+1(514) 937-9445 or Toll-free (Canada & US) +1 (888) 947-9445

My husband's name is not on my passport, my father's name is.

shanzakhan

Newbie
Jan 5, 2018
3
0
Hi,
I am the primary applicant for our Express Entry application. My passport is valid till 2019 but has my father's name. Just to be clear I didn't change my surname nor i want to and that's NOT the point I am talking about here. I can get my passport updated with my husband's name instead of my father's name but that will present me with two problems: 1) delay; 2) all my documents (IELTS, medical, degrees equivalencies, police certificates etc.) have my current passport number, whereas a new passport will mean a new passport number (last digit changes). What should I do?
Option 1: Should I just upload the same passport with my father's name.
Option 2: Should I get a new passport and upload scans of both old and new one and in explanation area I add a small paragraph.
Option 3: Please suggest.
 
Last edited:

Minid

Hero Member
May 28, 2017
318
42
Category........
Upload your marriage certificate post ITA, that should be sufficient. Anyways they will ask for it post ITA
 

shanzakhan

Newbie
Jan 5, 2018
3
0
I have received ITA and I am uploading marriage certificate. But what do you think of option 2 to be on safe side? Will this only complicate matters further or mitigate the situation?
 

Minid

Hero Member
May 28, 2017
318
42
Category........
I have received ITA and I am uploading marriage certificate. But what do you think of option 2 to be on safe side? Will this only complicate matters further or mitigate the situation?
It will complicate the process for you.better to go with option 1 and get it done
 

hishamx87

Hero Member
Apr 25, 2017
466
465
I don't think your passport justifies that you are married or not. Your marriage certificate should suffice the requirement.
Option 1 is the best option in my knowledge.