Surname and Firstname issue with US visa
The following issue has been raised for Indian Passport Holders, though it might be applicable for other nationals as well.
To process your visa cases efficiently, the US Consulate recommends your surname and the given name written separately on the first page (the biographic data page) of your passport.
Example:
Surname (last name): Wesley
Given name (first name): John Edward
Once your visa is approved, the immigrant and the nonimmigrant visas will be printed as your name appears in your passport. If you do not have a surname listed separately, your entire name will be printed on the surname field of the visa. Your first name will be printed as “FNU” (first name unknown), per U.S. visa regulations.
By having “FNU” listed as your given name on your visa, you may have difficulty obtaining a driver’s license and social security card in the United States. If you would like to correct the surname and given name fields on your passport biographic data page, you must have an observation made in your passport by the Indian Passport Authorities. In order for your name to be correctly printed on your visa, you must have this observation made before going for your interview.
This information was obtained from US Consulate Chennai website.
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