Changing last name?

[princessbadillo]

Hi! I have another question.
We’re going to submit our spousal sponsorship application tomorrow (July 3,2018).
I am a permanent resident and my husband is in Philippines.
When we were filling the forms up, I used my maiden name, we just got married last March 8 in Philippines and I came back to Canada last May 1. I searched also that changing my valid ID and documents in Canada like PR card, health card and provincial photo ID will take like 12 weeks or 3 mos. So, we chose not to change my last name and proceed with the application because I would like my husband to come here as soon as possible.
My question is, can I change my last name to his name (because I really wanted to have his name as well) while waiting for our application to process? Will it cause any trouble on our application? Thank you so much in advance to those people who will answer. God bless!

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Hi! I have another question.
We’re going to submit our spousal sponsorship application tomorrow (July 3,2018).
I am a permanent resident and my husband is in Philippines.
When we were filling the forms up, I used my maiden name, we just got married last March 8 in Philippines and I came back to Canada last May 1. I searched also that changing my valid ID and documents in Canada like PR card, health card and provincial photo ID will take like 12 weeks or 3 mos. So, we chose not to change my last name and proceed with the application because I would like my husband to come here as soon as possible.
My question is, can I change my last name to his name (because I really wanted to have his name as well) while waiting for our application to process? Will it cause any trouble on our application? Thank you so much in advance to those people who will answer. God bless!

Hi

You can change your name whenever you want. No effect on the app.

 

[princessbadillo]

Hi

You can change your name whenever you want. No effect on the app.

thank you for the reply canuck_in_uk!
Aren’t they going to have a problem looking and matching my name to our documents if ever?

 

[canuck_in_uk]

thank you for the reply canuck_in_uk!
Aren’t they going to have a problem looking and matching my name to our documents if ever?

No. You just let them know when you change it and they will update the app.

 

[princessbadillo]

No. You just let them know when you change it and they will update the app.

Ok! Thank you so much canuck_in_uk!
I’ll do that. I’ve been wanting to change my last name into his, but I just don’t like waiting before we apply so that we can be together asap.
Thanks for the help!