Name Change Procedure in Punjab (2026) Guide

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A quick walkthrough of how to change your name legally in Punjab through the affidavit, newspaper and gazette steps.

In this video, the YourDoorstep team explains how to change your name legally in Punjab: the documents you need, the real fees, and how we handle the whole process at your doorstep.

Changing your name is a big step. Maybe you just got married, you are fixing a spelling mistake in your school records, or you want a fresh start after a divorce. Whatever the reason, the name change procedure in Punjab follows a clear legal path. This guide breaks down every step in plain words, from the affidavit to the final gazette, and shows how to get it done from home, whether you live in Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Patiala or Bathinda.

Quick Answer

To change your name in Punjab, follow three steps. Make a notarised affidavit with your old and new name, publish the change in one daily newspaper, then file for a gazette notification. Punjab residents use the Central Gazette, valid across India. The fee is Rs 1,100 for adults and Rs 1,700 for minors, and in our experience it takes about 30 to 45 days from home, though the Department publishes no processing time, so treat that as our estimate rather than a commitment.

Definition: A gazette notification is an official notice published in the Government Gazette that turns your name change into a public, legally recognised record, accepted by the passport office, banks, UIDAI and government departments across India.

Punjab name change at a glance

Steps: Affidavit → newspaper ad → gazette notification
Which gazette: Central Gazette (Punjab has no separate state portal)
Fee: Rs 1,100 adult, Rs 1,700 minor, Rs 3,500 abroad (BharatKosh)
Time: Our estimate 30–45 days. No official timeline is published
Newspapers: One daily paper. No language is prescribed
Where to file: Dept. of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi-110054

Key takeaways

The process has three steps: notarised affidavit, newspaper ad, then gazette notification.
Punjab does not run a separate state portal for personal name changes. Residents use the Central Gazette (Gazette of India).
The Central Gazette is valid all over India and abroad, so it works for passport, PAN, Aadhaar, banks and jobs.
Do not confuse the Chandigarh e-Gazette with a Punjab portal. Chandigarh is a separate Union Territory.
Central Gazette fee: Rs 1,100 adult, Rs 1,700 minor, Rs 3,500 for an adult abroad and Rs 5,100 for a minor abroad, paid online on BharatKosh. Documents older than one year are not accepted.
The Central Gazette office is in Delhi (Civil Lines). You do not need to travel there.
A birth certificate spelling fix goes through the local Registrar (RBD Act), not the gazette.

Clearing the confusion

Does Punjab Have Its Own Gazette Portal?

Name change procedure in Punjab, the affidavit, the newspaper advertisement and the Central Gazette of India route

The usual answer to this is a flat "Punjab has no state gazette." That is not quite true, and the real answer is more useful. Punjab does publish a Punjab Government Gazette, and it does run a live e-Gazette. What it does not run is a way for an ordinary citizen to get a name change into it.

Here is what the Punjab Government's own documents say. The Department of Printing and Stationery publishes a list of the services it provides. Among them, in the department's own words, is "Gazette notification for change of name of Government servant". The eligibility line is unambiguous:

“A government Servant who adopts a new name or affects any modification in his existing name should after completion of formalities sumit the requisite documents…”Department of Printing and Stationery, Punjab, Services provided (PDF). Spelling as printed.

That document also gives the fee, Rs 160, by demand draft or cash "in favour of Controller, Printing and Stationary Deptt., Chandigarh", and names the submission point as "Govt.Press, S.A.S nagar" (Mohali, not Patiala). It lists the documents as the deed of name change, the newspaper publication, an identity card and an Aadhaar card. Nowhere does it describe how a private citizen applies. There is no such route in the document.

We checked the portal side too. Punjab's e-Gazette lives at dsa.punjab.gov.in/EGazette. Opening it lands you on a page headed "Egazette Official Login", submission is for departments, not the public. There is a public read-only search at /EGazette/finalreport, and it works: it holds thousands of pages of notifications. But look at what it can hold. Its “Notification For” list runs Act, Rules, Guidelines, Other notification, Policy, Ordinance, Bills, Public notice, Court Notice, Instructions, Amendments. There is no personal name-change category in it at all. The state portal's own page for the gazette, at punjab.gov.in/egazette/punjab-government-gazette/, is a heading with nothing under it, no link, no form, no instructions.

