Changing the Name

Spanky has been going through the process of changing her last name. It has been fun to do.

Bubbles went and got the Marriage Certificate last August (not bad as we got married in April and we were away for the rest of April and all of May).

Changing over the Medicare and private health insurance details was nice and easy, they just wanted to see the Marriage Certificate. That was fine, but we really on go into these two places about once a year and it was 6mths after we got the Marriage Certificate that she remembered to take when she went to the shops at Doncaster to do the name change.

If you change over your name on your passport due to marriage you can have it done for free if its within a year of the wedding. Great, bonus! Can do that on an ADO from work. Sounds reasonable hey? until you try and find a day to take and ADO. November? nope. December? nope not with Xmas break coming up. January? nope. February? nope sorry too people on leave. March? ok. now just gotta fill in the form on line, print it off, have some photos taken (and hope they are approved, or we have to go through this all again - when i can next get another ADO), book an appointment at the Post Office and go have the interview.

Someone had told us that to do the bank accounts you need to have your drivers licence or passport done first. Finally got around to going into a branch and checking - just need the marriage certificate. Mind you it was the first time in over 6mths the Spanky had been into a bank branch (good old internet banking & hubby who does most of that type of thing!). So, just have to remember to bring the certificate to work and get it done at lunch time. or on the ADO.

Now, the drivers licence. Why couldn't it be something the can be done online? who wants to sit in the VicRoads office with a hundred other people for the morning waiting for their number to be called up? Spanky could go do this on her ADO.

All those other cards and accounts will have to be done as they come in the mail next to remind us the name is incorrect  - who wants to try to remember them all and go from place to place to change them. Not Spanky. and NOT ON THE ADO!!!

Which is tomorrow.....