Name issues in applying for American visa

Student Lounge International Students
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<p>i'm an international. My FULL legal name contains my family name AND both a Chinese name and an English name (say, Patrick) - and it's not separated into Western first, middle or last names, since I'm in Asia. It goes in this order on my Passport:</p>

<p>A B C</p>

<p>where
A = my family name
B = Chinese name
C = English name.</p>

<p>Both B and C are given names. However, my visa application asks for my full Passport name in this order: family/last name, given/first name, middle name. How should I arrange my name to fit those 3 blanks? Of course, A, my family name, should go to the family name. The problem arises when it comes to my other two names:</p>

<p>Some people say C (english name) should be my first name and B (chinese name) my middle name. Some say use BOTH B and C together, in that order, as given name, leaving the middle name blank. I did the first format for my university application, and intend to stick with it for my visa application. Will I encounter any problems at the American embassy in my country?</p>

<p>In case anyone's confused, I'll use a fictitious example here:</p>

<p>my full legal passport name: Xu Jiao Patrick (family name, Chinese name, English name)
for my university app and Visa app, I used: Xu Patrick Jiao (family name, first name, middle name)</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Call the embassy, the may be able to tell you more than we on this board.</p>

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<p>oh, i've emailed them already. just want to get as much input as possible. :)</p>

<p>bump, does anyone know?</p>

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<p>i had (have?) the same prob, and i think its best to get the visa and school records changed to the name u have on your passport..thats what i figured out..hope this helps :)</p>

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<p>oh no... am i gonna have alot of problems or asked tough questions if i ask for a name change in my school records?</p>

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<p>Hope I m not too late with this..when I say school, I mean the graduate school that I am going to..i guess dropping in a mail to the graduate admissions coordinator or the person in-charge of international students at the University u hv applied to, explaining the problem and requesting a name change should do the trick..it did for me anyways, hope it's as easy for you! :) If u need any further help with this, feel free to PM me.</p>