Surname/Primary Name |
- Surname/family name
- From the passport/Primary identifier contained in the passport’s machine readable zone
Note: The only name for someone without another name. |
- Latin (Roman) alphabet
- No hyphens
- No apostrophes
- No special characters
- One space between names
- No names of: LNU, Unknown, Not Applicable, or None
- UNK and NA entries require confirmation that UNK or NA is the nonimmigrant’s name
- 40-character limit
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Given Name |
Any name components not included in Surname/Primary Name field |
- Latin (Roman) alphabet
- No hyphens
- No apostrophes
- No special characters
- One space between names
- No names of: FNU, Unknown, Not Applicable, or None
- UNK and NA entries require confirmation that UNK or NA is the nonimmigrant’s name
- 80-character limit
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Suffix |
- Personal suffix (i.e., Jr., Sr., III, etc.), if the individual has one
- Does not include a professional or educational suffix (i.e., MD, PhD, SJ, etc.)
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- Latin (Roman) alphabet
- Selected from drop-down list
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Preferred Name |
- Nonimmigrant’s full name
- Allows entry of the name used by the school if different from fields above
- Examples:
- Susan Zhang instead of Yibin Zhang
- Hélène Müller-Garçon
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- Latin (Roman) alphabet
- Hyphens allowed
- Apostrophes allowed
- One space between names
- Comma and one space allowed before suffix
- Period allowed in suffix
- Also allowed: alphabetical characters with: ¨, ^, `, ´, °, ¸
- 145-character limit
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Passport Name |
Name exactly as it appears in the machine readable zone of the passport (Surname/Primary Name Given Name) |
- Latin (Roman) alphabet
- No hyphens
- N apostrophes
- One space between names
- 39-character limit
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