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PR card name and Passport have different names

s3nr1

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May 11, 2013
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Hi, in my home country we do not have last names at birth. That also reflects in what we call a National Identity Card (NIC).

Example:
Passport(current)/PR card: Mary Louis(given names), Dreyfus(last/family name)

Birth Cert/NIC: Mary Louis no last/family name

The first time I travelled abroad was as dependent and had to add my Dad's name as a last name was required. This was fine for decades in subsequent passports and for Canadian PR application(no legal change document, just affidavit, LOE, citizen sibling proof).

Current passport I have is from 2016 and it's time for a new one (expires Feb 2021).

Now between 2016 and now, there seems to be a new rule from home country where my passport name needs to match my National Identity Card/Birth Certificate name. To make a new one.

They will probably force me to use my NIC/Birth name.

Can anyone please advise me what do, given the current situation I will not be travelling out of Canada any time soon but at some point, I know that I will because I have family back home.

Thank you!