colombian marriage question...

utopiacowboy says on Oct 28, 2004, 18:29:

We have been through this before with differing opinions. The women in my wife's family never changed their name upon marriage and they insist that this is the Colombian custom. Opinions seem to differ about this however. The children take the father's last name first and the mother's last name second but customarily just use the father's last name. For example Maria Martinez Herrera marries Rafael Ramirez Romero - their child is Sara Ramirez Martinez but would normally just go by Sara Ramirez.

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Peter (Moderator) says on Nov 1, 2004, 03:51:

In the case of... a norte americano/colombiana marriage Maria Martinez Herrera married to John Smith would, on the forms at the US embassy become Maria Martinez De Smith.

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utopiacowboy says on Nov 1, 2004, 07:17:

All we did was hyphenate my wife's two last names on any USCIS and embassy paperwork. This way her name corresponded with all her Colombian documents which use both of her last names. We did not encounter any problems.

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