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What should you do if your visa application is rejected due to special characters in your name?

Visa Application Issues Special Characters in Names Thai Visa Guidelines Passport Name Format D Visa Rejection International Spelling of Names

Charu *********

asked Feb 20, 2025

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This may help anyone with special charcaters in their name!💥💥

My husband who is a German national spells his name with an Ö. His passport says that spelling in the name secrion but In the machine readable part of passport it says the International speling with OE. We used BOECKEL In our application.

His DTV was rejected recently because they only considered the name on the name section and not in the bottom of passport.  

We have to re-submit a new application with a certificate certifying that both names are same. Even though they are on the currentnt passportrt.

Has anyone else experienced such an issue?⁉️⁉️

Answer summary

The discussion highlights the complications faced by expats when their names include special characters. A user recounts their husband's name containing an Ö, which led to a visa rejection due to discrepancies between the spelling on the passport and the international format used in the application. Other comments share similar experiences with name formats causing problems, emphasizing the need for consistency in how names are presented on visa applications.

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Gosia **********

Mine was fine. I couldn't type polish characters into evisa application so instead of ł used l

2 years ago

Greg ***********

@Charu ********

you must write the name manually before uploading the scan of the passport page. And this name must be identical with the "international format" that is at the bottom of the detail page! It you had checked the bottom of the passport detail page, you would have discovered that his family name is written as BOECKEL - and this is the column the E-visa application system will cross-check . . . you must write the name as is displayed in the red box

2 years ago

Brian *********

Not quite the same but I had a visa application rejected (though otherwise flawless and 100% in compliance).

My name. In the application I provided my first and last name. My passport says my first middle last name. It did not state ‘name as it appears on your passport’.

So I had to pay again providing my middle name changing nothing else. 🙄

2 years ago

Charu *********

@Brian ********

gotcha. Thank you. Well re-submitted. Just like yours

2 years ago