left on it so I don't necessarily want to fork out the fee for that again. The driver's licence renewal fee is less than the passport one.

Have you encountered any problems having your driver's licence in your married name and your passport not in your married name? I guess the only problem I am thinking of at the moment is remembering to book all flights in your single name until you change your passport.

It just so happened that my drivers licence was set to expire last year, so I just renewed it in my new name, at the cheaper rate (its gone up since January). I didnt realise you could name change it for free, thats handy to know.

The only possible issue I came across was booking a car rental while booking flights but Hertz said that if I brought my marriage cert it would be fine - as it happened the trip got cancelled so I dont know how smooth it would have been.

bovril

username123 wrote: »

The only possible issue I came across was booking a car rental while booking flights

Thanks, hadn't thought of that one.