Passport application when the middle name on the DL is shorter than the one on the NC.

F

fine&jadwin

Registered Users (C)
Hi guys,

We have applied for the US passport books+ passports cards+expedite processing+passport books' overnight delivery earlier today at the local Post Office. The cost was $194.85 per person.

Here is a related question. The middle name on my driver's license is a shorter version of the middle name on my Naturalization Certificate. Say, Anders is the middle name on the driver's license and Anderson is the middle name on the Naturalization Certificate. The first and the last names are the same. Of course, I listed my name on the passport application exactly the same as on the Naturalization Certificate. I included the Naturalization Certificate and one copy of it with my application. However, when I submitted the passport application at the post office, I was asked to show my DL. They also made a copy of my driver's license, sent it with the application, and indicated that the identifying document was the DL.

The question is: will the descrepancy of the middle names on the NC and the DL cause any problems/delays with the passport processing? I would hate to have to update first the middle name on the DL (based on the NC) and only after that to be able to apply for passport. Thanks for the imput.
 
I asked this question to the postoffice customer representive when I applied the US passport and I used only the middle initial instead of full middle name in the naturalization certificate. My DL has only middle initial.

She told me that you can use middle inital instead of full middle name, there is no problem......
 
Thanks for the input.

In my case, the middle name on the driving license is not an initial but the first five letters of my full middle name (as listed in the Birth Certificate and the Naturalization Certificate). Still, it is nice to know that middle name initial on the DL is OK.
 
Usually the dept of transportation will put only middle initial on DL. That's fine.
No problem.
 
Just to answer my own question that started this topic- we received our passports today. The whole process has taken nine days. The fact that my middle name on the DL is just the first five letters of the middle name on the NC did not cause any problems.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top