Indian passport renewal in US- Question regarding non Indian spouse, marital status and alias names
Hi everyone,
Just looking for some advice on renewing my Indian passport in the USA. I have 2 questions here:
- I married a US citizen and I’m currently pending in my i751 process. Our marriage was registered in the US but we have never gone to india or done anything there. On filling out the passport application and entering my status as married it automatically asks for my spouses name on the passport. Does a U.S. marriage registration get accepted as valid document?
- In india my matriculation paperwork used a slightly different spelling of my name. With that in mind I used alias on my application. Is this ok?
Thank you for your responses
Posted Nov 24, 2022, 1:13 AM UTC · edited
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This is not the right subReddit for you question but I can answer as I went through the process not too long ago
One more note … I’m assuming you’re going to send the passport to VFS. In that case use their FedEx shipping label rather than your own.
Thank you! This really helps.
On second question, I’m using the name on my last passport indeed. Should I mention the alias name or not? I remember when I was creating the passport I had to provide self signed affidavits to prove that I’m the same person as mentioned on my matriculation documents even though my passport did not use the alias name at all
You shouldn’t need to provide those documents again. Your passport already proves who you are and stands alone.
That said, I don’t have that issue and am simply going by how some family members filled the form with names changed after marriage. So do your own due diligence.
Thank you again