| | dancing_queen said "The process for legal name changes has changed significantly as of 2014. This link outlines the process for legally changing your name in Manitoba. I personally did not change my name when I married so I am unsure of the full process. But I do understand from reading the information that Vital Statistics will tell you if you need fingerprints. So you should probably start with them first.
http://vitalstats.gov.mb.ca/change_of_name.html " |
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That link you provided outlines the change of name process if you''''re just changing your name for the sake of changing it. It has a link on that page for changing it if you''''re getting married.
http://vitalstats.gov.mb.ca/choosing_surname.html
In Manitoba, your marriage certificate (issued by vital stats) is your change of name certificate. Usually the best place to start is your driver''''s license, as that is often proof enough for all the other places. When you change your name when you get married, you''re really just assuming a name, because your legal name on your birth certificate won''t change unless you go through the whole fill-out-forms, pay-all-that-money, get-fingerprinted process. So there''s no forms to fill out, just proof of the marriage.
I recently had to provide proof of citizenship and residency for something, and I had to provide my birth certificate (has my birth surname), my driver's license (has my married name) and my marriage certificate (which connects the 2).
As for MB Health, they just need it in writing (i.e. they don''''t change it automatically). You have to specifically ask to have your name changed AND if you want to combine your and your spouse''''s health numbers you must also ask for that. I elected to do that for simplicity sake - everyone in my household has the same six digit #.
Edited by Abbysmum, 2016-06-27 15:01:45