The complete guide to changing your name in Ghaziabad, from Indirapuram and Vaishali to Raj Nagar and Loni. Three legal steps, the real UP State Gazette vs Central Gazette choice, verified fees, documents and timeline, with doorstep service across the district.
A quick walkthrough of the affidavit, the newspaper ad and the gazette notification for Ghaziabad residents.
In this video, the YourDoorstep team explains how to change your name legally in Ghaziabad: the documents you need, the real fees, and how we handle the whole process at your doorstep.
Changing your name in Ghaziabad comes down to three legal steps: a notarised affidavit, a newspaper publication, and a gazette notification. Get all three right and your new name is recognised across every government and private record in India. Skip one, or mismatch a spelling between them, and you are stuck redoing the whole thing and paying the government fee again. This guide walks through the exact procedure for anyone living in Ghaziabad or the wider district, with the one thing most other pages leave out: a straight answer on whether you need the UP State Gazette or the Central Gazette, and what the "gazette office in Ghaziabad" really means.
To change your name legally in Ghaziabad, complete three steps. Sign a notarised affidavit stating your old name, new name and reason, publish the change in one Hindi and one English newspaper, then apply for a gazette notification. Most Ghaziabad residents use the Central Gazette because it is accepted across India. The fee is Rs 1,100 for adults and Rs 1,700 for minors, and the total time is about 4 to 7 weeks.
Definition: A gazette notification is an official notice published in the Gazette (Part IV of the Gazette of India, or the UP Rajpatra) that turns your name change into a public, legally recognised record, accepted by the passport office, banks, UIDAI and government departments.
Every legal name change in India, Ghaziabad included, follows the same three stages. There is no shortcut, and doing just one or two does not make your name change legal.
Declare your old name, new name, father's or husband's name, address and reason, on stamp paper, signed before a notary or oath commissioner.
Publish the notice in two papers, one Hindi and one English. Keep the full original printed pages, not photos.
Submit the affidavit, both cuttings, ID and address proof, photos, proforma, CD and fee receipt. Once published, this is your legal proof.
You swear an affidavit on non-judicial stamp paper declaring your old name, new name, your father's or husband's name, your address and the reason for the change. It has to be signed in front of a Notary Public or Oath Commissioner. In Ghaziabad you can get e-stamp paper through SHCIL vendors and have it notarised at the Ghaziabad District Court complex, or through any registered notary in the city.
You publish a short name-change notice in two newspapers, one Hindi and one English. In Ghaziabad, widely circulated Hindi options include Dainik Jagran, Amar Ujala and Hindustan, and English options include The Times of India and Hindustan Times. The ad must carry your old name, new name, father's or husband's name and address. Keep the original printed pages, not just a photo, because you submit them with your gazette file.
You submit your affidavit, both newspaper pages, ID and address proof, a passport-size photo, a signed declaration and a soft-copy CD to the publication department, along with the government fee. For the Central route the file goes to the Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi-110054, and your notice is printed in Part IV of the Gazette of India. You then download the PDF from egazette.gov.in.
This is where most Ghaziabad residents get confused, and where most websites are either wrong or unclear. Ghaziabad sits in Uttar Pradesh, so you technically have two valid routes.
| Point | UP State Gazette | Central Gazette of India |
|---|---|---|
| Run by | Directorate of Printing & Stationery, UP (dpsup.up.gov.in) | Department of Publication, Delhi |
| Published in | UP Rajpatra | Part IV, Gazette of India |
| Valid for | Within Uttar Pradesh | All of India and abroad |
| Download | dpsup.up.gov.in | egazette.gov.in |
| Best for | Records staying inside UP | Passport, PAN, Aadhaar, banks, embassies |
For most people in Ghaziabad, the Central Gazette is the safer choice, and here is the honest reasoning. The Passport Seva Kendra, UIDAI, the Income Tax Department, banks and foreign embassies all recognise the Central Gazette without hesitation. A state gazette can face friction the moment your document trail crosses state lines or reaches a central authority, and being right on the Delhi border, many Ghaziabad residents work, bank and travel across state lines constantly. The Central Gazette also costs roughly the same and follows the identical three steps, so there is little downside. In practice, personal name-change notices for UP residents are published in Part IV of the Gazette of India.
Many people search for a "gazette office in Ghaziabad." Here is the honest answer, so you do not waste a trip.
There is no separate Central Gazette office in Ghaziabad. The Central Gazette for the whole country is published by one office, the Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi-110054, and every Ghaziabad file for the Central route reaches it by post, courier or a representative service. Being on the Delhi border, that office is actually very close to Ghaziabad.
The UP State Gazette route does not need a Ghaziabad counter either. It is handled online through the Directorate of Printing & Stationery portal at dpsup.up.gov.in, with the state press based in Prayagraj and Lucknow. So for either route, you do not queue at a local gazette office. We handle the Delhi submission for you and send you the published PDF.
