Patronymic Issues with F+ Card and nationality application

Hi everyone,

Soon I'll need to apply for the F+ card, and I have some questions for those who have already done it:

1. If I understood correctly, the first time I need to go to the city hall is just to apply for "Duurzaam verblijf," which involves signing some papers. Do I need to bring a photo at this point? It would be a waste of money if I take photos now and then have to take new ones in 6 months because the first ones expired.
2. If my application is approved, will they call me back with instructions to bring photos and payment for the card? After the approval, will they still need my application and signature for the card?
3. And then once I receive the codes, do I need to go there a third time?

Now the tricky question: After that, I'm going to apply for nationality. The law states that all the names on all documents must match. Well, that's not the case for me: I was registered and got my F card using the data from my passport, where my patronymic (father's name) is not written. For the nationality request, I must provide a birth certificate where the patronymic is listed as part of my first name. If I don't change it now, I'll still have to change it when I apply for nationality, so I want to save time and money.

My question is, should I request this change during my first or second visit? If I do it at the first visit, I'm worried it might create conflicting information for DVZ. If I wait until the second visit, I'm afraid that after approval they might automatically process my card application with the old name before I have a chance to update it.

What would you recommend? Has anyone else faced this problem? Patronymics are very common in Eastern and Middle Eastern countries.

Thank you!