married & applying for a visa - Passport change?

[estherboaz]

Hi all, We married in January and just awaiting for the NSO certified marriage contract to arrive so we can apply for the visa to UK. We were originally planning to change the name in my partners Filipino passport but time is becoming an issue!

I understand we can apply for the visa without changing the name in the passport to married name. is this correct? Will it be a likely cause of problems in the visa application if not changed?

If we can apply without the name change how easy is it to change the passport in the UK? Is there a time limit on this or can we just wait for the passport to expire? Or do you need to make this change within a certain amount of time?

Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

You could apply for visa without changing the passport to married name as long as it is still valid.

You could renew your passport in Philippine Embassy UK.the fee is 36 pounds.You could change your passport eventhough the expiry date is still far.