How to Change Your Name on a Student Loan After You Are Married
If you take your spouse's last name when you get married, one of the chores to take care of after the wedding is to change your name on file with many different companies, including your student loan servicing company. By changing your name, you ensure that you continue to receive mail and that the lender reports your payments to the credit bureaus under the correct name. The process varies slightly depending on the lender but it usually follows the same basic pattern.
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Make a photocopy of your marriage certificate for each lender. You might want to make a few extras for other types of accounts as well.
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Take your original marriage certificate to your local Social Security office to change your name there. You should do this before you change your name anywhere else.
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Write a letter to your student loan servicing company. In the letter, include your mailing address, account number, name before marriage, name after marriage and a request that the lender change your name on all future records and correspondence.
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Mail the letter and a copy of your marriage certificate to the loan servicing company. You can find the address on its website or by calling the customer service phone number. If you dig, you might be able to find out what department to include in the address to ensure the change gets processed quickly.
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