H1B petition filing with just Firstname in Passport .

[swetapr]

Hi,

My passport has just Firstname "Sweta" mentioned in it.

My H1B petition is going to be filed for yr 2014.

I have heard that the Visa is stamped with the name as "<FNU> Sweta",

and that this causes a lot of problem later for getting SSN and DL.

Should I go ahead for a surname addition in my passport after the H1B petition filing.

So that at the time of Stamping I shall have my passport with both Firstname and Surname

mentioned in it.

I hope this will not create decrepencies as the petition was filed with name as "Sweta" and old passport number and now the new passport has "Sweta Prasad" and a new passport number.

Or should I go ahead with my old passport and just the name "Sweta".

Kindly advice.

Regards,

Sweta

[binoca82]

I too heard about this from some forums. Its better you get you passport corrected before starting the petition processing itself.