Guys, I posted a name conundrum in an earlier thread:
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-i...-citizenship-application.730127/#post-9363905
To summarize the previous post, my full name is incorrectly written (not mis-spelled) as my last name. And my first and middle or given names have no entry on all my Canadian documents. Blank.
Example: Kim Jong Un is as my last name. My first and middle names or given names have no entries on the following docs: Alberta Healthcare Card, Alberta Driver's License, PR Card, SIN.
Why?
Because of how my name is written on my passport. Together with the other documents from my home country (birth and marriage certificates), they do not split the name into first, last, given, family or surname. Just a full name.
I believe this is quite common in several Asian countries. When we did our landing 3 years ago, our Confirmation of Permanent Residence (COPR) papers only had our full names written under last name. Subsequently, all Canadian docs followed.
To comply with Canadian name system, my name would be: Jong Un (First Name) and Kim (Last Name).
What am I asking here?
As we are nearing the timeline for Canadian citizenship application, I want to give this another serious thought. Thank you
@Das67 and
@ls200608 for your previous replies on the thread above.
My thoughts:
1. Name change BEFORE citizenship application
- Get legal name change and correct all paperwork at the provincial level (i.e. Alberta).
- Correct all paperwork at the federal level (SIN and PR Card).
- When names are changed to the right order (essentially I am not getting a new name, just correcting the order of my names), proceed with citizenship application.
versus....
2. Name change AFTER obtaining citizenship
- Proceed with citizenship application process with my current "incorrect" name, consistent with how it appears on all Canadian docs.
- Get legal name change after receiving citizenship
I am inclined towards the second path (i.e name change after citizenship) as it saves a lot of trouble and potential confusion or errors in my citizenship application. But, I am not sure what it means afterwards. Will I receive a citizenship certificate on successful citizenship application? And would a legal name change after citizenship means changing a lot more docs and potentially very complex compared to changing name before application?
Please share your thoughts of what challenges with both options and any other advice or thoughts I may need to consider when filling up the citizenship application form, etc
For Cultural Awareness Only: "Kim" would not be my given name. It is actually my surname, but it is written first. E.g. "Xi" is the surname of President Xi Jinping in China. "Moon" is the surname of President Moon Jae-In in South Korea. has You get the drill.
