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Marriage certificate names vs names in the passport

PrivateComstock

Star Member
Aug 4, 2018
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Hello,

This is for spouse sponsorship.

I'm in the process of getting my marriage certificate. I've received a sample certificate for verification purpose.
They've just put our first names in the certificate.

But our passport contains our full names.

My question is:

Is this going to cause any problem or should I try to get the certificate with the same names as our passport?
 

armoured

VIP Member
Feb 1, 2015
18,148
9,472
Hello,

This is for spouse sponsorship.

I'm in the process of getting my marriage certificate. I've received a sample certificate for verification purpose.
They've just put our first names in the certificate.

But our passport contains our full names.

My question is:

Is this going to cause any problem or should I try to get the certificate with the same names as our passport?
It's a pretty unusual situation, as far as I'm aware - so the best answer would be yes, get a marriage certificate that ... has the [full] names of the people who got married.

Would it work if you submit as is? No idea. But I wouldn't want to find out potentially months later that it's not acceptable.