In India, students while applying for passport make mistakes with surnames. Some students give incorrect name while booking dates for GRE Exam and end up having GRE Score sheet name different from name in passport. Dilip has a similar issue with his surname posted the following comment at Empty Surname in the Passport.
Dilip
My surname - Surapuram
First name - DilipIn Passport
Surname – blank
Given Name – Dilip SurapuramIn Certificates
Name : Surapuram DilipWill this create any problem at the time of visa/admission in USA?
What should i fill while applying for GRE?
or should I get change my Surname and given name in passport?
while applying for GRE i should give the passport ref No.
if i apply gre with out changing names in passport and after that can i change the names in passport…will the passport ref No. get changed after correcting my names in passport…?
Blank Surname in passport
Dilip, good to see you ask this question before booking dates for GRE Exam. Many students think about empty surname while applying to Universities after GRE exam.
- Will this create any problem at the time of visa/admission in USA?
Yes, it will create you lot fo problems in US without surname in passport. So, even before taking GRE Exam, get your name corrected in the passport. Don’t even think about booking GRE Exam dates before you have your new passport with surname. Maybe you need to have name in passport something like
- Given Name – Dilip
- Surname – Surapuram
For GRE you need to have name matching in your passport, then after GRE you can change the name in passport, but NOT in ETS score report.
So, you better change your passport then book GRE Exam dates.
hi, my name is Kiran Kumar, actually i have taken passport in 2005 and in the given name column of the passport it was mentioned with my surname Kiran Kumar Ande, Ande was my surname, now the passport is going to expire in 2015, till now i have not used my pass passport for going abroad but now i want to phD in abroad and i appeared ielts exam with the same passport naming Kiran Kumar Ande, now i want to change my surname or i should take new passport help me kindly and what are documents to be attached for this name change.
Hi
This post is regarding doubts of NO SURNAME in my passport.
My situation is like this:
My Passport:
Last Name: blank
First Name: ROHIT KUMAR
My GRE/TOEFL:
Last name: Kumar
First Name: Rohit
My universities where I had applied:
Last name: Rohit Kumar
First name: Rohit Kumar
Its a big conundrum .
Please suggest me what should I do in this case.
1) Should I add my surname(XXX) in my passport.
Eg. Surname: XXX
First name: Rohit Kumar
2) Bifurcate my name in passport
eg Surname: Kumar
First name: Rohit
Please revert as I am in big problem now.
Thanks in Advance.
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