LNU - Last Name Unknown issue

**Aswin78** · 23rd September 2008, 10:51 AM

Hello, In my passport SurName is empty and GivenName is xxxx yyyyy. When i applied for green card , i had given First Name : xxxx yyyyy and Last Name : LNU. (My SSN , Employment , Bank Accounts etc are in this format) . My EAD and AP has name as LNU, xxxx yyyyy. Will there be any problem if i travel abroad?. Will the port of entry people mistake LNU as my last name and tell that the name in passport and AP doesn't match?. Please let me know. Also, I remember seeing one PDF article from USCIS or DOL which tells about the usage of LNU and FNU. Do anyone has a copy of it ? Or Help me to locate it ?. Thanks.

**amitkoh** · 23rd September 2008, 01:05 PM

Originally Posted by Aswin78

Hello, In my passport SurName is empty and GivenName is xxxx yyyyy. When i applied for green card , i had given First Name : xxxx yyyyy and Last Name : LNU. (My SSN , Employment , Bank Accounts etc are in this format) . My EAD and AP has name as LNU, xxxx yyyyy. Will there be any problem if i travel abroad?. Will the port of entry people mistake LNU as my last name and tell that the name in passport and AP doesn't match?. Please let me know. Also, I remember seeing one PDF article from USCIS or DOL which tells about the usage of LNU and FNU. Do anyone has a copy of it ? Or Help me to locate it ?. Thanks.

what is your Surname or do you not have one for some reason ?

**Dallas03096** · 23rd September 2008, 02:04 PM

This link talks about FNU (First Name Unknown) issue:
http://chennai.usconsulate.gov/nivwhatnew.html

**Aswin78** · 23rd September 2008, 04:23 PM

Hello, Thanks for your reply. I don't have any surname and i have two first names xxxx yyyyy. Thats why i was having LNU in my names. Since my documents followed that pattern , i have LNU,xxxx yyyy as my names in all documents except my passport.

**Aswin78** · 24th September 2008, 03:22 PM

Still searching for document related to LNU and FNU. I found one attorney handbook for District court which states the accronyms LNU and FNU. http://www.mad.uscourts.gov/attorney...rney_Guide.pdf . But still searching for the actual PDF which i had seen in one of these forumns. It was like a USCIS memo.. Still searching...