Originally Posted by
Steve M
I recently had to do this on another form. I just put my name in Roman characters (e.g. how I'd normally write it) and it worked fine. I think that's better than katakana as it's going to exactly match what's on my passport.
It depends on the forms
For free text it will be ok
For pre-designated name forms which require either hiragana or katakana or you to write them both, you will have to put in what is requested