Name Change Affidavit + Gazette Pack
- Fee
- ₹3,499
- Turnaround
- 3-5 days
What this is
The affidavit and paperwork for changing your name or your child's name - the name change affidavit, the newspaper advertisement text, and the Gazette of India application pack - so the change is recorded in the way passport, school, bank and other authorities expect. Our panel advocate drafts and reviews the documents and delivers them signed on letterhead; swearing the affidavit, publishing the advertisement and filing the gazette application are separate steps we explain.
What you get
A name change pack drafted, reviewed and signed by our panel advocate on letterhead: the affidavit of name change with the old and new name, the reason, and the verification; the newspaper advertisement text in the accepted form; the Gazette of India application in the format the Department of Publication prescribes, with the declaration, and a checklist of the enclosures and the submission steps. Delivered ready for swearing and publication, with a note on stamp paper, the two newspapers usually required, the gazette fee and timeline as published by the department, and updating each authority afterwards. Stamp paper, newspaper and gazette charges are not included; the name-change-gazette-notification service handles the gazette filing.
How it works
- Upload your IDWith the current name, and any document showing the new name if already used. We pre-fill the old and new names.
- Confirm the changeThe exact old and new names, the reason, and whose name it is.
- Answer the advocate's questionsWhether the change is on marriage, divorce, religion, spelling or choice, whether a minor is involved and both parents consent, and which authorities you need to update.
- PayPay the fee.
- Advocate drafts and signsOur panel advocate drafts the affidavit, advertisement and gazette application and signs them on letterhead.
- Pack is deliveredYou receive the affidavit, advertisement text and gazette application, with the checklist and next-steps note.
What to have ready
- Your ID and address proofAadhaar, PAN, passport or voter ID.
- Documents showing the new name, if any (if you have it)Marriage certificate, decree, school record.
- Child's birth certificate (if you have it)If a minor's name.
- Passport-size photographs (if you have it)As the gazette form requires.
- Letter from the authority stating its requirements (if you have it)If any.
What this is based on
- Publication of Gazette Notifications Rules
- Passport Act 1967 (1967)
- Aadhaar Act 2016. (2016)
- Notaries Act 1952. (1952)