The Name Change Kit
Every institution that holds your name wants it changed in an order nobody tells you, while you are also supposed to be enjoying being married.
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What’s inside
- Six parts: the Action Guide, the Checklists, Scripts and Letters, the Worksheets, the Decision Tools, and Resources and Next Steps, with the official sources and when to hire.
- The order, with the reason for every step: Social Security first, then license, then passport, then the money, then everything else.
- The letters, already written, as separate editable Word files that open in Microsoft Word, Google Docs, Pages and LibreOffice.
- A register that shows what is done, what is pending, and what is left.
- Four files: a start-here PDF, US Letter and A4 zips, and the editable files. No app, no subscription, no account to create.
Who this is for
The kit is deliberately federal first, and each step says why it sits where it does. Where a step is set by your state, the kit names the office that decides it and what to ask them, rather than guessing on your behalf.
Chapter one takes about fifteen minutes and tells you what belongs in the first forty-eight hours and what can safely wait. There are no dates anywhere, so a wedding two years ago is not too late: start on any day, at any stage.