Name Change Tips For Brides
Here are some name changing tips for the bride! This is a great list of areas in which you will need to change your last name. Not all of these will be applicable to you but it is definitely a great cheat sheet to get the ball rolling. For more help on your wedding, check out my blog The Ultimate Wedding Checklist.
Here are the top 4 most important name changes
- Social Security Administration
- Department of Motor Vehicles: driver’s license, car title, registration
- Voter registration
- US passport
These you can do on your own time
- Employer/ Payroll
- Military/ Veteran records
- Email accounts and signature on emails
- ID card
- Business cards
- Landlord, rental office and mortgage company
- Insurance companies: auto, home, life, health
- Utilities: electric, gas, water, phone, internet, cable
- Legal documents: living will, power of attorney
- Credit cards
- Checking accounts and new checks
- Savings account
- 401K and Roth
- Investment accounts
- Loans: student and auto
- Facebook and other social media
- High school alumni office
- College alumni office
- Doctor’s office
- Voicemail
- Magazine subscriptions
- Loyalty and miles programs
- Church membership/ parishioner info
- Other memberships: gym, Amazon Prime, subscriptions
- Entertainment: Netflix, Hulu