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Name-change order matters: update Social Security first, then your driver's license, then your passport. Other agencies pull from those records.

1. Do this first

   1. Update your name with Social Security

   30 min + mail time

   Everything else (license, passport, IRS) checks against the SSA database. Form SS-5, free, by mail or in person.

   Open official page
2. After Social Security

   2. Update your driver's license

   1 hour (in person)

3. After your license

   3. Update your passport name

   30 min + mail time

4. Anytime

   4. Update your voter registration

   5 min