HELP NEEDED - Maiden name on passport request - Grandmother's Vistor Visa

[myra20sharma]

Hi All,

I applied for my grandmother's visitor visa on her behalf through cic.gc.ca. She just got a PPR and I was looking through her attached letter, asking to submit passport within 30 days, has her maiden surname. Her passport has her husband's surname and everything else I submitted for her in her application had her husband's surname. Even the confirmation of visa submission says her husband's surname, just the passport request letter has her maiden surname. Will this be a problem? Can she do something to get this fixed, when she goes to submit the passport to VFS office? Will her TRV also have her maiden surname? If yes, can that cause her issues at the time of landing as visitor, has her passport would have a different surname? Any help would be appreciated!

Additional Info - She is a widow, never remarried. Always used husband's surname, ever since she got married for the first and only time. Exempted from biometrics as she is over 80 years of age.

Thanks in advance
Myra!

 

[myra20sharma]

Anyone?

 

[myra20sharma]

Hi @Bryanna, can you pls help on this also?

 

[Bryanna]

Hi All,

I applied for my grandmother's visitor visa on her behalf through cic.gc.ca. She just got a PPR and I was looking through her attached letter, asking to submit passport within 30 days, has her maiden surname. Her passport has her husband's surname and everything else I submitted for her in her application had her husband's surname. Even the confirmation of visa submission says her husband's surname, just the passport request letter has her maiden surname. Will this be a problem? Can she do something to get this fixed, when she goes to submit the passport to VFS office? Will her TRV also have her maiden surname? If yes, can that cause her issues at the time of landing as visitor, has her passport would have a different surname? Any help would be appreciated!

Additional Info - She is a widow, never remarried. Always used husband's surname, ever since she got married for the first and only time. Exempted from biometrics as she is over 80 years of age.

Thanks in advance
Myra!

I suggest you include a letter addressed to the visa office along with her passport.

You must point out that she continues to retain her married identity after her husband passed away (not changed to her maiden name) + her passport is in her married name + include any other recent ID proof with the same married name

 

[myra20sharma]

I suggest you include a letter addressed to the visa office along with her passport.

You must point out that she continues to retain her married identity after her husband passed away (not changed to her maiden name) + her passport is in her married name + include any other recent ID proof with the same married name

okay, so all this would go at the time of passport submission? Will those VFS office employees accept it or would they be fussy or reluctant?

 

[Bryanna]

okay, so all this would go at the time of passport submission? Will those VFS office employees accept it or would they be fussy or reluctant?

At the time of passport submission. Yes, VFS staff will accept it. You can also email the same letter to her local visa office

 

[myra20sharma]

At the time of passport submission. Yes, VFS staff will accept it. You can also email the same letter to her local visa office

okay that's helpful! Thanks a lot. I'll draft one for her