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Help! Name on ticket and passport are different

My wife and I are traveling to Bogota on Friday. She is Colombian born and now has a conditional green card. We just realized that the name on her Colombian passport is different from the name on the ticket and green card. The passport has her maiden name while the ticket and the green card have her new married last name. We checked with the Colombian consulate and they said call Avianca. We called Avianca and they can do nothing but sell my wife a new ticket. Will this create problems during entry to Colombia or reentry to US? Are the problems significant enough to prevent entry or reentry? How can this be remedied?

By nat718 on Jan 10, 2006, 16:14 in Solo en Espanol.

nat718 says on Jan 10, 2006, 16:45:

We will take copy of marriage certificate I'm not sure that that will be enough to enter and leave Colombia. Is there any kind of document we can obtain that will be recognized by Colombian customs?

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Jebediah says on Jan 10, 2006, 16:52:

New Passport Is it possible to get a new passport in her married name???
Thats what id recommend being a travel agent

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Jebediah says on Jan 10, 2006, 16:53:

Some Airlines Some airlines are lenient, however some are quite strict, and with going into USA id want everything to be prim and proper as they are quite anal about things...yes they are assholes too ;)

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Lowell says on Jan 11, 2006, 05:35:

Change the passport When we got married, my wife chenged the passport the next week. Not that hard and like the other poster said, it's done in one day.

Alfred E. Newman. "What. Me Worry?"

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boomer says on Jan 11, 2006, 07:00:

My Wife......................... has traveled to Colombia and back several times, (On Avianca and Copa)
with her Colombian passport and her US Perm-res card having different last names with no problem.

orgullo_de_colombia

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silviat says on Jan 11, 2006, 16:36:

Well actually I was told by tthe embassy that "changing" passport is really really hard.

But what you can do is go to the embassy with both of your birth certificates and the marriage certificate and get a stamp in your passport that says you are married and explains the name difference.

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nat718 says on Jan 30, 2006, 08:53:

silviat is correct Two days prior to departure, my wife went to the Colombian consulate with the marriage certificate and was given a stamp in her passport explaining the name difference. Very quick, no fees, and no problems getting through immigration while traveling. Apparently, new passports are not issued due to name changes. Also, I had a wonderful first experience in Bogota and am looking forward to returning soon.

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Mr. Hollywood says on Jan 30, 2006, 09:11:

Avianca I once had Avianca put my wife's last name on her ticket entirely WRONG. They wouldn't issue a replacement ticket even though I showed it to them in the travel agency and it was THEIR mistake. They said, "It's close enough and won't be a problem." As it turns out, they were right, but I avoid them like the plague, too.

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