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Jul 25, 2021 · Generally, this is not a mistake. If your passport does not include a surname (last name) or does not include a given name (first name), the U.S. Department of State will place the name in the surname location. Without a given name, the first name is unknown or “FNU.”.
Mar 11, 2016 · Many Afghan immigrants have the first name "FNU" printed on their official documents. The most common name in the world isn’t John or Juan – it’s believed to be Mohammed. But there’s an increasingly popular name among Afghans and Iraqis coming to the U.S.: FNU. It stands for First Name Unknown.
The visa is issued in the name that appears in the passport. FNU means First Name Unknown. If the surname is not included in the passport as in the following example: Given Name: Happy Traveler; Surname: Blank. The visa will be issued as follows: Given Name: FNU; Surname: Happy Traveler.
Mar 21, 2016 · Immigrants from countries where it is common to have a single name find themselves given an acronym that can be hard to pronounce. Immigrants from places with single monikers move into ‘unknown...
- Miriam Jordan
May 16, 2024 · FNU name means "First Name Unknown", pronounced as “fuh-new”. If you don't have a last name i.e. it’s blank/missing on your passport then your US visa will be issued as "FNU". Your first name will be issued as FNU and your given name on your passport will become your last name on the US visa.
- Hina Singh
FNU vs "No Given Name" Asking on behalf of a friend (for real). He initially applied for DACA several years ago. Unfortunately the way his country's passport is, he legally only has one name. Therefore, USCIS gave him an EAD card with "FNU" as his first name (this is a USCIS acronym for "first name unknown").
Apr 25, 2021 · They traditionally only go by their first name and what we would think of as their last name is their tribe name, or their grandfather’s name or their place of birth. A visa document, for example, will move the person’s first name to their last name and list their first name as FNU (first name unknown) on all their official documents.
