[Advice] Make sure to merge your credit files with the credit bureaus in your country after updating your name with them (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 day ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/trans

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Writing this because the credit bureaus did not inform me that I had to merge my 2 files under the proper name before I learned the hard way.

Simply updating your change of name is not enough as it only creates 2 separate file names (deadname and proper name) that will lead to complications applying for mortgages/loans/banks.

You have to contact the customer support again and ask them to consolidate the credit files under your proper name.

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[-] femtech@midwest.social 1 points 12 hours ago

Was this in the US?

[-] KillingAndKindess 3 points 19 hours ago

Jokes on you, No one in their right mind would ever give me a bank loan! Deadname or nah!

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