Quote Originally Posted by Rayjen View Post
Hi all, my wife & I were married last week & will now apply for a spouse visa. Does my wife need to change the name on her passport from her maiden name to her married name before applying for visa & hopefully flying to the uk?At present she is waiting to get the marriage cert from the nso, she has completed the English test around 6 weeks ago & still awaiting cert & will do the CFO seminar. I'm not sure if she needs to change her passport & there seems to be a problem at the dfa passport office Cebu & she's been told she will have to go through Manila & it could take 30 days.
No need for your wife to change her passport into her married name for the sake of applying for the visa ... provided there's still more than 6 months' validity left on it. My wife's isn't due for renewal until September 2013 - and she was recently granted her Residence Permit [ILR] - although she'd like/may even require to have it amended before applying for British Citizenship.