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Gazette notification is required for name change in Passport

Gazette Notification

for Name Change in Passport

A passport is an official identity card issued by a country’s government and is primarily used for international travel. A passport serves as proof of a person’s identity and nationality. A passport allows a person to cross international borders. When traveling to other countries, a person uses their passport to prove their identity and citizenship. Furthermore, a passport also serves as a mandatory photo ID. If you need to change certain details in your passport, such as a name change, you must obtain a gazette notification for name change in passport. A gazette notification is an official document that legally validates the change in a person’s name.

What is Gazette Notification

for Name Change in Passport

The Gazette Notification for Name Change is an official document issued by the Government of India. It is a magazine for publishing official announcements. By publishing the name change in this Gazette, the Gazette confirms that the name change is legally valid. You will have to provide this Gazette Notification as proof of your new name at the Passport Seva Kendra for passport name change.

The Gazette Notification for Name Change acts as legal proof. Based on this, the name change in your Passport will be processed.

Why

Gazette Required for​

Name Change in Passport

A gazette notification for name change in Passport is official proof that a person’s name has been legally changed. This is valid everywhere. A name change on your passport cannot be done without proof. Providing proof of the new name is mandatory. For this, you need a gazette notification to change your name on your Passport.

This name change gazette notification also allows you to change your name on other documents, such as your PAN card, Aadhar card  voter ID card, share certificate, and others.

Process of Publish Name Change in Gazette Notification

Follow this process to have your name change notification published in the gazette.

Affidavit

Prepare an affidavit with stamp paper. Your old name and new name and address must be written

Newspaper

Publish AD name change in state's local newspaper. This acts as a public announcement

Gazette

Apply for publish name change in gazette. Submit affidavit, newspaper, and documents along with it

Update Passport

Visit passport centre on day of your appointment, get your name updated and get your documents verified

Document

For the Gazette Notification Process

Several documents are required to apply for a name change on  Passport through the Gazette Notification. Some of these documents include:

  • Name Change Affidavit 
  • Advertisement in Local Newspaper
  • Passport-Size Photograph
  • Identity Proof (Old Passport/PAN/Voter ID Card)
  • Gazette Name Change Application Form
  • CD Drive (Digital Format)
  • Fee Payment Receipt

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Use the gazette notification to change your name on other documents, such as identity cards, bank and LIC documents, service awards, and educational certificates. The gazette notification is accepted for all government and non-government purposes.

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People Also Asked

Yes, the Gazette Notification is the key legal proof for a name change in passport. For a major change of name, the Passport Office generally requires the Gazette, and for a full application, you must also submit other documents like your current passport and updated ID proofs

A Gazette Notification is generally mandatory for a full Name Change or a major change (like changing your first name). However, for routine changes like adding a spouse's surname after marriage, a Marriage Certificate often suffices and a Gazette for Name Change is not always required.

 

The Name Change Process involves three main steps: 1) Executing a notarized Name Change affidavit; 2) Publishing an advertisement in newspapers and 3) Submitting the required documents (including the affidavit and newspaper clippings) to the Department of Publication to publish the Name Change in Gazette.

To apply for re-issue of your Passport after a major Name Change, you need to submit your old Passport, the original copy of the Gazette Notification for Passport Name Change, an affidavit, two updated ID proofs (Aadhaar, PAN, Voter ID, etc.) in your new name, and the printout of the online application form.

Gazette notification is the process of publishing personal and government changes as legally valid and public information.Simply put, it is an official public document issued by the government, in which only official and legal information is publicly published. This document is legally valid everywhere.

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