CONSULAR NOTICE

Attention Indian passport holders

To process your visa cases efficiently, we recommend your surname and given name are written separately on the first page (the biographic data page) of your passport.

Example:
Surname (last name): Puri
Given name (first name): Sanjay

Once your visa is approved, the nonimmigrant or immigrant visa will be printed as your name appears in your passport. If you do not have a surname listed separately, your entire name will be printed on the surname field of the visa. Your first name will be printed as "FNU" (first name unknown), as per U.S. visa regulations.

By having "FNU" listed as your given name on your visa, you may have difficulty obtaining a driver’s license and social security card in the United States. If you would like to correct the surname and given name fields on your passport biographic data page, you must have an observation made in your passport by the Indian Passport Authorities. In order for your name to be correctly printed on your visa, you must have this observation made before coming for your visa interview.

Thank you for your cooperation.