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Name change or correction in passport

Posted: Sun May 17, 2015 9:40 pm
by khan_2013
Dear friends,
My friend received his passport a couple of weeks ago. The passport office put his name in wrong way in passport. As he was not having his surname in his previous nationality passport so they put his given name in surname column and left the given name part blank as they can not issue the passport without surname as told to him by passport issuing office. what would be the best option for him? To change his name as he is not having surname or just ask to passport office to put his name as was in other passport? Over phone passport office told him to fill an application form along with photographs, and a covering letter and either post or pop in a passport customer service centre. Could anybody advice about this?

Re: Name change or correction in passport

Posted: Mon May 18, 2015 9:33 am
by fwd079
khan_2013 wrote:Dear friends,
My friend received his passport a couple of weeks ago. The passport office put his name in wrong way in passport. As he was not having his surname in his previous nationality passport so they put his given name in surname column and left the given name part blank as they can not issue the passport without surname as told to him by passport issuing office. what would be the best option for him? To change his name as he is not having surname or just ask to passport office to put his name as was in other passport? Over phone passport office told him to fill an application form along with photographs, and a covering letter and either post or pop in a passport customer service centre. Could anybody advice about this?
I'd simply follow HMPO's officer's advice.

Re: Name change or correction in passport

Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 8:23 am
by khan_2013
Dear Friends,
Just need some information. As I mentioned earlier about the wrong name put in the passport. If I am write then HO put the surname between the asterisk. Is it not? For example if someone name is AAABBBCC where CCC is the surname, it would be written like this-*CCC*AAABBB. Is this correct? If nothing is written in asterisk that means that is your name. Could you please advice?

Thanks,

Re: Name change or correction in passport

Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 10:23 pm
by khan_2013
Hi Guys,
Response please..

Re: Name change or correction in passport

Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 2:26 pm
by fwd079
khan_2013 wrote:Hi Guys,
Response please..
As told earlier, HMPO officer over the phone already advised you, read below:
Over phone passport office told him to fill an application form along with photographs, and a covering letter and either post or pop in a passport customer service centre.