Any adult can change the full name. If you need to change your surname after a divorce or the death of your husband, then contact the civil registry office in your area or place of registration of the fact of your birth. To change your surname, you need to collect a number of documents and attach them to the application for changing your surname.
It is necessary
- -statement
- - certificate of marriage or divorce
- -birth certificate (of your children)
- -passport
Instructions
Step 1
In the registry office, you write a statement about the desire to change the surname and indicate the reason why you want to change it. The application indicates your full name, date and place of birth, place of residence, your citizenship, marital status and the presence of children, all of whom must be listed by full name, date and place of birth. Indicate the date of the application and sign your name.
Step 2
If you have minor children, you must submit a birth certificate for each child.
Step 3
In case of divorce and desire to obtain a maiden name, please provide a divorce certificate.
Step 4
If your husband is dead and you wish to change to your maiden name, then submit a death certificate.
Step 5
If you want to change the children's surname to your surname, obtain a notarized permission from the children's father, if he is not deprived of parental rights.
Step 6
After submitting an application and documents, you will have to wait about one month. This period is needed to check all information on all databases. After receiving the document from the registry office about the change of surname, contact the passport office to change your passport.
Step 7
There will be no marks on the change of surname in the passport. You will simply be issued and given a new passport in your maiden name.
