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Old Feb 21, 2023 | 12:31 am
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dxt55
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 25
Originally Posted by Rare
I can't answer your exact question, but I can tell you what I know. In my case, my middle name is in the middle name field on my passport and NEXUS card. When I first got NEXUS, I started putting my middle name on airline tickets to make sure there was a match for PreCheck. Then I read someone on FT saying that the middle name wasn't necessary, so I tried leaving it off. I've been leaving it off ever since, using only first name and last name, and have gotten PreCheck every time. So it seems that the middle name doesn't matter for PreCheck. However, I would guess that first name does need to match and that because you put your middle name in the first name field for GE, your tickets are going to have to include it also, but that's just a guess.

I am wondering, though, why is your middle name not in the middle name field on your passport? I think I would try to fix that on my next renewal if it were me.
Do US passports contain a Middle Name field now? Mine just has "Surname" (has my last name) and "Given Names" (has both my first and middle names)
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