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I think changing your name on the Egyptian passport will be quite difficult.

The passport has to match the name on your National ID card.

The National ID card can't be issued by the embassy; it has to be done by the Ministry of Interior.

What they can do, is give you something that says that you are Also Known As your new name. They would probably write this information into your passport as an endorsement at the back of the passport.

I've never tried this so I could be wrong, but the embassy staff really aren't particularly reliable.

I don't think the shortening of your name will matter much. I would just carry your US passport (when you get it) in your short-form name and your Egyptian passport in your long-form name. Book your tickets in the name of the passport you will show the airline; in almost all cases this will be the US passport. That's what I'd do.

For this trip, as we already agreed, you'll have no issues except for a possible delay because of a last name mismatch between the passport and the reservation if you made the reservation in your shortened name.

I think others from other countries could face similar issues... this is always something to consider when changing your name, but wanting to continue using your old passport.

Yeah you're absolutely right, also i will have hard time with my travel permit from the military there too!

Thank you so much...

1- You can't cancel a name change, but you can get a new name change to go back to your old name.

2- Egypt doesn't care what your green card says; they will only recognize your birth name unless it is changed by an Egyptian court.

3- The US only cares that you have a valid green card and a valid passport. If you do change your green card at some point, carry your name change order with you when you travel.

4- The tricky part is usually in dealing with the airline. They need your ID and ticket names to match and they need to see both your green card and your passport. Since you haven't changed your name on green card, you shouldn't have any trouble. Your passport and green card names match and hopefully your ticket matches too (there's some flexibility here).

5- When you apply for naturalization, just take your name change order with you to the interview so they can issue your naturalization certificate in your legal name.

6- Once you do that, you'll have to deal with the issue of having two different names on your two passports; this is sometimes a problem, but Egypt won't care since you've basically just shortened your name. Problems arise when Egyptian citizens change their names altogether, but still want to enter the country with their Egyptian passports.

7- Don't post your full name or any personal identifying information on public forums.

So to make a long story short, you should be fine on this trip.

Thank you so much for your fast and helpful reply,

Yesterday after posting my question, i called the Embassy and they said i can make an appointment to go and change my passport to the new name, and that they'll give me a document stating that i'm the same person, that's good but i prefer to keep things as is for this trip and i shouldn't have a problem as you said (only if they asked why didn't i change the GC to the new name yet, but i think it's no biggie. It's $450 btw!!!!). After coming back, ill change the Egyptian passport, driving license, GC, and book airline tickets under the new name so everything matches. What do you think?

Thanks again

I'm Egyptian, i came to US on H1-B visa and then i got my GC, i Changed my name from Ahmed Tarek Mostafa Abdulmajeed to Ahmed Tarek legally through the courthouse few months after the GC.

Now that i want to go to visit Egypt, whats the right procedure that doesnt get me stuck in either countries on this trip?? i haven't changed my GC yet btw

Also if its better to somehow cancel this name change and wait till filling for citizenship after two years? and how to do so? Please help