An official name change requires careful execution across state journals to ensure historical data records match your true identity. By processing through magistrate affidavits, public news ads, and central gazettes, your profile remains completely secure and legally compliant across all platforms.
Step 1. Affidavit Submission – 'If applicants want to use a surname that is different from his/her father’s or mother’s surname, or if an applicant does not have a surname and wishes to add a surname, then he/she has to submit an affidavit attested by the first-class magistrate of the concerned area'
Affidavit, newspaper routing, and formal submission take 5-7 working days.Step 2. Ad Publication - After Affidavit publishes the advertisement in the newspaper in this format “I, Ram r/o Delhi have changed my name to Ram Kumar vide affidavit no. XXXXXXXXXXXX on dd/mm/yyyy.”
Gazette publication times vary according to the speed of the government Department of Publication tracking lines.Step 3. Gazette Notification - After applying for the name change in the Gazette Wait for the Gazette Notification, after the notification your name will be legally changed.
Filing Pipeline Pipeline Process StepForwarding Phase: The above-listed documents and a forwarding letter must be submitted to The Controller of Publications, Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi-110054 either personally or sent by post/courier.
Filing Pipeline Pipeline Process StepProfessional Fees Summary
+ Govt. Fee & GST
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