Hi all, my husband just received his passport back with his visa but there was a clerical error and they misspelt his last name. Is he still able to travel if the rest of his paper work shows the correct name. It is clearly a dyslexic mistake. We had booked a ticket for him next week.
Misspelt name on visa
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What type of visa? If it's spousal sponsorship, is it just on the visa or on all the docs?
And what I'd do urgently is contact VFS (assuming submitted through them) ASAP to see if tjey can fix it.
Does the COPR show the correct spelling? Also, very important - one of the fields on the visa should be the UCI# you were advised of elsewhere, and that should also match the COPR.
Obviously by far the preferable is to get this fixed before departure. BUT: you could also speak with airline and IRCC by phone.
Also to be specific: I'm quite confident that the real test will be whether the airline lets your spouse get on the plane. If the COPR is correct, it is almost certain that IRCC will 'land' your spouse normally on arrival. If the UCI numbers are right, should be fine.
While strictly speaking ANY mismatch could result in the airline etc refusing to board, in real life typos happen and sometimes the airline personnel get it and/or know how to check with cbsa/ircc. Also if they know their stuff the UCI number should give them comfort it's just a typo.
Unfortunately that's no guarantee though and best to get it fixed if you can. (Long shot is that IRCC would recognize it's a typo and make a correction in the system/send you a letter - call it an amendment letter or something - that would give the airline comfort)
wow this is really helpful. His name is also misspelt on the COPR but the UCI # number is correct. I really appreciate you taking the time. I hope they can send an amendment email or something so he is able to travel next week; we've been waiting nearly 2 years now.
That's not great that misspelled on the COPR as well. You may want to check other correspondence you have to see what you can bolster with, you said 'other docs' where correct.
I recently got my passport back and It had the study visa stamped on it, but the visa had my old name (Aryan). I traveled to Canada last year as well and at that time my name was 'Aryan'. But I changed my name to 'Aryan Shukla' this year before applying for Study Visa. I checked my documents that I submitted and all of them were with my new name (Aryan Shukla).
My passport request letter initially had my old name, 'Aryan', but I raised a webform and after a month and half they gave me a new passport request letter with my new and correct name, 'Aryan Shukla'. Even after this the IRCC made the mistake in my visa. What should I do here?
Can I travel to Canada with the current visa (without surname) on my passport (with surname)? It is very urgent as I am traveling in a month. I have already raised a webform, but I am so confused as to what to do, Can I travel? I do not want to take a risk of leaving my job here and traveling to the airport only to be denied entry and return home.
Please help me, I would be very immensely grateful for any help
My passport request letter initially had my old name, 'Aryan', but I raised a webform and after a month and half they gave me a new passport request letter with my new and correct name, 'Aryan Shukla'. Even after this the IRCC made the mistake in my visa. What should I do here?
Can I travel to Canada with the current visa (without surname) on my passport (with surname)? It is very urgent as I am traveling in a month. I have already raised a webform, but I am so confused as to what to do, Can I travel? I do not want to take a risk of leaving my job here and traveling to the airport only to be denied entry and return home.
Please help me, I would be very immensely grateful for any help