Name on DS-260 - please help

[Angie135 9]

I know that there are already quite a few questions regarding names on the DS-260, but i have not been able to find someone with a similar problem to mine. 

 

I'm filling out my DS-260 and i have a question regarding the name (as it appears on the passport). I have both my full name and the phonetic spelling (hanyu pinyin) of my Chinese name in brackets stated on my passport.  My name on my passport appears something like this:

 

Tan Lee Lee

(Chen Lili)

 

In my I-130, i simply indicated my Given name as "Lee Lee" and Surname (last name) as "Tan". The DS-260 does not allow parentheses. And if i put "Chen Lili" under given names it will also be incorrect, because then my name will read as "Lee Lee Chen Lili Tan", which is totally wrong. Do you think it will be ok if on the DS-260 i put:

 

Surname: Tan

Given name: Lee Lee

 

Then put "Chen Lili" under alias/other names used? 

 

I realized that the phonetic spelling of my name may be confusing to people who are non-Chinese speaking, and some people may mistake the phonetic spelling as a different name, when it's actually the same, if it makes sense. 

[Muffinji 43]

I would agree with your current plans of

surname : Tan

given name : Lee Lee

and Chen Lili at your alias/other name used

Technically the difference in the name is due to the different pronunciation of the same chinese character according to different Chinese dialect, and the phonetic name is rarely used unless you’re conversing with someone in mandarin right? 

As long as you have the name in the alias/ other name, and can explain it if asked then I think you should be fine.

The only other possibility I can think of would be

surname : Tan @ Chen 

given name : Lee Lee @ Lili 

which would be weird still.. 

[Angie135 9]

Yes, you are right. The phonetic spelling is the same name in its mandarin pronunciation. And I never really use it in writing. It’s just there on my passport and birth certificate. 

 

Thanks for your reply. I’ve been thinking about the different ways I can do this on the form and apart from putting the phonetic name as an alias, every other way seems weird, haha. 

 

 

Edited April 13, 2018 by Angie135