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Name change back to maiden

Jan

10

2013

By emily

I'm married and a US citizen from Puerto Rico, but in my country is not a tradition to change the last name of the woman. I moved to the US about a month ago and changed my name in the SS card with my husband last name. If I want my maiden name back, can I change it again?? Is going to be the same process? I'm not in plans of divorce, I just want my last name back. It's possible?

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Submitted by Site Admin on Thu, 01/10/2013 - 23:17

For the case where a spouse decides to resume maiden name, the SSA seems to call this a "name correction" rather than a legal name change.

See the following from the SSA's Program Operations Manual System (POMS) :

https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0110212010

https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0110212150

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