OK, here's the situation:
I got married a few years ago. I sent in my passport with my marriage certificate for a name change, and got it back with a typewritten note on the back cover reading "Effective <date>, the bearer's name was changed to read <my full married name>." The inside front cover is unchanged, with my photo and maiden name.
In one week's time, I'm going to take my first international trip using this passport. (Not my first ever, just my first where I'm traveling under my married name.)
So - how much trouble am I gonna have?? The tickets are in my married name. I don't want to get to the airport and be turned away, or (worse) get to the other end of a transpacific flight and be turned back because my passport isn't "really" in my married name...!
Anyone been in this situation? Should I carry a photocopy of my marriage certificate? or the original?
(I did say it was a random question...
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