Re: Why should a girl change her surname after marriage?
maybe if you are applying for immigration to somewhere? but i don’t know for sure…i think its enough that it says you are married to the person. in canada, you can assume your spouse’s last name without legally changing your name. so it would be your name on drivers license, health card, passport etc. but you wouldn’t have to permanently change your name. as a compromise, and because we now have a kid who shares his dad’s last name, i’ve agreed to hyphenate (my last name-his last name) but i still haven’t assumed it properly- its just such a pain to change it.