Change Your Name on Bank Accounts & Credit Cards (Guide) Changing your name on bank accounts and credit cards is a key step after marriage or divorce. Updating financial accounts keeps paychecks, deposits, and payments running smoothly and prevents ID mismatches. This guide shows the documents you’ll need, the order to tackle updates, how major banks handle name changes, and tips to save time. For a look at how to change your taxes, click here. Documents Checklist: What You’ll Need Before you begin, gather these documents: Certified marriage certificate, divorce decree, or court order showing your new legal name Updated Social Security card (with your new name) Updated government-issued photo…
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+ the How-to on our NewPassportPhoto App Applying or renewing legal documents is an austere process, especially nowadays. Every application comes with its own set of rules, and if you can’t keep up, you’ll end up getting pulled over for an expired license because a trip to the DMV just seemed like a pain in the behind. Passport photos are bound to come up every few years, and honestly, you’d think it would be reasonably manageable. Still, the U.S State Department has other plans for you, and taking a passport photo is not exactly the smoothest process. But worry not, if you follow these rules, then it won’t seem like…