I heard because Malaysia doesn't separate our first and last names, when submitting visa applications that ask for name as appearing on passports it should be First : None , Last : FULL NAME HERE
Because for countries that separate names, it would appear like this DOE<<JANE (two) whereas ours is FULL<NAME<HERE all one spaces

yeah i wondered about this. but dun understand your 3rd line

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so far what i did was

my name : A B

so first name A last name B

so far no problem..not sure though in the future visas applications

yes confirmed, i had this recently brought up when i was updating my PR after renewing malaysia passport.
other than that, dads name as surname works everywhere.

i thought for chinese its pretty straightforward?

Msian format for cinis is last name put at front and first name put at back

I dont have any issues when applying for a visa nor when i make bank accounts abroad.

as i understand... bin or binti or anak or a/l or a/p must not included...

thats all

I thought they separate it by given and family name?

last name is given name...

Example:

Tan Ah Chong

Given name: Ah Chong
Last name: Tan

Therefore, Ah Chong, Tan.

First, middle and last name normally for those people who have names like "Christina Roseanna McCurry" , where first name is Christina, middle name Roseanna and last is McCurry.

i always put last name = my family name

the rest of my name goes to first

Yes, its a bit of a hassle when going overseas. angmoh usually mistaken ur first name as family name

Stupid ang mohs...

Har ? Wtf seriously ?

My name for example Chang Ah Huat

I always put first name Chang, last name Ah Huat

So I'm wrong ?

Last name is surname.

are you addicted to opening many threads in /k?

in short amount of time between them?

ghost of bingding inspiring you, is it?

Put your surname/family name in last name field.
So if your name is Lau Tak Wah,
Firstname: Tak Wah
Lastname: Lau

If your name is Andy Lau Tak Wah,
Firstname: Andy Tak Wah
Lastname: Lau

Some forms can put middle name, if got you can do,
Firstname: Andy
Middlename: Tak Wah
Lastname: Lau

This post has been edited by silic0sis: Aug 17 2017, 12:15 AM

My Malay friend put their bin / binti as middle name.

The visa application guide will tell you how to fill up the name, including the names without first - last pattern.

Read properly la
It's not that I don't know, it's because Malaysia doesn't separate the names so sometimes the names might not be what they expect
Say your name is Lim Ah Beng
Then because Malaysia doesn't separate names, your passport says your first name is FNU (First name unknown) and your last name is Lim Ah Beng
So if you fill in first : Ah Beng, last : Lim you might run into problems because the authorities expect your name to match exactly as your passport

This post has been edited by jfleong: Aug 17 2017, 08:48 AM

For US visa application, bin/binti is put as first name. Eg First name: Nurul Suraya binti
Last name: Abdullah

For canada, they will issue your visa as:

First name: Blank

Last name: everything

Wrong bero.

Ang moh example: David Beckham
First name: David
Last/family name: Beckham

Thai example: Paradorn Srichaphan
First name: Paradorn
Last/family name: Srichaphan

Chinese example: Wong Fei Hung
First name: Fei Hung
Last/family name: Wong

Ah Beng example: Hydrogen Lee Kwan Yau
First name: Hydrogen Kwan Yau
Last/family name: Lee

This post has been edited by bb100: Aug 17 2017, 10:08 AM

why make things complicated
just use same format la
surname = last name

so what if people call u Mr Ah Huat when ur surname is Tan
or Mr Ahmad when ur name is actually Syafiq

The visa will follow the international standard passport naming format.. in which msia doesnt have a first name

it doesn't matter. just use 1st, 2nd, 3rd name format according to ur normal convention


This post has been edited by pr0pofol: Aug 17 2017, 10:24 AM

last name is sur name or family name la

wrong liao, your new name is now Ah Huat Chang
or Chang, Ah Huat

This is true. Malaysia passport should separate to first name and last name as well.

I was in Bolivia a few weeks ago and in their visa form I fill in the first name and last name (surname) as requested, but its different from what indicated in passport as theres no first name last name thingy.

The immigration officer kept asking me nombre nombre or something and raised her voice in spanish. I cant understand her at all and theres no one there who speaks english. Apparently she thought im fakreor my passport is fake. Took a very long time to finally got stamped and crossed the border.