My wife came on CR-1 visa on October 27. She did not have any problem entering the United States but there is a problem that I noticed after seeing her visa. Her visa has her first name listed as FNU (which stands for First Name Unknown) and her whole name(First and Last) in the Surname field. I think that the reason they did this is because on her Indian passport her whole name is listed in the given name section and the surname field is left blank. We went to the social security office and they told us that my wife's first name is FNU in their record and they cannot issue a number for a different name. On telling them the situation, they told me that they will issue her a card on the correct name which will be valid for a year but I will have to get it corrected to get a card after a year.

I haven't been to the DMV but I guess the same thing will happen there. My wife hasn't received her green card yet but I am sure that it will also come with the first name as FNU. I was told to contact the USCIS by the social security office. I called them and they told me to contact U.S Customs and Border Inspection. I called them and they told me to contact the local I-94 office which I will contact tomorrow since it is only opened 3 days a week. My wife has no option other than to wait to fix this problem to go by the first name "FNU". I later found this information on American embassy in Delhi that they will issue visa with the name FNU if the first name and the last name are not listed separately. I contacted my lawyer and he said to wait until greencard arrives and they we can send an application to get this fixed.

http://newdelhi.usembassy.gov/consmar062007.html

Any help on this issue would be appreciated.

Sorry to hear about this. Didn't your wife change her passport to include your last name in it?

hi,

I think this situation should be noted, and also should be taken care offf...... I Havent come acorss this situation any where in forum. May be you keep searching. Or post in the POE section or IR CR section

Jigi