That I can understand, but documents from the same type (NRIC, EPs, bank statements, etc.) should have the same format. This is why I'm asking particularly about EPs approval letters. according to DimWit, using the last name first seems to be the usual format.sundaymorningstaple wrote:On the other hand, my NRIC has my name as Sunday Morning Staple and not Staple Sunday Morning. Does it really matter? Nah. Except when people are trying to find my fixed line number in the phone book and don't realize they need to look it up by my first name and not family name.
All my documents happen to be that way. But, others have them all over the place. US passports list last name first and all my docs are like that. But my biz partner, also American, has some of his docs as last name last, others, last name first. He's been here 12 years, with DL, PR, etc, etc.joeyatsingapore wrote:That I can understand, but documents from the same type (NRIC, EPs, bank statements, etc.) should have the same format. This is why I'm asking particularly about EPs approval letters. according to DimWit, using the last name first seems to be the usual format.sundaymorningstaple wrote:On the other hand, my NRIC has my name as Sunday Morning Staple and not Staple Sunday Morning. Does it really matter? Nah. Except when people are trying to find my fixed line number in the phone book and don't realize they need to look it up by my first name and not family name.
Would tend to agree as my Passport also is listed with family name first, my first EP I think was that way, the second with as my current NRIC is. Some of the banks (POSB, DBS have me with my full name as on my NRIC while StanChart has me with an initial for my middle name. Don't think it really makes a difference. My wife's NRIC shows her real name (Singaporean) and an alias of "Mrs" Sunday Morning Staple although she has never used that here. Don't worry about it as long as the spellings are correct (even that is suspect here - all my wifes' siblings family names are using 3 different spellings among 7 siblings).Strong Eagle wrote:All my documents happen to be that way. But, others have them all over the place. US passports list last name first and all my docs are like that. But my biz partner, also American, has some of his docs as last name last, others, last name first. He's been here 12 years, with DL, PR, etc, etc.joeyatsingapore wrote:That I can understand, but documents from the same type (NRIC, EPs, bank statements, etc.) should have the same format. This is why I'm asking particularly about EPs approval letters. according to DimWit, using the last name first seems to be the usual format.sundaymorningstaple wrote:On the other hand, my NRIC has my name as Sunday Morning Staple and not Staple Sunday Morning. Does it really matter? Nah. Except when people are trying to find my fixed line number in the phone book and don't realize they need to look it up by my first name and not family name.
On my personal bank account I am last name first, on my corporate account the other way around. It doesn't matter.
It's a tempest in a teapot and no big deal.
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