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Degree missing middle name. Help!

 
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Ben113



Joined: 01 Jul 2011
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 5:58 am    Post subject: Degree missing middle name. Help! Reply with quote
Hi,

I have been told that my Degree Certificate must match my passport. I have 4 names in my passport including my Catholic confirmation name, however my Degree certificate only has my regular first, middle and last name without the confirmation name.
I asked my Uni to provide a letter of confirmation of my identity but they said they don't do that.
Does anybody know what else I can do and how much this slight difference in name means?
Any help appreciated!

Ben
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plumpy nut



Joined: 12 Mar 2011
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 6:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
MOD EDIT - In spite of the fact that your degree certificate represents the same person as your passport, the stupid system won't accept it. A similar situation happened to me, but because it didn't happen in Asia it was never a problem. My legal name is different from the name on my birth certificate. I remember for some reason I was told that I had to get a letter stating that my passport and birth certificate were the same person. The letter was easy to get, but I never had to use it. So in the West, at the time the whole situation was remedied by either common sense or by the government providing a simple document. Not so in Thailand.

You're best bet is to come to Thailand (if you can lay low for a few weeks that is), then conveniently lose your passport. After that have the new passport (that can be obtained at your countries embassy in Bangkok) use only the three names on it that are on the certificate.

Last edited by plumpy nut on Sat Aug 30, 2014 2:40 pm; edited 3 times in total
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EFL Educator



Joined: 17 Jul 2013
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 6:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Amazing Land of Smiles...nowadays you must also certify your already confirmed name on your degree and passport...and.provide proof proving who you say you are is who you really are! If that is not enough please remember to certify that you are sane...because you may have to prove your are not insane by the whole insane process of paperwork and paperwork and MORE PAPERWORK needed for you to get a job teaching English here! Laughing Laughing
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Mr. Leafy



Joined: 24 Apr 2012
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 7:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Your university won't provide a letter but maybe they can re-issue the degree (for a fee of course). In the lead-up to graduation my uni asked us at least twice to confirm the name they were going to put on the degree. If yours didn't do this, you could claim to them that they did it wrong.
Alternatively, could the parish who gave your confirmation name provide something to say both documents refer to the same person?
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Ben113



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PostPosted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 7:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I am going to try to go to my Embassy and see if they can help me to do an affidavit confirming one and the same person. Hopefully that will help.
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suphanburi



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PostPosted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 9:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
My parchment and transcripts only have my first and surname.
My passport has my middle name.

It has NEVER been an issue for working in Asia (Thailand, Korea, China or Japan).

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btsmrtfan



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PostPosted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 11:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
suphanburi wrote:
My parchment and transcripts only have my first and surname.
My passport has my middle name.

It has NEVER been an issue for working in Asia (Thailand, Korea, China or Japan).

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You have been lucky.

Strike that.

Make it, "You have been very, very lucky."
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plumpy nut



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PostPosted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 2:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Mr. Leafy wrote:
Your university won't provide a letter but maybe they can re-issue the degree (for a fee of course).


This sounds better than what I recommended previously. It would be easier to change the name on your degree, and probably less expensive. You would have to somehow request that the registrar change the name, Perhaps you can do this online.
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MNguy



Joined: 01 Feb 2010
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 7:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
My degree has my surname spelled wrong. I do have original transcripts whi