I am newly married and have taken my husband's last name. The NYS Office of the Professions offers me the option of having my new name reflected on my original license as well as the registration certificate that is sent to me with each renewal. They say I just need to send the original parchment and they will return it to me with the new name.
I am wondering if this is something I should do or not. I'm not sure if there is some advantage or disadvantage to doing this. Will things be more complicated for me if my license shows a different last name than my registration certificate? Is there some reason I should keep my maiden name on record?
Please share if you have gone through this and have some insight. Thanks!!!
I just want to point out that I started this thread because I needed advice regarding the logistics of changing my name on my license. The initial post was not an invitation to criticize the actual practice of changing one's name after marriage. Perhaps it would have been more appropriate for some of the posted comments to have been saved for a thread that actually asks for your opinions!
Rudeness should be taken elsewhere. This thread IS for opinions. Why else would you post it for ALL to see? If you don't like people's opinions then maybe you're in the wrong place. Good day to you.
our Human Resources department requires everything to be the same as the Social Security Card (assuming you have one). At the very least, it needs to be consistent with other documents. Most facilities require background checks and having more than one name may hold us an application if the service has to find two or more names
I just want to point out that I started this thread because I needed advice regarding the logistics of changing my name on my license. The initial post was not an invitation to criticize the actual practice of changing one's name after marriage. Perhaps it would have been more appropriate for some of the posted comments to have been saved for a thread that actually asks for your opinions!
You wanted to point that out 3 weeks after this thread died? Mhmm.
I did get a great chuckle out of the idea that every man should be the head of household based on genetics. Worth the "bump." :)
I just want to point out that I started this thread because I needed advice regarding the logistics of changing my name on my license. The initial post was not an invitation to criticize the actual practice of changing one's name after marriage. Perhaps it would have been more appropriate for some of the posted comments to have been saved for a thread that actually asks for your opinions!
You can ask the mods to close it. Put us out of our misery :)
Butterfly6890
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Rudeness should be taken elsewhere. This thread IS for opinions. Why else would you post it for ALL to see? If you don't like people's opinions then maybe you're in the wrong place. Good day to you.