I was filling out the application for NEXUS and was on the page to fill in information for my permanent residence card/passport.

On the Permanent Resident Card section it says to enter the information "EXACTLY" as it appears on the card. In the instructions it says "Enter your Given name as it appears on your Permanent Residency Card Document's machine readable zone. This can be found on the back of the card."

If my name is, Given name (first): John....Middle: Doe....Surname (Last): Smith....On the front of my green card it says: Surname: Smith....Given name: John D....With no field for middle name, just the initial D under given names.

But, on the back of the card, it's listed as: SMITH<<JOHN<DOE<<<<<

So, I just wanted to confirm how to put this in on my application - should I be putting "John" under given name and "Doe" under middle name. Or leaving the middle name blank and putting "John Doe" under given name?

I also had the same question for my passport (Canadian), as there is no field for middle name and the given name is listed as "John Doe". The machine readable section of the passport lists it as <SMITH<<JOHN<DOE

Thank you for any help!