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My niece is married to a US citizen and will be moving to the US on an immigrant visa in the next 2 months. She already has a Pakistani ID card and a passport under her father's name.
In applying for US visa, can she use her current passport, or should she have a new one issued under husband's name?
Change of names post marriage for wives is a practice commonly followed outside US. In the US though it is commonly accepted if the wife does not change her name post marriage. It certainly though makes it easier from the process perspective and also builds confidence in the minds of visa officer if the name change occurs. Could not find anything in this regards on the USCIS website, although found some information about documentation on other site which does not indicate anything about the name change
