Renewing Indian Passport in San Francisco and splitting the name in the passport. Here's the breakdown of the process I went through to get my Indian Passport renewed and have my name split in the passport. I wanted to get my name split because my expiring passport had an empty Last-Name field and my full name appeared in the Given-Name field. This led to my US Visa having my first-name as FNU [First Name Unknown] and my last-name as my complete name. First of all, the processing of Indian passport renewal applications has been outsourced to a separate company called  BLS International  and does not happen at the Indian consulate like earlier. When did I apply for renewal of my passport ? As per the instructions on the website and as of writing of this post, one can renew their passports when there is less than 1 year left for the expiry of the passport. That is, if your passport expires in April 2016, you can apply for renewal on or after April 2015. ...