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urgent help needed

Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2014 8:27 am
by SSWSZ
i really need a help for my friend as she is travelling abroad on sunday and want to clear this confusion.
she came here as british spouse in 2007 on passport with fathers name on it then got ilr in 2011 on same passport now as her passport is expired she renew it with a husband name on it .
now the problem is she is travelling abroad with 2 passports with different surnames and ilr is on the old passport .i want to ask if this create any problem for her while going and coming back to uk,
just to make clear she is travelling with her 2 kids both are british .
thanks in advance

Re: urgent help needed

Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2014 8:53 pm
by allwell46
What is the name on brp card? Is it with father name or husband name?


SSWSZ wrote:i really need a help for my friend as she is travelling abroad on sunday and want to clear this confusion.
she came here as british spouse in 2007 on passport with fathers name on it then got ilr in 2011 on same passport now as her passport is expired she renew it with a husband name on it .
now the problem is she is travelling abroad with 2 passports with different surnames and ilr is on the old passport .i want to ask if this create any problem for her while going and coming back to uk,
just to make clear she is travelling with her 2 kids both are british .
thanks in advance

Re: urgent help needed

Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2014 9:33 pm
by johnj1
Best to travel with her marriage certificate to be on safer side. The spouse visa that she came to UK will have the name of her husband endorsed on it, so there won't be any confusion when being cleared by immigration officials.

Re: urgent help needed

Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 1:07 am
by SSWSZ
Thanks for he replies .i talked to ho and they said the same that take as many proofs as possible to show the previous name and then the current one.she doesnot have any brp her Ilr is stamped on passport .