You might change your name through marriage, divorce, or court. Don't forget to update the following information and documents and notify the relevant agencies.
📋 Social Security Card
Notify the SSA early cause other agencies learn of name changes through the SSA.
📋 Driver's License or State ID
Having an updated license or state ID will make changing your name with other agencies easier.
📋 Tax Returns
🏛 The IRS
The IRS says it’s critical to update names with the SSA before filing your tax return.
📋 U.S. Passport
Getting an updated passport will make your travel easier.
📋 Naturalization Certificate and Certificate of Citizenship
File an application to update the name on your certificate.
📋 Veterans Benefits
This is for those who receive veterans' healthcare or benefits.
📋 Voter Registration
🏛 Vote.gov
Requests can be filed online or by mail.
📋 Postal Service
Report your name change to post offices that usually handle your mail.
📋 State Benefits Programs
🏛 Your state’s social services office
Contact your state’s social services office if you receive SNAP (food stamps), TANF (welfare), or other public assistance.
📋 State and Property Taxes
🏛 Your state taxing authority.
If you own a home, notify the city or county property tax office.
🏛 Other agencies or companies:
Your insurance companies (car, health, home, rent, life).
All employers. This sounds obvious, but it's needed for new business cards, payroll and withholding tax forms.
All schools, if applicable.
Your doctor, dentist, optician, veterinarian, and pharmacist.
Your bank or credit union and all other financial institutions.
All utility companies (electric, phone, cable, gas).
Magazine and newspaper circulation departments.
Your landlord or mortgage company.
Credit card companies.
Your library.
After you change your name
After you change your name, under some circumstances, you're required to provide,
a form of petition for the name change you've submitted, or other court paperwork approving the change of name, and/or,
an Affidavit of One and the Same Person, which is a written document that establishes that two different names found on different documents refer to one person, the Affiant.
If the document is used in the US, you need to have it notarized (for affidavit) or get a certified copy (for court documents). Then it's ready for use.
If it is used outside the US, the notarized document or the certified copy needs to be apostilled (for Hague Apostille Countries) or authenticated (for Non-Hague Apostille Countries), to make it recognized in other countries.
💁♂️ Apostille Service (for Hague Apostille Countries)
💁♂️ Authentication Service (for Non-Hague Apostille Countries)
The apostille and authentication process can be complicated. If you don't want to spend a lot of time and energy getting into it, your best bet is to let a professional do it for you. Once we receive your order and document, it'll be processed as soon as possible.
Source:
American Notary Service Center Inc. provides fair, fast, confidential, and professional document notarization and certification services for our clients. We also provide various assistance services to small businesses led by socially and economically disadvantaged groups. Our service helps small businesses obtain federal government contracts, gain a foothold in the market, and boost their sales. For more information, please visit our website at www.usnotarycenter.com, and contact us by calling 202-599-0777 or by email at info@usnotarycenter.com.