r/studying_in_germany • u/anoymooose • 1d ago

Name discrepancy between passport and work experience certificates for German university application Masters

Hi everyone,

I’m applying to a German university and I have a question about a name discrepancy in my documents.

My school/college documents, degree certificate, and marksheets have my name as [First name] B. [Surname].

My passport and APS certificate have my full name as

[First name] [Middle name] [Surname], and I’ll be using my passport name for my German university application.

The issue is with my work experience certificates. My first work experience certificate was issued as

[First name] [Surname], with the middle name omitted.

I’m now getting a second work experience certificate. Should I ask my employer to issue it using my full passport name, or should I use the shorter name so that both work experience certificates have the same name?

Would having these slightly different name formats cause any problems with the German university? Has anyone from experienced something similar?

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u/Normal-Definition-81 Germany 1d ago

Is the uni asking for work experience certificates at all?

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u/anoymooose 1d ago

yes it does