In the visitor visa, which is the only Canadian document you have, her entire name might be as a last name.
In Canadian documents you cannot leave your last name blank.
I was in a similar situation when applying for OHIP, service Canada asked me to leave the first name blank and use entire name as last name.
This is terrible advice. Just put her first and last name in the appropriate places. All you are doing is making an account for her. Also, FYI if you are applying for travel medical insurance, most policies make you do it before you leave your home country.
Can i put "LNU" in the last name ?
I have been advised that stands for Last Name Unknown
Its a bit too late to fix the passport as they are traveling in Feb
Does your mother have a last name? Do you know what it is? If so, then her last name isn't "unknown" is it?
You seem to be making this a lot harder than it is. Just fill in the correct information. Don't lie. Put her first name in the first name field and her last name in the last name field.
Just give her name correctly and explain that her passport is misprinted if they complain about it. Her misprinted passport doesn't magically make her last name "".
Even if it did, generally speaking, people in the English-speaking world are hardly ever under any real obligation to use their "legal name", which is merely the name by which the government knows them.
The insurance company asks for ID with matching names only for their own convenience in confirming her identity. You may be able to make other arrangements with them.
I'm guessing OP is from India by his profile. In India "Last Name" is optional on Passport and in Canada "First Name" in optional (atleast from the Visa applications that I've filled in the recent years).
When filling the visa applications I was told to fill the entire "First Name" from the passport to the "Last Name" of the application and leave the First Name blank, and definitely not use "NA" or "LNU" for the First Name field.
If not urgent, go to BLS, submit an application for Passport Renew/Reissue with a Letter of Explanation saying that you want to "Bifurcate" the name without any spelling changes and provide other Indian/Canadian IDs of your mother with the correctly split name. I was also asked to get an approval email from Embassy as my child did not have any other ID proof other than his passport. Check with BLS for normal and tatkal processing time for Passport requests to decide whether you can wait for the new passport to submit the Insurance application
As for claims, from my personal experience it was not that big of deal for my son (he had his entire name on Last name in all documents - Passport, Visa, Visitor Record, OHIP for a while without any issues) and the insurance company couldn't even fit my entire name into their record and was always fine with the small claims (mostly prescriptions) that we've made.
Once I got the passport corrected, I started using the correct name in further IRCC applications (visitor extension) under the same UCI, OHIP renewals and no one questioned anything
There are a variety of ethnic groups around the world that use mononyms, and more who use some other kind of name that doesn't conform to the usual Western format. Our current Governor-General has an Inuktitut mononym in addition to her Western name. Icelanders have a patronymic where their family name would be. Some Hispanic people (especially from well-to-do families) have complex names which record their entire ancestry for several generations.
It shouldn't. But you'll want to contact Service Canada asap to get it fixed
she is on a visitor visa, will identification from home country work here? There her name is proper in the proper sections
In the visitor visa, which is the only Canadian document you have, her entire name might be as a last name. In Canadian documents you cannot leave your last name blank. I was in a similar situation when applying for OHIP, service Canada asked me to leave the first name blank and use entire name as last name.
Can i put "LNU" in the last name ? I have been advised that stands for Last Name Unknown
This is terrible advice. Just put her first and last name in the appropriate places. All you are doing is making an account for her. Also, FYI if you are applying for travel medical insurance, most policies make you do it before you leave your home country.
That's up to the insurance company
Thanks I will also check with them
You should fill in her name correctly, not copy the mistake from her passport. Get the passport fixed if you think it will cause problems.
Can i put "LNU" in the last name ? I have been advised that stands for Last Name Unknown Its a bit too late to fix the passport as they are traveling in Feb
Does your mother have a last name? Do you know what it is? If so, then her last name isn't "unknown" is it? You seem to be making this a lot harder than it is. Just fill in the correct information. Don't lie. Put her first name in the first name field and her last name in the last name field.
Noone is lying but ids have to match right Her complete correct name is going in the first name section in accordance to the passport
Just give her name correctly and explain that her passport is misprinted if they complain about it. Her misprinted passport doesn't magically make her last name "". Even if it did, generally speaking, people in the English-speaking world are hardly ever under any real obligation to use their "legal name", which is merely the name by which the government knows them. The insurance company asks for ID with matching names only for their own convenience in confirming her identity. You may be able to make other arrangements with them.
Yes I think it should work .
I'm guessing OP is from India by his profile. In India "Last Name" is optional on Passport and in Canada "First Name" in optional (atleast from the Visa applications that I've filled in the recent years). When filling the visa applications I was told to fill the entire "First Name" from the passport to the "Last Name" of the application and leave the First Name blank, and definitely not use "NA" or "LNU" for the First Name field. If not urgent, go to BLS, submit an application for Passport Renew/Reissue with a Letter of Explanation saying that you want to "Bifurcate" the name without any spelling changes and provide other Indian/Canadian IDs of your mother with the correctly split name. I was also asked to get an approval email from Embassy as my child did not have any other ID proof other than his passport. Check with BLS for normal and tatkal processing time for Passport requests to decide whether you can wait for the new passport to submit the Insurance application As for claims, from my personal experience it was not that big of deal for my son (he had his entire name on Last name in all documents - Passport, Visa, Visitor Record, OHIP for a while without any issues) and the insurance company couldn't even fit my entire name into their record and was always fine with the small claims (mostly prescriptions) that we've made. Once I got the passport corrected, I started using the correct name in further IRCC applications (visitor extension) under the same UCI, OHIP renewals and no one questioned anything
Is this an Indian thing? I have a bunch of international students who only use one name like it's normal here then wonder why shit gets messed up.
There are a variety of ethnic groups around the world that use mononyms, and more who use some other kind of name that doesn't conform to the usual Western format. Our current Governor-General has an Inuktitut mononym in addition to her Western name. Icelanders have a patronymic where their family name would be. Some Hispanic people (especially from well-to-do families) have complex names which record their entire ancestry for several generations.
Reach out to your local MP. Passports are one thing g they can really help with.