FNU- Need help please!!

[elsy & mark 17]

Hello!!!

I haven't received much response to my previous post on the same topic under General Immigration thread. Hence thought let me try here.I am hoping to receive a better response. Looks like my issue is common with some of the ppl applying from India. Hopefully, someone who has undergone similar issue and got it fixed will be kind enough to share their experiences. Planning to get things clarified at the POE however what worries me is how my name will reflect in SSN, Greencard and DL later on and how to get it corrected.

My passport has given name as Elsy Chen. Surname is Blank.

My visa has given name as FNU & surname Elsy Chen.

I read somewhere that we can get a name Bifurcation or split the name into two on my passport, at the Indian consulate in US by adding a small observation in the passport indicating the same.Has anyone managed to do it successfully OR do we have to get a new passport issued & is there a costs involved? Many thanks.

Regards

Elsy

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You may find this link helpful:

http://binil.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/the-curse-of-the-fnu/

However,since April 2013,the arrival departure record(I-94)is available online.So now you don't fill up 1-94 form at POE.Your name as in I-94 woild be same as in your visa.I did checked at the passport kendra,if annotation is possible.They refused at that time.The name on your greencard,SSN and Dl is the one as it appears on your visa since you apply I 485,with the name as it reflects on visa.Check out this link:

http://newdelhi.usembassy.gov/mobile//nonimmigrant_visas/frequently-asked-questions.html

Check out at the passport kendra which issued your passport,if it is possible to get annotation done.Or once you arrive here check at your nearest Indian consulate,if that is possible and then apply for greencard or SSN.

[elsy & mark 17]

You may find this link helpful:

http://binil.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/the-curse-of-the-fnu/

However,since April 2013,the arrival departure record(I-94)is available online.So now you don't fill up 1-94 form at POE.Your name as in I-94 woild be same as in your visa.I did checked at the passport kendra,if annotation is possible.They refused at that time.The name on your greencard,SSN and Dl is the one as it appears on your visa since you apply I 485,with the name as it reflects on visa.Check out this link:

http://newdelhi.usembassy.gov/mobile//nonimmigrant_visas/frequently-asked-questions.html

Check out at the passport kendra which issued your passport,if it is possible to get annotation done.Or once you arrive here check at your nearest Indian consulate,if that is possible and then apply for greencard or SSN.

We never realised that this FNU error is going to create such a huge problem for us later. Omg i am preety sure that the passport was filled with the right details, first name and last name mentioned separately when i applied.Because of their error, we have to suffer so much. The only option left from here to do is get an observation made from the passport office to split my names but then it looks like they have stopped doing it now and i have to apply for new passport to correct the name. God knows how long its going to take to get a new passport and even if its done, how do i get the visa stamp on it? And i thought everything is over now that i got the visa but seems like its not over yet. . i am glad atleast my hubby will be by my side when we have to do all this running around.

Anyways, thank you so much for sharing that site. At least i can get some information from that though some info might be outdated.