screwitlah

i'm an international. My FULL legal name contains my family name AND both a Chinese name and an English name (say, Patrick) - and it's not separated into Western first, middle or last names, since I'm in Asia. It goes in this order on my Passport:

A B C

where
A = my family name
B = Chinese name
C = English name.

Both B and C are given names. However, my visa application asks for my full Passport name in this order: family/last name, given/first name, middle name. How should I arrange my name to fit those 3 blanks? Of course, A, my family name, should go to the family name. The problem arises when it comes to my other two names:

Some people say C (english name) should be my first name and B (chinese name) my middle name. Some say use BOTH B and C together, in that order, as given name, leaving the middle name blank. I did the first format for my university application, and intend to stick with it for my visa application. Will I encounter any problems at the American embassy in my country?

In case anyone's confused, I'll use a fictitious example here:

my full legal passport name: Xu Jiao Patrick (family name, Chinese name, English name)
for my university app and Visa app, I used: Xu Patrick Jiao (family name, first name, middle name)


Thanks!

nickybol

Call the embassy, the may be able to tell you more than we on this board.

screwitlah

oh, i've emailed them already. just want to get as much input as possible.

bump, does anyone know?

souravrc

i had (have?) the same prob, and i think its best to get the visa and school records changed to the name u have on your passport..thats what i figured out..hope this helps

screwitlah

oh no... am i gonna have alot of problems or asked tough questions if i ask for a name change in my school records?

souravrc

Hope I m not too late with this..when I say school, I mean the graduate school that I am going to..i guess dropping in a mail to the graduate admissions coordinator or the person in-charge of international students at the University u hv applied to, explaining the problem and requesting a name change should do the trick..it did for me anyways, hope it's as easy for you! If u need any further help with this, feel free to PM me.