Losing your passport, spoiling it or remembering that your passport has expired - there is little pleasant in this.
Of a number of officially recognized reasons why the holder of a passport has to change a document, the change of surname is the most positive.
Change or not change the passport when changing the surname
Unlike a general civil passport, which must be replaced within a month after the official change of surname, no one forces you to change your passport.
There are no regulations that would prohibit you from using your previous surname to travel abroad.
However, you need to understand that only those borders that can be crossed without a visa are now open for you. With different surnames in two passports, you will not be able to enter a country with a visa regime. If you change your surname in connection with marriage or marriage, remember about the deadline for issuing a passport - one month from the date of filing an application to the department of the Federal Migration Service. Don't plan a trip to Europe or the United States, take a look at Thailand, Sri Lanka or the Maldives.
And in visa-free countries you will be in trouble. The passport can be stolen along with the bag. Or it will fall out of your pocket while you are riding elephants, one thing is clear: the remaining rest time will be ruined. First, you have to visit the police and file a report on the loss of the document. Then you will have to go to the consul to provide you with a certificate of entry into the Russian Federation. And it is provided on the basis of identity confirmation with a driver's license, a Russian passport or a certificate of several people who know you personally. It will be quite difficult to explain at the embassy that citizen Ivanova left Russia, and now citizen Petrova has arrived.
Yes, changing your passport after changing your surname is associated with financial costs and loss of time, but it is better to do it in your country, according to plan, than suddenly, somewhere on the edge of the world.
Documents required to obtain a foreign passport valid for 10 years
Replacement of a passport takes place under the same conditions as issuing for the very first time. In fact, you have to go through the entire procedure of preparing documents, filling out an application form and visiting the FMS department of your area again.
When filling out point 9 of the application form for the issuance of a biometric passport, choose the reason for replacing the passport “instead of the used one”.
- Application form, in duplicate.
- General civil passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation.
- Receipt for payment of the state fee in the amount of 2500 rubles.
- Matte black-and-white or color photographs, size 3, 5 x 4, 5 cm - 2 pcs.
- Military ID.
- Foreign passport with old personal data, which will be confiscated by the FMS officer.
- Employment book, extract from the work book for the last 10 years.
Documents required to obtain a foreign passport valid for 5 years
- Application form, in duplicate.
- General civil passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation.
- Receipt for payment of the state fee in the amount of 1000 rubles.
- Matte black and white or color photographs, size 3, 5 x 4, 5 cm - 4 pcs.
- Birth certificate of the child, if you plan to enter information about the children.
- Documents confirming the availability of Russian citizenship for children under 14 years of age.
- Military ID.
- Foreign passport with old personal data, which will be confiscated by the FMS officer.
- Employment book, an extract from the work book for the last 10 years.
If you want to keep your passport as a keepsake or if you have a valid visa of another country in it, you can leave your outdated passport in your hands if you write a corresponding statement about it in free form.
