P60 name in different format
Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2020 10:48 pm
Firstly, I tried searching the forum but wasn’t able to find any other posts that quite covered this, so I hope this isn’t a dupe. I have a question about the format of my name across all the documentation I provide for my naturalisation, as it appears in a different format in some of it.
My first names* are AAA bbb, and my surname is CCC ddd. However, on my P60s, which I intend to use as proof of living in the UK, my name is written as:
First name: bbbb ccc
Last name: ddddd
My passport, ID card, English test, LitUK test etc. all reflect my full name, in the correct format. The only other slight exception is my correspondence from HMRC, which is addressed to AAA b cccc dddd (they have my correct name, but aren’t able to display it due to the length).
Part of the reason for the P60s being different – at least for the aaaaa being missing – is because I am known as bbb to everyone in the UK, including my employer, and perhaps more crucially, my referees. I suspect they also didn't realise that cccc was not a given or "middle" name as it's known in the UK, when registering me on the internal payroll system at work.
Will it be a problem that my P60s are addressed in this different format?
I’m hoping that a brief explanation of the situation in a covering letter will be sufficient, especially since the NI number on the P60s matches that shown elsewhere in my application, such as in correspondence from HMRC. But if anyone has any experience of this or similar situations causing problems, I’d be interested to hear.
Thanks in advance!
*names have been changed to protect the innocent!
My first names* are AAA bbb, and my surname is CCC ddd. However, on my P60s, which I intend to use as proof of living in the UK, my name is written as:
First name: bbbb ccc
Last name: ddddd
My passport, ID card, English test, LitUK test etc. all reflect my full name, in the correct format. The only other slight exception is my correspondence from HMRC, which is addressed to AAA b cccc dddd (they have my correct name, but aren’t able to display it due to the length).
Part of the reason for the P60s being different – at least for the aaaaa being missing – is because I am known as bbb to everyone in the UK, including my employer, and perhaps more crucially, my referees. I suspect they also didn't realise that cccc was not a given or "middle" name as it's known in the UK, when registering me on the internal payroll system at work.
Will it be a problem that my P60s are addressed in this different format?
I’m hoping that a brief explanation of the situation in a covering letter will be sufficient, especially since the NI number on the P60s matches that shown elsewhere in my application, such as in correspondence from HMRC. But if anyone has any experience of this or similar situations causing problems, I’d be interested to hear.
Thanks in advance!
*names have been changed to protect the innocent!