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Hello brilliant minds in Nairaland.
I want to apply for an international passport but I want to include my English name which has never appeared on any of my academic certificates to make it easier on the foreigners to address me. I want to include it because I bear indigenous names that are too long and too difficult to pronounce for people outside my tribe. I need advice on how to go about it and still make my academic certificates valid. I have already heard of swearing of affidavit etc but I want to know if there are better ways to go about it.
Thanks in anticipation of your help.

generalissimo:
Hello brilliant minds in Nairaland.
I want to apply for an international passport but I want to include my English name which has never appeared on any of my academic certificates to make it easier on the foreigners to address me. I want to include it because I bear indigenous names that are too long and too difficult to pronounce for people outside my tribe. I need advice on how to go about it and still make my academic certificates valid. I have already heard of swearing of affidavit etc but I want to know if there are better ways to go about it.
Thanks in anticipation of your help.

I'd advice you not to bother. Your name is your name. Let foreigners learn to pronounce it (like they learnt to pronounce Chimamanda, Obasanjo, and others). Or give them a shortened version/nickname to call you (my foreign boss calls me Mo'). No need to actually change your official documents just to make it more convenient for people. You can simply tell them they can call you a particular name.

Trust me, it's not worth the hassle.