What do I do if I accidentally signed my husband's passport?

Question: Recently, we were on a cruise in the Caribbean and when we were exiting the ship in Miami the agent told me that I needed to sign my passport which I did.

After going through customs, I discovered, to my dismay, that I had signed my husband's passport! He had mine and I had his. At some point earlier I had signed mine and he had not. What do we do now? The passport is valid until 2020 as we had just had our passports renewed last spring. Thank you for your help.

Answer: All you need to do is draw a straight line through your signature and your husband can sign his name above it.

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Passport concern
by: Anonymous

Question: What to do if I mistakenly signed my husband passport? They are traveling back Philippines this February.

Thank you.

Answer: You may strike a single straight line through the wrong signature and affix the right one on the space above it.

Signature
by: Anonymous

Question: My passport has my full name first, middle, and last. I forgot to sign my middle name and only signed my first and last. Is that okay? If not, what do I need to do?

Answer: It is okay. There is no need to use your entire name in your signature.

Signed my wife's passport by mistake
by: Anonymous

Question: Is the strikeout and re-sign (by her) still an acceptable method? Do other countries' immigration officers accept that? Has anyone had any trouble because they did the strikeout and re-sign?

Answer: It should be okay as long as it does not appear very messy.

Signed Passport with middle and last name only
by: Anonymous

Question: I always use my middle name as my first name even though it isn't. My passport, however, has my full name on the ID page. But without thinking, I only signed it with my middle and last name. I heard that you can strike one line through it and re-write the correct signature above it, so that's what I did. I leave to go to Europe in 2 days, so I really need to know if this will cause me any issues.

Answer: It will not be an issue.

Passport
by: Anonymous

Question: Hi, I signed my passport with my first and last name, not realizing I had to use my signature which is only my initials. What can I do? Will that be okay?

Answer: It should be okay. But if you want to affix your signature, you can just draw a straight line across your name then sign right above or below it.

Wrong signature
by: Anonymous

Question: I had a Freudian/senior moment and signed my maiden name instead of my married name to my renewed passport. How do I remedy?

Answer: You may leave it as is if you want. Or you can simply strike a single line through the mistake and sign the correct signature.

Signature
by: Anonymous

Question: I accidentally signed my husband's passport and customs at the airport entering Honduras told us to leave it alone and not cross out the signature. If he does sign his name, are we going to have problems leaving and entering the US if customs does happen to notice?

Question: The correct procedure according to the Department of State is to strike one line through the incorrect signature and sign correctly either above or below. If you are concerned about traveling with the passport either way, we recommend your husband apply for a renewal. He will have to pay the application fee in order to get a new passport.

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