surname issues with getting a passport

nancynoo12

hi,
don't know if this is the right place to post this but any advice would be much appreciated.

my partner has his fathers name on his birth certificate, his driving licence and also a bank account, although he is known by his step fathers surname in most everyday situations ie his national insurance number, jobs, bank accounts, criminal record, benefits, electoral roll etc.

how would he go about getting a passport? who's surname would it have to be under? he isn't really fussed which name it is, just wondered as we are not sure if your national insurance number is included in the passport forms as his birth certificate and driving licence is a different surname to his national insurance number.

thanks for any advice

Plans_all_plans

Have you spoken to the passport office? They'll be best placed to answer your question, or there may be on an FAQ section of their website. Give them a call on Monday if not.

catfish50

The passport will be in the name that's on his birth certificate. If he wants it in a different name, it can be done but it's a hassle (change of name deed, etc).

jackieglasgow

It absolutely isn't a hassle at all, my birth certificate is another name to the one I have been known by all my life, (although now I am married so it's slightly different) I spoke to the passport office about it, and the process was pretty much the same as for anyone else. Same when I got married, my marriage certificate says my (maiden) name, then "formerly known as xxx" - its a lot less hassle than you would expect. I am about to go through it all again as my passport needs renewing.

catfish50

jackieglasgow wrote: »

It absolutely isn't a hassle at all, my birth certificate is another name to the one I have been known by all my life, (although now I am married so it's slightly different) I spoke to the passport office about it, and the process was pretty much the same as for anyone else. Same when I got married, my marriage certificate says my (maiden) name, then "formerly known as xxx" - its a lot less hassle than you would expect. I am about to go through it all again as my passport needs renewing.

I had to produce proof of change of name (deed certificate). That's a real hassle in my book.

koalamummy

I have a friend with similar circumstances to yourself Jackie but she had everything issued in her known by name. She was known by her step fathers family name from she was about 10 I think and was registered using this name with both GP and school and when her mum got her a new passport she had I think an affidavit drawn up by a solicitor outlining the details of the name change stating that she was known by the new name on a day to day basis and the passport office were quite happy with this and at all future points have reissued her replacement passports in her known by name. I am not sure if her mum had to submit the same document to the people who issue NI numbers but that arrived in her known by name too. She has never yet married though so really do not know how it will work there?

busiscoming2

You can do a change of name deed yourself and it is free!! I did my dd's a few years ago when she was 17 (had to have a fathers consent letter, but obviously this doesn't apply in your partners case), she applied for a passport first as we knew this would be the most scrutinised application and had no problem. Change of name deed was accepting easily everywhere.

jackieglasgow

I didn't have to produce any sort of proof of name, and my NI card etc were all issued in the name I have used all my life. The photos being signed by someone saying they had known me in that name for X amount of years, and my driving licence (which again was in my assumed name and not my birth certificate name) and proof of address. Call the passport office and check, I know things will be a bit tighter now with terrorism and illegal immigration and identity theft etc. but it seems there are a lot of people in the same situation, so they will have experience of it.