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Name Changed on Foreign Passport after PR and Before Citizenship

kanwar80

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Time flies and i have been into many folds before reaching to this thread called CITIZENSHIP . This forum has been bank of knowledge for me and i believe for all of us right from visitor visa, work permit, open work permit, PR.

I have a new situation to handle

a) my minor child got her first name changed on her foreign passport
b) it became first name (new name) Alias First Name (Old name) last name (so only first name got changed)
b) landed on first name (new name) Alias First Name (Old name) last name so obviously PR card is with this name.
c) last year we got removed Alias and old first name from renewed passport. so it became first name (new name) last name

so in other words name got changed from PR card . it seems i dont have any option to stick to PR card name while applying for citizenship as now new passport has name changed.

Please suggest what to do. Should i get legal name changed before applying citizenship or any other documents would serve the purpose.

Another thing if chose to do legal name change then do i need to get name changed on PR card as well before applying to citizenship ? or only Legal name change and may health card name change would do

We got new passport with new name and obviously its linked with old one and school report card with new name.
 
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