Here's the order in Florida: get certified copies of your marriage certificate, update Social Security, then update your driver's license or state ID with the Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV), then your passport and accounts. On updating Social Security first, the FLHSMV page says: Yes. Update Social Security first and allow 24 to 48 hours. FLHSMV asks you to update your license within 30 days, on both your license/ID and your vehicle title/registration.
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Most offices want an original or certified copy of your marriage certificate, not a photocopy, so order a few.
Florida Bureau of Vital Statistics (marriages recorded since June 6, 1927), or the clerk of court in the county where the license was issued
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Do this before you update your Florida license. FLHSMV: Yes. Update Social Security first and allow 24 to 48 hours.
You may be able to do this online. If not, you'll need an appointment at a local Social Security office
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Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV)
Within 30 days, on both your license/ID and your vehicle title/registration
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In person at a local office
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Yes. Update Social Security first and allow 24 to 48 hours
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From the FLHSMV What to Bring page for U.S. citizens; other residency statuses have their own lists.
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Original or certified copies only; photocopies are not accepted
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Open the official page (flhsmv.gov)
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Which passport form you use depends on when your passport was issued and when your name changed.
Find your passport name change path (DS-5504, renewal by mail or DS-11)
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Submit a change online at RegisterToVoteFlorida.gov or with a paper voter registration application
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These are general reminders. Each company has its own process.
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Start with certified copies of your marriage certificate, then update Social Security, then Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) for your driver's license or state ID.
Yes. FLHSMV says to update your license within 30 days, on both your license/ID and your vehicle title/registration.
Source: flhsmv.gov
Yes. Update Social Security first and allow 24 to 48 hours
FLHSMV lists: original or certified marriage certificate (or divorce decree or court order) linking your old and new names, primary ID, such as a U.S. birth certificate or valid U.S. passport and proof of your Social Security number, such as your Social Security card. Original or certified copies only; photocopies are not accepted.
Source: flhsmv.gov
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Please check the FLHSMV fee page for the current answer.
Source: flhsmv.gov
The FLHSMV page says to do it in person at a local office.
Source: flhsmv.gov
FLHSMV says within 30 days, on both your license/ID and your vehicle title/registration.
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