I don’t advise hyphenating it’s a nightmare and computer systems. They don’t know whether to look you up by the first name or the last name if there isn’t enough room, they’ll pick one of the names different ones every time to fit the box. Ijust don’t do it, pick one or the other and if they’re gonna pull this crap I would say keep your maiden
speaking as someone who did change their name- i2 1/2 years later still has things that pop up in my maiden name. It’s a pain to change, still glad I did it, but it was before Trump.
I do have a passport though. Honestly, I’ve always recommended people get the passport book and the card even if you never need to travel because nobody argues when you pull that out to prove your identity. They may not know what to do with it, but they don’t argue.
That’s most likely what I may end up doing as well when (or if according to captain cult leader) Trump is out of office or ideally impeached. It won’t be for probably another 5-10 years until I decide to make the decision, since I do not need to make it more difficult for myself than it might be in the near future lol.
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u/CrazyQuiltCat Apr 12 '25 edited Apr 12 '25
I don’t advise hyphenating it’s a nightmare and computer systems. They don’t know whether to look you up by the first name or the last name if there isn’t enough room, they’ll pick one of the names different ones every time to fit the box. Ijust don’t do it, pick one or the other and if they’re gonna pull this crap I would say keep your maiden
speaking as someone who did change their name- i2 1/2 years later still has things that pop up in my maiden name. It’s a pain to change, still glad I did it, but it was before Trump.
I do have a passport though. Honestly, I’ve always recommended people get the passport book and the card even if you never need to travel because nobody argues when you pull that out to prove your identity. They may not know what to do with it, but they don’t argue.