British passport and name split

[john353]

Sham, That is great to know! I received my approval letter just today (letter dated March 15) and will ring Council on Monday to see if they have my Naturalisation certificate.

My situation is similar to yours with no surname and so can you please confirm again the following.

1) If the name in your earlier Indian passport was Aaa Bbb under given names and surname was blank.....How did your name appear in your naturalisation certificate? Was it like *Bbb* Aaa or Aaa Bbb with no surname?

2) In your first British passport, I understand it was XXX in the forename field because the surname cannot be empty. But in the surname section was it Aaa Bbb exactly as in your Indian passport or was it Bbb Aaa?

3) For the deed poll for your second British passport, did you follow the below webpage? Can you please confirm if you did the deed poll yourself and also did it cost anything to do the deed poll?
https://www.gov.uk/change-name-deed-pol ... -deed-poll

[sham111]

Hey John,
Steps to follow
1) Naturalisations was Aaa Bbb without " "

2) Apply for British passport online is best fill in XXX on surname field and the fill in your full first name as Aaa Bbb. You'll get your British passport as in Surname field Aaa Baa with first name XXX.

3)Once you get your British passport. surrender Indian passport and obtain Surrender certificate.

4) Deed poll do the free one online many available to use with 2 witness and make sure you write current full name as Aaa Bbb XXX and then new name as Aaa BBB or Baa AAA which every way you want to split.

5) Reapply for British passport again online only and fill in the name you wish to have forname and surname then on previous name field fill in your previous name as appears on british passport. 2 passport photos. surrender certificate and current british passport then make sure you write a cover letter explaining everything.

6) You'll get your second british passport then apply for OCI.

Hope this helps

[john353]

Many Thanks Sham!

[pkt]

Hi Sham111,

I am planning to follow the exact process as yours. Did you get your OCI card with new name yet? Did you have any issues?

Thanks
Pkt