Misspelled Name in Application

[Sathyanarayanan]

I entered my given name incorrectly in visa form as Sathyanaraynan but it should be as sathyanarayanan,I've raised a webform with clear explanation.

So I got a BIL with the incorrect name and also my cic displayed my incorrect name

But 2 days back they updated my correct name in cic account

Is the problem resolved?

 

[Pink567]

Hey! yes just sent an inquiry via webform with the passport pic attached let them know they made an error. Usually its not big deal they let it go.

link: https://secure.cic.gc.ca/enquiries-renseignements/canada-case-cas-eng.aspx

Hi. My friend has same issue. Her country of birth is wrong. They filled the right one but IRCC made a mistake. She gave her biometrics using wrong one. Her lawyer already raised webform. But they didn’t get any update till now

 

[Pink567]

I entered my given name incorrectly in visa form as Sathyanaraynan but it should be as sathyanarayanan,I've raised a webform with clear explanation.

So I got a BIL with the incorrect name and also my cic displayed my incorrect name

But 2 days back they updated my correct name in cic account

Is the problem resolved?

May I know when you raised webform??

 

[Sathyanarayanan]

May I know when you raised webform??

On 3rd Nov got reply from them on 16 the Nov. They changed my name 2 days back

 

[Pink567]

On 3rd Nov got reply from them on 16 the Nov. They changed my name 2 days back

My friend didn’t get any reply from them. Her birth country is wrong in the application.

 

[lomocso]

Hi! guys, I have a question, does the N-ye letter exist in canada? I got my Visa today but the N on my passport and my N on my Visa is not the same, does it matter ?

 

[mgmann0001]

I entered my given name incorrectly in visa form as Sathyanaraynan but it should be as sathyanarayanan,I've raised a webform with clear explanation.

So I got a BIL with the incorrect name and also my cic displayed my incorrect name

But 2 days back they updated my correct name in cic account

Is the problem resolved?

Did u received ur BIL also updated with new name? I have almost similar issue my gender is wrong and raise a webform on 10th novmber but still no reply from their side

 

[armoured]

Hi! guys, I have a question, does the N-ye letter exist in canada? I got my Visa today but the N on my passport and my N on my Visa is not the same, does it matter ?

Which language? Spanish n-ye, as in Señor?

To my knowledge, not in official documents - they will generally use only diacriticals common in English and French, and drop from other letters.

So almost certainly the N (as in english) without the tilde is fine.

Oh - if your passport is machine readable and has a bar in the bottom with all caps that looks like this:
P<UTOERIKSSON<<ANNA<MARIA<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< (Ignore the name, taken from an explanatory website)

Then the passport machine readable section and the Canadian visa machine readable section that spell your name should look the same. (Disregard the first letter P or V, P is for passport and V for Visa) [add for clarity: it's actually the first five letters that are not part of name, e.g. V<CAN - V for type of document, < divider character, XXX country issuer, CAN here being Canada]

If those spell your name the same (on visa and passport info page), they have correctly identified you. (Not an expert but fairly sure this is accurate)

These are international standards which disregard the punctuation such as diacriticals.

 

[douglasr]

Did u received ur BIL also updated with new name? I have almost similar issue my gender is wrong and raise a webform on 10th novmber but still no reply from their side

Hi! Did you get a solution? Same happened to me.

 

[mgmann0001]

Hi! Did you get a solution? Same happened to me.

Yes i got it resolved

 

[douglasr]

Yes i got it resolved

Ahhh! What a relief! Did you attend the biometrics appointment with the wrong info or did you wait to receive a new BIL?

 

[mgmann0001]

Ahhh! What a relief! Did you attend the biometrics appointment with the wrong info or did you wait to receive a new BIL?

I also thought to go with wrong BIL but I called VFS to enquire if they will allow but they refused on phone so i waited for correct BIL and gave my biometrics with correct BIL. I have heard some people give biometrics with wrong BILs as well but I didn’t wanted to take risk and contacted vfs also

 

[douglasr]

I also thought to go with wrong BIL but I called VFS to enquire if they will allow but they refused on phone so i waited for correct BIL and gave my biometrics with correct BIL. I have heard some people give biometrics with wrong BILs as well but I didn’t wanted to take risk and contacted vfs also

Haha so I don't know if I should reschedule my biometrics appointment tbh. I scheduled it for today lol but I don't think there's anything to lose if I get there and they refuse to take my biometrics. I will reschedule it later if that's the case. I've been reading in other forums of people who never got any response from their webforms

 

[douglasr]

Also, just in case I'm not allowed to, how much time did it take for you to receive a new BIL? More than 25 days after raising the webform?

 

[mgmann0001]

Also, just in case I'm not allowed to, how much time did it take for you to receive a new BIL? More than 25 days after raising the webform?

Also, just in case I'm not allowed to, how much time did it take for you to receive a new BIL? More than 25 days after raising the webform?

It took 2 months in my case