<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(truelove26 @ Apr 11 2006, 11:08 AM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
pete i hope i get this right...you mean that i will use my surname and not my husbands name at the moment...my visa will exorie on the 10th next month and i dont think it is possible to send my passport back to phillipinnes as we are running out of time...my real name is grecelyn corteza and as what i understand i will just stick to corteza and not my husbands surname(ROYAN)..please pete help....when gina applied for further leave to remain did she use your surname instead of what appears top her passport and visa?please i really need your help...
truelove 26
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My belief is that is perfectly legal to retain your Filipino identity of your maiden name and there is no legal obligation to change that
on the ILR form my wife wrote her full maiden name (as per her Filipino passport) followed by her married name - ie First Name - Middle Name - Maiden Name - Married Name **
in her passport the spouse visa is endorsed "Wife of ................ " so there is no doubt as to either her identity of her married status
She only sent off the ILR form last week after we got a mortgage on on home to cover the application costs -
I will post the results in due time
suggest you use the same name format ** on the application form - after all your husbands passport has to go in with the application
Good luck
