# Real English name on household registration/passport. Need advice **URL:** \ **Category:** General Legal Matters\ **Created:** [November 2, 2020, 12:29pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/real-english-name-on-household-registration-passport-need-advice/198483 "2020-11-02T12:29:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**Author:** ![slawa](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/slawa/32/112823_2.png) [@slawa](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/slawa)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/real-english-name-on-household-registration-passport-need-advice/198483/6 "2020-11-03T00:40:29Z")
This is hard to do afterwards. But fairly easy when initially registering the newborn at the HHR office. Make sure the hospital will put the English name on the birth certificate. > [@Changing child's legal English name from Pinyin to real name](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/changing-childs-legal-english-name-from-pinyin-to-real-name/183407/23): > > For the benefit of future readers, as far as I know you MUST insist that the child be registered with both Chinese name (characters) and foreign name in the HHR from the get-go and no pinyin version for his “foreign” name (that’s how my son’s name appears in his HHR). In order to accomplish this, you must have the English-version birth certificate from the hospital where your child was born - and that means getting it before mom checks out after the birth. There are threads discussing this issue: > [@Changing child's legal English name from Pinyin to real name](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/changing-childs-legal-english-name-from-pinyin-to-real-name/183407/19): > > Found a scanned copy in my digital folder of English HHR record. The english name [Name in English] for both our kids in HHR is Pinyin name (English name) in the same row. Not under notes Same applies for my entry in HHR as their father. --- _[View the full topic](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/real-english-name-on-household-registration-passport-need-advice/198483)._