Your experiences after changing surname in the passport

[referee]

Brothers & sisters,

Please post your personal experience of changing your surname in the passport. How having a different surname in the passport affected your everyday life, immigration, work, study etc.

Many of us are now thinking of or have decided to change their surnames from the russified ev-ov-eva-ova to surnames sounding more traditional without them, or indeed changing surnames after marriage.

It will be useful to exchange experiences so that people are aware of challenges and opportunities...

[Arti]

Brothers & sisters,

Please post your personal experience of changing your surname in the passport. How having a different surname in the passport affected your everyday life, immigration, work, study etc.

Many of us are now thinking of or have decided to change their surnames from the russified ev-ov-eva-ova to surnames sounding more traditional without them, or indeed changing surnames after marriage.

It will be useful to exchange experiences so that people are aware of challenges and opportunities...

Well, my new surname did not affect my life in any way except that we have even more in common with my husband and our family is treated as a single whole. As long as I have a marriage certificate I don't have to change any of my documents obtained prior to the marriage i.e. diploma, driving licence, etc. Nothing have changed, I haven't changed :) I am same old Arti. :D

[referee]

Well, my new surname did not affect my life in any way except that we have even more in common with my husband and our family is treated as a single whole. As long as I have a marriage certificate I don't have to change any of my documents obtained prior to the marriage i.e. diploma, driving licence, etc. Nothing have changed, I haven't changed :) I am same old Arti. :D

Glad you did not change, I'd be surprised if the surname can change people:D

I liked your idea of being as one. But what interests me is the problem of sounding as one with russified surnames, right? If your husband "artiev" and you become "artieva", when outside Uzb-n do people still consider you as having the same surname despite the difference in last letter?

On other documents, do you need to have a copy of marriage certificate on you all the time?