passport name change before visa?

[Shayla]

I have been looking around the forum and I am slightly confused. My wife will be applying for her visa to come to the UK in May. She wants to change her passport to have her married name on it. Is it wish to do this? What requirements are there to do this and what time frame is needed?

For what I have gathered so far but I'm not sure if I am correct on this.

1. She can't change her surname without CFO cert.
2. She has used an agency to change her passport and is this right thing to do?
3. Does she need the CFO after or before visa?
4. Does the embassy require name change on her passport?

I think I have included everything I would like to know.

Thanks for all the help I have received here.

J Edwards

Last year I changed my old green passport into married name even it's not yet expired and the DFA office in Cagayan de Oro asked me about the CFO certificate so what I did was I went to Cebu and had the seminar there for half day then went back straight to the DFA Office in Cagayan de Oro the next day morning.

She will need to attend the seminar first and then get the CFO certificate before she can change her passport into married name and then when you apply for her visa and her visa will be approve then that's the time she will need to go back either Manila or Cebu for the stamp/sticker.

About using the agency for changing the passport I'm not really sure because I think they will need the personal appearance of the applicant.

[Mjaes]

hmm... i renewed my passport early this year to reflect my married name. i used agency of our company to lessen the hassle. :-) they didn't ask for any CFO certificate but they asked for a copy of my marriage certificate (original NSO copy). :-)

i have now the brown passport with me... :-)

[empott]

Are you married to a Brit or to a foreigner, Mjaes?