Updating your name with the credit bureaus can prevent delays in credit applications and other credit reporting errors.
Hinterhaus Productions/Getty ImagesTransgender and nonbinary people can report their legal name change to credit bureaus.
One of the many steps in your legal transition is to report your legal name change to all three credit bureaus — Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion — so it'll appear on your credit report.
How to report a name change with the credit bureausBefore you update your name with the credit bureaus, you first need to update your name on your driver's license, Social Security card, and utility bills first since credit bureaus ask for copies of those documents to verify your name change request.
Box 4500Allen, TX 75013TransUnionUnlike the other two credit reporting bureaus, TransUnion requires you to change your legal name with every individual financial institution listed on their credit report first.
Persons:
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Organizations:
Social Security, Optas, Social, TransUnion, National Center for Transgender Equality, UC Berkeley, Google, Security
Locations:
myEquifax, Allen , TX, Chester , PA, California
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