Documents Required for Gazette Name Change
🗂️ The Official Identity & Address Proofs (Any one of the following)
When preparing legal affidavit documents for a name change, you will need to gather essential identification papers such as the Aadhaar Card, Indian Passport, Voter ID Card, and PAN Card. Additionally, it's important to consider the role of newspaper advertisements in the name change process.
2. Core Documentation
Agnation/Relationship Proof: Father's or Husband's official ID proof. For Date of Birth Proof, you can use a Birth Certificate or School Leaving Certificate (10th standard certificate). Additionally, you will need two recent passport-sized photographs with a white background. If you're also in the process of changing your name, remember to prepare the necessary name change documents, including a legal affidavit and any required newspaper advertisements.
3. Mandatory Publication Requirements
Legal Affidavit: This is a legal affidavit prepared on non-judicial stamp paper and executed before a Notary Public, which details the reason for your name change. Newspaper Advertisements: We provide original copies of the two required newspaper advertisements, featuring your name change—one from an English national newspaper and the other in a local vernacular language. (We handle the publication for you.) Digital CD & Undertaking: This includes a digital compilation of your application data, along with a signed certificate confirming that the digital data matches your physical name change documents. (We prepare this compliance piece entirely.)
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