A birth certificate is drawn up in the civil registry office (REGISTRY OFFICE) within a month from the date of birth of the baby. Before drawing up the document, parents need to decide on the name of their child. However, it happens in life that after the registration of the baby, the parents changed their minds and decided to change his name, or the grown-up child did not like what he was called. You can change the name as follows.
Instructions
Step 1
Contact the guardianship and guardianship authorities with a statement if you decide to change the name of your baby. This organization must obtain permission to change his name. Both parents need to apply to the department of guardianship and guardianship with passports and a child's birth certificate. If your child is ten years old, you need to take him with you, as in this case he must give his consent to the name change.
Step 2
After obtaining permission from the guardianship and guardianship authorities, apply to change the child's name to the registry office. In this case, you need to pay the state duty in the established amount. The application is considered by this organization within a month from the date of its submission. On the appointed day, you will be given a certificate of the child's name change.
Step 3
Write an application for a change of name to the registry office at the place of residence or at the place of state registration of birth, if you are fourteen years old, but not yet eighteen. The application must contain the surname, name, patronymic, date and place of birth, series, number and date of issue of the birth certificate, new name and reasons for changing the name. You will need to pay the state duty, the details will be given to you at the registry office. You can pay for it at any branch of Sberbank.
Step 4
Attach to the application your birth certificate, a copy of it, a receipt for payment of the state duty and the written permission of both parents, and in the absence of the parents, the written permission of the guardians or adoptive parents. The documents are considered by the registry office within a month from the date of application.
Step 5
Go to the registry office on the appointed day to receive a certificate of name change. The civil registry office may decide to refuse state registration. The reason for the refusal is communicated in writing.
Step 6
If the applicant is not yet fourteen years old, he can change his name only at the request of the parents with the permission of the guardianship and guardianship authorities.
