My wife and stepdaughter (both Ukrainian) came over the UK last June 2008 on a Spouse Visa (obviously stepdaughter age 8 was given a visa in my wifes passport)
My wife has my surname, my stepdaughter does not, she has her fathers surname, we think we can get him to agree to let her change it and we have checked in Ukraine and it seems to be a fairly easy thing to do, however, we want to change her surname to mine so we all have the same one, problem being, the SV runs out May 2009 when my wife will then apply for a ILR,
Q1 - is it possible to get my stepdaughters surname changed to mine and how does this affect her current visa?
2 - If so, do we need to send off the pasport to immigration Home Office etc to get a new visa in my wifes passport?
3 We intend to get my stepdaughter her own passport, not sure when, the name query change depends on that, but assuming we get her own passport at some stage in the next year, what happens to the visa for my stepdaughter in my wifes passport, does she continue to travel on that visa, even though, we may have changed her surname by then?
I know is may read a little confusing this, but if you have any questions please ask
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Thanks
Chris