Once the affidavit and newspaper ads are ready, the gazette file itself has to be assembled in a precise format. This is where most do-it-yourself attempts slip.
The gazette file is built from the notarised affidavit, the full original newspaper pages, a typed proforma in the prescribed format signed by you and two witnesses, a soft copy on CD in MS Word with your name typed in place of the signature and without the witness portion, a signed certificate declaring the hard copy and the CD match exactly, two self-attested passport photos, self-attested ID and address proof, a request letter and the BharatKosh fee receipt. The file is then submitted to the Department of Publication in Delhi, and once processed your notice appears in Part IV, published every Saturday.
Have these ready before you start. A missing or mismatched document is the number-one cause of delay.
| Document | Needed? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Notarised name-change affidavit | Yes | Old name, new name, reason, father's/husband's name, address |
| Original newspaper cuttings | Yes | One Hindi, one English, full printed pages |
| Identity proof | Yes | Aadhaar, PAN, passport or voter ID |
| Address proof | Yes | Aadhaar, voter ID, ration card, utility bill or rent agreement |
| Two passport-size photos | Yes | Recent |
| Name-change proforma / request form | Yes | Prescribed format |
| Signed matching declaration | Yes | Hard copy and soft copy match |
| CD or pen drive (soft copy) | Yes | Notification text in MS Word |
| Government fee receipt | Yes | BharatKosh challan for the Central route |
| Marriage certificate | For marriage | Surname change after marriage |
| Divorce decree | For divorce | Restoring your maiden name |
| Parents' ID + child's birth certificate | For minors | Guardian applies and signs |
| Deed + departmental route | For government employees | Under the MHA Office Memorandum |
Partly. You can do almost all of the preparation online: draft the affidavit, book the newspaper ads, pay the BharatKosh fee, and download the final gazette PDF, without visiting a government office. What is not purely online is the physical file for the Central Gazette, which reaches the Department of Publication in Delhi by post or courier, and the notarisation, which needs a notary's signature.
So "100 percent online" is a bit of a stretch that some sites oversell. Call it mostly online, with a couriered file and one notary step, and that is exactly the part we handle for you.
Costs vary with your newspaper choice and whether you do it yourself or hire help. Here are realistic ranges.
| Item | Typical cost |
|---|---|
| E-stamp paper for affidavit | Rs 10 to Rs 100 |
| Notary / affidavit drafting | Rs 100 to Rs 500 |
| Newspaper ads (both papers) | Rs 400 to Rs 3,000 (depends on the papers) |
| Central Gazette fee (adult) | Rs 1,100 (BharatKosh) |
| Central Gazette fee (minor) | Rs 1,700 (BharatKosh) |
| Courier of file to Delhi | Rs 100 to Rs 300 |
| Self-done total | Roughly Rs 1,000 to Rs 3,000 plus |
Plan for about 4 to 7 weeks end to end: the affidavit and notarisation take a day, the newspaper publication a few days to a week depending on the paper's schedule, and the gazette processing roughly 30 to 45 days for the Central route after a clean submission.
Updating your individual documents afterward, such as Aadhaar, PAN and passport, is a separate timeline on top of this. There is no official fast-track, so anyone promising a "3-day gazette" is not being straight with you.
Getting the gazette notification is the milestone, but not the finish line. Order matters, because some documents lean on others.
| Order | Document | How to update |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aadhaar | Update at an Aadhaar Seva Kendra with the gazette; it is the base ID others reference |
| 2 | PAN | Apply for name correction with your updated Aadhaar and the gazette copy |
| 3 | Passport | Re-issue at the Passport Seva Kendra with the Central Gazette |
| 4 | Bank & KYC | Update once your core IDs reflect the new name |
| 5 | Voter ID, licence, ration card | Submit the respective correction forms |
| 6 | Employer, PF, insurance, property, education | Update as needed with the gazette |
For each update you usually submit copies of the affidavit, the newspaper ad and the gazette notification together. Keep several printouts, because every office wants its own copy.
Here is something most Ghaziabad name-change pages get flat wrong: they tell you to run a gazette notification to fix a spelling mistake in a birth certificate. That is the wrong route.
A clerical or spelling error in a birth certificate, a wrong letter or a typo made by the registrar, is corrected by the Registrar of Births and Deaths under Section 15 of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969, through the local municipal body, which in Ghaziabad is the Nagar Nigam. It is not a gazette job. The gazette route is for an actual change of name, adopting a genuinely different name.
A woman changing her surname follows the same three steps and adds her marriage certificate to the file. Taking a spouse's surname is a choice, not a legal compulsion, but the gazette is what makes it stick across Aadhaar, PAN, passport and bank.
Reverting to a maiden or previous name again uses the affidavit, newspaper and gazette route, with the decree as supporting proof. The process does not change; only the reason and supporting document differ.
