Hi there,
I am an Australian and recently received the In-principal approval letter from MOM. However I am wondering why they wrote my name in the order of 'surname given_name' instead of the usual 'given_name surname' (at least the Australian/ western way of writing). eg. the MOM letter wrote 'SMITH John' instead of the usual 'John SMITH'.
I realized that Australian passport does not specifically wrote 'surname/family_name' and 'given_name/first_name' in the passport personal detail page instead it wrote the 'surname/family_name' on the 'first line' and 'given_name/first_name' on the 'second line'. Therefore if someone is not familiar with Australian passport since the surname is at the top of the list then it will be read first.
If the person is a female gender I guess it will be more confusing with surname in front. eg. Susan Jackson will be written as Jackson Susan??
I am wondering if other fellow Australians in the forum are experiencing the same?
I can see the potential issue when it comes to creating bank account, drivers license, ID cards etc. I did have similar issue here in Malaysia when I have to explain it some many times to the institutions (eg. bank, authorities, or lawyer when comes to buying
property). However finally i can get my Malaysian working permit corrected the name after.
I would appreciate it if someone in this forum can give me a bit of advise, Thanks, cheers!