Does your wife use Filipino family name as middle name in UK passport?

I have realised yesterday that the wife uses her family name as her middle name in her new passport, she told me this is normal in the Philippines.

Just wondering if this is the case with your loved ones as I'd never heard of this before.

Yes. Exactly. Thats why it isnt so much as a problem as you might think. It is obvious to the authorities for that reason.

I wasn't aware that Filipinos did this, when the wife told me yesterday I thought oh crap I have not used her family name as middle name on any of the official documents I've filled in for her.

That's her married name, yes. Her old middle name was her mum's maiden name. She's now dropped that and uses her own maiden name as her middle name.

Well, we learn something new every day don't we, I was oblivious to the fact that this was the norm in the Philippines but now I know, thanks

In the Philippines, there are unlimited number of first names. The middle name is usually the mother's maiden name. If married, the last/surname is the maiden name.

I got 2 names as first name. I'm thinking of dropping my maiden name because a lot of people here cannot pronounce it and it has 2 words
Anyway, has any married Filipina here who chose NOT to use their maiden/family name as the middle name?? Will I be having problems in the future?

We do use our family name as our middle name when we get married,(it's only for us women eh) @Timmers you are not suppose to use her family name as your middle name. I know you're joking

Yes. So even though my wifes maiden name was in her passport, it appeared in her married name in everything we did over here, Doctors, banking, job centre and National Insurance, tax etc. Almost like a double barreled surname that some people use after marriage.

Yes, my wife did this the moment we got married.

I don't think I want to use my wife's family name as my middle name, my surname could not be a more British one and my wife's family name is very Chinese, they would conflict badly

I do realise I cannot use the loved ones name as my middle name, my middle name is Jeremy, who would want to change that

Timothy Jeremy Smythe

You guessed my name

I really wouldn't like to be called Smith for obvious reasons, checking into a hotel being one of those reasons

I have been wondering about this too. I think Kristine wants to keep her family name as her middle name. She was surprised when I told her that we don't do that in the UK but I think we will change the wedding rings from the right hand to the left hand when she moves to the UK.

A friend of mine explained to me why the rings should be on the right ring finger.... because you married the 'right' person. Oh well, I told her that the vena amoris, vein of love is located in the 4th left finger

Whats this "ring on the right hand" lark, then?

I asked my wife about it and it was a new one to her. She said in Philippines people wear the ring on the left, the same as here.

But if I google it, some people say right and some say left. Maybe it's a regional thing?

We had the wedding ring on our right. Until a few months ago when my wife decided it should be on the left. So we swapped over.

The judge put our rings on our right just like his own. We changed it soon as we left the courthouse.

My husband and I wear our rings in the 'other' right

I talked to my friend about the ring finger thing. It was told during their Catholic pre-nuptial seminar.