Applying for a British Passport in Maiden Name

[deepinderbhatia]

HI ,
My wife and I recently got British Citizenship. Her Indian passport and Certificate of naturalization are in her maiden name. We never changed her indian passport to her married name as all our tier 1 and ILR were always in her maiden name.
However when she applied for her British passport in her maiden name as is required to match the certificate of naturalization, at the interview she was asked if she was know by anyother name and she said that she was also known by her married name and she uses it in her driving licence, bank etc.
NOW HMPO is refusing to issue her a new british passport saying that she needs to change her indian passport to her married name and then reapply for her british passport in her married name as she can use only one name. we have told them that we don't want her married name on the british passport and want only maiden name since all her passports previously have been in maiden name. we have also offered to change names every where in UK to maiden name. can any one help please, as indian embassy will now not change her passport to her married name

[noajthan]

Yes its a known issue dating back from 2015.

It catches out a lot of married ladies including Indian nationals.

See http://www.immigrationboards.com/britis ... 83170.html

It's a long story - however if you search the topic you will find input from a number of Indian members and some suggested solutions.

[deepinderbhatia]

Thanks . But I cannot open the link for some reason.. any other way to get to it pl?

[noajthan]

Thanks . But I cannot open the link for some reason.. any other way to get to it pl?

Try again:
http://www.immigrationboards.com/britis ... 83170.html

[deepinderbhatia]

hi can you guide me to the exact post which is similar to my case on the post you referred, i.e. date and time. as in my case my foreign passport, ILR, naturalisation and British passport application are all in the maiden name and yet the HMPO is not willing to issue a BP to my wife only because her DVLA and Bank have married name. Can i just change name on DVLA and bank with Change of name deed and then give them that eveidence.

[noajthan]

I didn't say there is an exact post for your nationality and combination of documents and types of names your spouse uses.

The link shows the range of challenges members have faced and range of strategies they have adopted.

It records which succeeded and which failed.

It also shows the range of typical HMPO attitudes and responses you could encounter.

From that you can formulate a strategy and try to progress.

Unfortunately, due to lack of joined-up thinking from HMPO, its not yet as easy as:
'if you do a then b it means c will always happen'.