"Then, a few years ago, I started a new job, where they issued me an email address with my hyphenated name. I reached out to HR, and they informed me that they use the name listed on an employee's Social Security card to set up the email. If I wanted to get the hyphen removed from my email, I'd have to get a new social security card with the name change."
"Although my youngest wasn't yet 18, I decided it was the time to go back to my maiden name. I had shelled out piles of cash and time on therapy to help me handle the loss of my husband, but nothing prepared me for the abusive process a widowed woman must endure while attempting to remove a hyphen and married name from government-issued identification."
"The Social Security card was easier than I expected. I went to the Social Security office and presented my husband's death certificate and our marriage license, and while the clerk initially told me this wasn't enough documentation to change my name back, he eventually issued me a letter stating that my name was now Alison Lowenstein, and that I'd have a new card within a few weeks."
After her husband's death, she chose to revert to her maiden name while her youngest child was still a minor. She encountered administrative and emotional difficulties changing her name on work accounts and government identification. Human Resources required the name on her email to match the Social Security record, prompting a change at Social Security. The Social Security office updated her name after she presented the death certificate and marriage license. The passport office required additional proof and briefly held her documentation. Earlier travel with mismatched names resulted in TSA refusing and reissuing tickets, nearly causing missed flights.
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