DTV_Begpacker So the embassy was wrong in their response, when telling her she was rejected? What country did you apply to that required this as well? I assume you paid attention regarding multiple embassies because you have a hyphen. What did you do for your Thai DTV?

DTV_Begpacker hyphens and spaces are both represented as < in MRZ. Why would you sandwich something that literally uses the space symbol? Furthermore, the embassy said she was rejected for not including the hyphen, which again means you are wrong. She was not supposed to sandwich, according to the embassy.

DTV_Begpacker - show us one example of that. But didn’t you just say “write verbatim” - hmm. Changing your response?

DTV_Begpacker actually - the guidance states “when submitting an application, the spelling of your name must be exactly the same as your English name that appears on your passport. Special characters are not accepted”. The argument is if a hyphen is considered a special character or not. However, since special characters (whatever that includes) are not allowed, your statement is wrong.