Name change on passport?

[Arthur Little]

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.

[Rayjen]

Thanks Arthur! Yes I've relayed the news to my wife & she's very excited. This long process looks like finally coming to an end. We asked for the nso to fast track the marriage cert so hopefully will receive it next week. Then all we will be waiting on is the English test result ( which she took 6 weeks ago!) & CFO seminar.