<p>I am an international student living in America applying to U.S universities. i was told by my mother that my name in the applications have to be EXACTLY the same that's on my passport</p>
<p>My passport's name for example is XXX XXX YYY. X are the letters of my first name and Y are the letters of my last names. </p>
<p>So, making up a name, my passport has the name JOHN WOO CONSTAN</p>
<p>JOHN WOO is my first name and CONSTAN is my last name. But they are all in capital letters.</p>
<p>Shouldn't it be John Woo Constan?</p>
<p>This might be a dumb question but I'm just wondering just to be sure.</p>
<p>It is OK to capitalize it the way that is normal for names in English. Don’t worry about this one.</p>
<p>Don’t overthink this. Both of my passports, my national identity card, and my drivers license have my name in capital letters; I’m fairly certain that is standard. However, my college apps all have only the first letter capitalized.</p>
<p>The issue of having the name match is more of an issue where the naming conventions do not match the US standard First Middle Last. (e.g. 2 surnames in Spanish countries, surname first in Hungary and some Asian countries)</p>
<p>It’s not case sensitive. You’re dealing w a name, not a login password. </p>
<p>All of my family’s (US) passports are all capital letters. That’s just how it’s done. Don’t worry. </p>
<p>Legally, capitalization in names doesn’t matter. Your legal name is independent of capital/lowercase letters. (Thought it was a fun fact.)</p>