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Jul 31, 2025
4 days ago
From*****
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Guys I have a question, I have 2 names and 2 surnames, one of my 2 surnames have an ñ and an ú, just like that, Zúñiga. Also in the bottom part of the passport with all the >>>>>> is written simply ZUNIGA, How should I insert my 2 first names? should I use the field "middle name"? Should I use the special characters just as it's written in the passport or use the info on the bottom without the ñ?

Please help! I don't want to be rejected because of wrong input
Jun 29, 2025
a month ago
I am applying with Muay Thai soft power at Jakarta embassy. How should I fill in my English and Chinese names? Such as below:

Full name on passport: Anthony Bernard Chan Dak Eng

Machine readable field reads: Chan<<Anthony<Bernard<Dak<Eng

The system populates as:

First Name: Anthony

Middle Name: Bernard Dak Eng

Last Name: Chan

1) Is this correctly filled in?

2) If the visa comes out as "Anthony Bernard Dak Eng Chan", will I have any problems at immigration?

Edited:

The confusion is because the Chinese name is "Chan Dak Eng".

First name: Anthony

Middle name: Bernard

Family name: Chan

Chinese name: Dak Eng

Dak Eng is populated into the middle name field. Is this correct?
Apr 28, 2025
3 months ago
Genevieve ****
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Hello everyone, are there any Malaysians or Singaporeans on here who have successfully gotten the DTV? Would really appreciate some help on how to fill in our names, since our passports do not differentiate between family and given names. The machine readable zone recognizes our entire name as a family name 😅
Feb 5, 2025
6 months ago
Laurent ************
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I have some hesitations to fill out the online E-VISA form...

I have 3 first names and on my passport it appears as XXXXX XXXXX X.

So the last one is shortened with a period at the end but in the MRZ zone the period does not appear.

I think I will not write the period in the form, what do you think?

Another thing, on my passport under "Authority" there is the name of the city where the passport was issued, there is an apostrophe in the middle of the name XXXXX-X'XXXX and it is impossible to write an apostrophe in the online form.

Do you think that replacing the apostrophe with a space will not be a problem?
Oct 15, 2024
10 months ago
Kaita *********
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Hi, so I’m trying to apply for e-visa (DTV) in Phnom Penh, and having a bit of trouble filling out the name field.

In the personal information section, the form asks for first, middle and last name. My name is three words but I don’t have specific first, middle, last. I’m worried that if I separate them, it’ll come out all wrong and will have problems at immigration.

Do you have any suggestions for filling out Burmese names in those fields? Please advise.
Jul 19, 2019
6 years ago
Niels ********
ORIGINAL POSTER
I made an account on thaivisavientiane.com. I have two middle names and they appear as one name on my profile of the website, like "JeanClément" instead of "Jean Clément". I'm pretty sure I did not do that mistake. Could it be that the system did it automatically (not tolerating spaces)? Also am I fucked? I contacted the support from the site, no answer yet.
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