The name and surname can be changed legally in the registry office in several cases. Firstly, if they, in your opinion, are dissonant or simply do not like them. Secondly, after the registration of a civil marriage. Finally, thirdly, it is allowed to become instead of Vasily Ivanov, for example, Maria Petrova during the correction of the biological sex. But the latter option is more difficult and expensive.
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If you are going to go to the registry office at the place of residence / registration to change your first and last name, you should prepare a whole package of personal documents in advance. Among them, in particular, there must be certificates of birth, as well as the conclusion and dissolution of marriage relations. Plus, if you have a child, you need to bring and renew his birth certificate. There is also a fee of 500 rubles for each of the documents to be changed.
If you were not born where you live or are registered, the registry office will send your colleagues a request for a certified copy of your birth record with your full name. Then he will make the necessary changes. The term for issuing a new certificate is one month from the date of submission of documents. But in exceptional cases, it can be extended up to two months with the obligatory notification of the applicant about this. Also, the department is obliged to inform in writing in case of refusal to make changes.
The minimum age for those wishing to change their first and last name, no matter what the reason, is 18 years old. However, in exceptional cases, renaming may occur earlier. Girls and boys from 14 to 18 for this will require written and notarized consent of both parents or a court decision. Those who are under 14 years old need to get additional permission from the guardianship and guardianship authorities.
After operation
Transsexual people have much more problems when changing their first and last names. After all, for them this is a prerequisite for their socialization in society and life in a gender, and not in a biological field. In order to completely or partially change their first, last and middle names, transsexuals need to undergo a long course of hormone replacement therapy and a special psychiatric commission.
In addition, transsexuals also need to undergo at least one expensive, from 30 thousand rubles and more, and a very painful surgery to correct the biological sex. And then get a certified certificate of the operation and a recommendation to change your passport gender from a medical institution. That is, to become the owners of documents with a new name.
Change of passport
Having received a new birth certificate and a corresponding certificate with an official seal at the registry office, you can proceed to change the main document in which the selected name and surname must be indicated - a civil passport. To do this, an application, an old passport, a received birth certificate and a certificate from the registry office, two photographs, a receipt for payment of the duty are submitted to the FMS department.
If necessary, you must also bring certificates of registration or divorce, birth of minor children, military ID and passport. A new passport must be issued at the registry office no later than ten days after the acceptance of all documents.
