What is gazette name change process?

Changes come in our life at some point of time and sometimes we also need a change, whether that change is with marriage or after divorce to start a new life or it’s a personal choice for a new identity, such changes have always been a part of our life, but what will happen when you decide to change your name legally, this is the place where “gazette notification” comes in handy and helps you with name change process.

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What Exactly is a Gazette Notification?

Gazette notification is a government document which is issued by the government. In India, this document is known as “Gazette of India” and in other states it is known as “State Gazette”. This work publishes various government orders and rules, legal amendments and even for changing names. Once something is published in the gazette, it becomes a legal proof and it helps in making people aware of any kind of government records, new laws and government rules and all these works come under the gazette.

How to change your name legally?

The process of changing the name legally in India, first you need to get a gazette of your name change. This gazette is a government and legal document. The name change has to be published in it, after that it will be the proof of your name change. Keep in mind that your new name should be published in the gazette. After that with the help of this gazette, you can change your name in other documents one by one. Because if you change the name in any document, then you will be asked for a document of the new name. Because without proof of your new name will not be changed in any document. And this gazette name change will be proof of your new name, with the help of gazette you can change the name in all other documents and identity proofs.

Conclusion 

Name change process is a legal process, that’s why it is necessary to publish a gazette notification for name change process. This name change gazette is the proof of your new name. With the help of gazette you can change the name in all the documents. If you also want to change the name officially, then go for the gazette notification or you can contact us which helps you to change the name through its services all over India.

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Questions searched by people on Google

you can change his/her name at any time in your lifetime. However, it needs to be done legally by creating an affidavit, publishing an advertisement in the local or national newspaper and a notification in the Gazette of India and this is the process of legally change your name in india.

The cost of changing your name legally in India for all the components of the file to be ready and submitted is different and also the cost varies from different states.

Yes, gazette notification plays a very important part when changing a name is on the line. If you don't have the gazette notification, you may face problems in government things like exams or other legal things. The gazette notification makes your name change official and legal for good.

Yes, the Gazette notification is an official legal government document. It is published by the Department of the Government of India. It is a public journal document. It is published weekly by the Government of India Press.

No, only a Gazette notification alone is not enough. A Gazette is required to change a name but we need many documents and the Gazette is an important document for changing a name.