Wyoming Name Change Forms: Every Form and Where to File It

A name change in Wyoming runs through federal forms and Wyoming agencies at the same time. Here is the whole set, and where each one actually comes from.

• Certified marriage certificate or divorce decree. Not a form you fill in, but the document everything else depends on. Order certified copies from the Wyoming Department of Health, Vital Record Services (Vital Statistics Services). Get two or three, since several agencies each want to see one.
• Form SS-5 (Social Security card). One national form, identical in every state, and always free. Download it straight from the SSA (PDF), or see it filled out field by field.
• Your Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT), Driver License Records license application. This is the Wyoming-specific piece. The agency supplies the form, and most locations hand it to you at the counter or post it on their site rather than publishing a standalone name-change form. Start from the official Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT), Driver License Records page.
• A passport form, if you hold a passport: DS-5504 (free, passport under a year old), DS-82 (renew by mail), or DS-11 (in person). Which one is yours is a short test: compare all three.
• Voter registration update. Free, and often handled for you at the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT), Driver License Records. Details on the Wyoming voter registration page.

Watch for sites charging a fee to "provide" the SS-5 or the passport forms. Every one of them is a free download from the government, linked above.

Filling in the form is half of it. Wyoming also wants supporting documents at the counter:

• Certified marriage certificate (or court order/divorce decree showing name change)
• Current Wyoming driver's license or ID card (to surrender)
• Proof that name has already been updated with the Social Security Administration
• Payment for standard renewal fee ($35 for driver's license)
• Proof of Wyoming residency if applying for REAL ID-compliant credential

REAL ID note: Must update name with Social Security Administration BEFORE applying. SSA record must verify the new name and date of birth before WYDOT will issue a revised license/ID. Applicant is re-photographed and must surrender the old card in person.

Good to know for Wyoming: Order online, in person, or by mail. Certified marriage certificate costs $25 (plus ~2.4%/$1 min convenience fee for online credit card orders). Requestor must be a party to the marriage or legal representative, and must provide a photocopy of a valid driver's license, state ID, or passport. Mail/in-person address: Vital Statistics Services, 2300 Capitol Avenue, Hathaway Building, Cheyenne, WY 82002, (307) 777-7591.

Two of these go in the mail, and they do not go to the same place.

Form SS-5. Wyoming is one of the states where the SSA supports a fully online marriage name change, so you may not need to mail anything at all. Start at my Social Security. If you would rather use paper, take or mail the SS-5 to a local office: find your nearest one.

Passport forms. This is where Wyoming matters, because routine DS-82 service is split by state. Wyoming is routed to the Pennsylvania processing center.

DS-82, routine service from Wyoming
National Passport Processing Center
PO Box 90155
Philadelphia, PA 19190-0155

Routine service (no fee)
National Passport Processing Center
Post Office Box 90107
Philadelphia, PA 19190-0107

Expedited service uses different addresses again and costs extra, and the instructions ask you to write "Expedite" on the outside of the envelope. Use a trackable mailing service: that envelope holds your passport and your certified certificate.

• Certified marriage certificate (3 copies): $30–$90
• Social Security card (Form SS-5): Free
• Driver's license update (Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT), Driver License Records): about $35 (confirm with the agency)
• Passport (only if you update it): Free–$165
• Voter registration: Free

Most people spend roughly $65–$290 in Wyoming: on the low end if you skip the passport, on the high end with a full passport renewal and extra certificate copies.

The forms themselves cost nothing. What you pay for is certified copies, the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT), Driver License Records fee, and a passport renewal if you need one. Passport pricing changes independently of anything Wyoming does, so check the current State Department fee schedule on the day you file.