A parent or legal guardian applies and signs on the child's behalf. The minor fee is typically Rs 1,700. For CBSE and most boards, expect them to ask for the gazette (and sometimes a court order) for school records.
If you are a central government employee, do not file the standard self-application gazette. Central government staff follow the process laid out in the Ministry of Home Affairs Office Memorandum No. 190016/1/87-Estt.(A) dated 12/03/1987, which involves executing a deed, giving the required declarations, and having the change published through the proper departmental channel.
A gazette on its own is only useful once your other records match it. We help you update your new name across all the documents that matter.
Name change or spelling correction with the gazette as proof.
Name update through the NSDL or UTIITSL route.
Name correction on the electoral roll via Form 8.
Re-issue with your new name using the Central Gazette.
Name update at the RTO with the gazette copy.
Update your name across bank accounts and KYC records.
Records for CBSE, UP Board and universities.
Correction through the Nagar Nigam Registrar under the RBD Act, not the gazette.
Name change on policies and insurance records.
Tell us which documents you need updated. Call 9540005026 and we guide you through each one after the gazette.
We handle name change work for people all across Ghaziabad and the wider district, with doorstep pickup and delivery.
Do not see your area? We still cover it. Call 9540005026 and we will confirm.
Most rejections come down to avoidable mismatches. Because the gazette fee is non-refundable, a rejection means paying again.
| Reason | What to do instead |
|---|---|
| Name mismatch across affidavit, ads and ID | Fix one exact spelling and use it everywhere, even initials |
| Wrong newspaper mix (two English or two Hindi) | Use one Hindi and one English paper |
| Photo or scan of the newspaper | Submit the original printed page |
| Incomplete proforma or missing declaration | Complete every field and sign the declaration |
| Soft copy (CD) that does not match the hard copy | Make the CD text identical to the proforma |
| Wrong fee amount or missing receipt | Pay the correct category on BharatKosh and attach the receipt |
| Blurry or expired ID / address proof | Use clear, current documents |
Doing it yourself is entirely possible and saves the service fee, if you have time to draft the affidavit correctly, book two newspaper ads, prepare the CD in the right format, pay the BharatKosh challan, and courier a matched file to Delhi. The trade-off is the rejection risk: one small mismatch and you restart, minus the non-refundable fee.
A Ghaziabad name-change agent handles the affidavit, the newspaper booking, the file preparation, the fee and the submission, and tracks the publication for you. It is the sensible choice if your time is tight, if there is a deadline such as a passport appointment or an overseas move, or if your case has a wrinkle: a minor, a divorce, a government service record, or a document already carrying a spelling error.
Our Delhi base is close to the Central Gazette office at Civil Lines, just across from Ghaziabad, so your file is handed in personally and tracked to publication.
We book both newspaper ads for you in the correct format, in the dailies that circulate in Ghaziabad.
Document pickup and delivery across Ghaziabad, Indirapuram, Vaishali, Sahibabad and beyond, with everything else on call and WhatsApp.
We review the full file against the department's checklist before filing, so there are fewer rejections, and we handle Aadhaar, PAN and passport after.
Is there a gazette office in Ghaziabad? No separate Central Gazette office. The Central file goes to the Department of Publication in Delhi, and the UP state route is handled online through dpsup.up.gov.in.
Do I need the UP State Gazette or the Central Gazette in Ghaziabad? Both are valid, but most residents use the Central Gazette because it is accepted across all of India.
Which newspapers should I use in Ghaziabad? One Hindi daily such as Dainik Jagran, Amar Ujala or Hindustan, and one English daily such as The Times of India or Hindustan Times.
Is a birth certificate name change done through the gazette? No. It is a Registrar correction under Section 15 of the RBD Act, 1969, through the Nagar Nigam.
We prepare the affidavit, book the Hindi and English newspaper ads, pay the government fee, and file the gazette in Delhi for you, then guide you on updating Aadhaar, PAN and passport. Doorstep service across Ghaziabad, honest pricing.
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Government fees and timelines can change from time to time. Always confirm current details on the official portals above before you apply.
Changing your name in Ghaziabad is a defined three-step legal process: affidavit, newspaper publication and gazette notification. The piece that trips most people up is the choice between the UP State Gazette and the Central Gazette, and the "gazette office in Ghaziabad" question. There is no separate Central Gazette office locally; the file goes to Delhi, which is right next door. For the widest acceptance across passport, Aadhaar, PAN and banks, the Central Gazette is the route most Ghaziabad residents should take. Match your name exactly across every document, keep your original newspaper copies, and update your records in the right order afterward. Expect about 4 to 7 weeks and a realistic budget of Rs 1,000 to Rs 3,000 plus. If there is a deadline, a minor, a divorce, a service record or an existing spelling error in the mix, we can handle it end to end at your doorstep.
Three clean steps: affidavit, Hindi and English newspaper ads, and the gazette notification. We can prepare and file it for you across Ghaziabad, then update your Aadhaar, PAN and passport.
