After the Wedding: Changing your name

You’ve said “I do”, you’re back to reality, and it’s time to change your name. While not all new brides choose to change their name, most do. Which should you do? Whatever works for you and your new hubby. There is no right or wrong, but if you do decide to change (or hyphenate) your name (which almost 87% of women do), I have a fun find for you!

MissNowMrs.com is a site designed to help you in the name-change process. According to their website, it all started in 2006 and they’ve helped over 55,000 brides since.

The company currently offers two different packages. Their Basic package for $19.95 includes:

• Social Security
• Drivers License

Or for $29.95, the Complete package includes:

• Social Security
• Drivers License
• IRS
• U.S. Passport
• U.S. Postal Service
• Voter Registration
• Bank Notification Letter
• Credit Card Notification Letter
• Mortgage Notification Letter
• Utility Notification Letter
• Medical Notification Letter
• Insurance Notification Letter
• Professional License Notification Letter
• Investment Notification Letter
• Other Notifications

The website helps you in three easy steps. First, answer a few simple questions about yourself. Next, they use your answers to complete all married name change forms automatically, and finally, you print out your forms and they give you all the details to file them. Sounds pretty easy, doesn’t it?

To read more about the company, visit their site here. I also recommend reading their blog article about changing your name through with Social Security - 3 Things the S.S..... No wonder it takes over 13 hours to change your name – without the help of MissNowMrs, that is.

Question: Did you change your name when you got married? Or, are you planning to? If not, what did you do? Leave your thoughts in the comment box below.

Originally posted at Danielle Pasternak Events.