So the honest answer is: Punjab has a gazette, and it has a name-change service, but the published service is written for government employees at Rs 160, and there is no citizen submission route. That is why practitioners send Punjab residents to the Central Gazette. It is not that Punjab has no gazette; it is that Punjab has no door into it for you.

Chandigarh is a different country, administratively

Now the mix-up that costs people the most time. Chandigarh is Punjab's capital, and the Punjab Controller of Printing and Stationery physically sits there. So it feels like the Chandigarh gazette should be Punjab's gazette. It is not. Chandigarh is a Union Territory with its own administration and its own gazette at egazette.chd.gov.in.

And unlike Punjab, Chandigarh genuinely does run a citizen change-of-name service. Its home page carries a "Change of Name" block with an instruction sheet, a downloadable application form, and a staffed phone line: 0172-2700294 and 9915030009, "Between 10:00 AM to 04:00 PM, Only any working days."

Read the instruction sheet, though, and you find the requirement that shuts the door. Among the documents it demands is:

“Copy of current Proof of Residence in Chandigarh of applicant (Self attested)”Chandigarh Administration, Instructions regarding Change of Name, UT Chandigarh e-Gazette

What this means for you: if your address proof says Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar or anywhere else in Punjab, you cannot use the Chandigarh e-Gazette, even though Chandigarh is your state capital and the Punjab press is a few kilometres away. Punjab residents go to the Central Gazette. Only a Chandigarh address opens the Chandigarh route.

Infographic: name change in Punjab, the Punjab Government Gazette service restricted to government servants at Rs 160 through the Controller of Printing and Stationery Chandigarh, the UT Chandigarh e-Gazette citizen route that requires Chandigarh residence proof, and the Central Gazette of India open to every Punjab resident at Rs 1,100, with the published central rate schedule, the three Regional Passport Offices at Chandigarh Jalandhar and Amritsar, and five corrected myths including the one-newspaper rule — All three gazette routes a Punjab name change could touch, side by side: who each one is actually open to, what it costs, and the five claims other pages get wrong.

The Punjab-specific problem

Gurmukhi, Spelling Variants and the Singh & Kaur Question

Two things break Punjabi name records more often than anything else, and both are routinely skipped.

Your name exists in two scripts, and they disagree

A Punjabi name is written in Gurmukhi on a PSEB certificate or an older revenue record, and in Roman on Aadhaar, PAN and a passport. Nobody transliterates identically. So the same person legitimately ends up as:

Gurmukhi	Renderings you will actually see	What causes it
ਸੁਖਵਿੰਦਰ	Sukhwinder / Sukhvinder / Sukhwindar	ਵ maps to both v and w
ਜਸਬੀਰ	Jasbir / Jasvir / Jaswir	Same ਵ/ਬ ambiguity
ਗੁਰਪ੍ਰੀਤ	Gurpreet / Gurprit / Gurpreat	Long ee written three ways
ਕੰਵਲਜੀਤ	Kanwaljeet / Kanwaljit / Kawaljeet	Nasal ੰ dropped or kept
ਰੰਧਾਵਾ	Randhawa / Randhava	Final ਵਾ

This matters because the Central Gazette prints what your affidavit says, character for character. If your affidavit spells the new name one way and your newspaper advertisement spells it another, you have created a third version of yourself and the file can come back. Decide the exact Roman spelling first, letter by letter, out loud, then use that one spelling on the affidavit, the advertisement and the application, without exception.

A practical test: write your intended new name, then check it against your Aadhaar, PAN, passport, bank record and your children's school records. Whichever spelling appears most often is usually the one to standardise on, because it is the one you will have to correct in the fewest places afterwards.

Is changing Singh or Kaur a name change at all?

Punjabi records treat Singh and Kaur inconsistently, sometimes as a middle name, sometimes as a surname, sometimes omitted. The same man is Harpreet Singh Gill on his passport, Harpreet Singh on Aadhaar, Harpreet Gill on a degree and Gill Harpreet Singh on an old land record. Which of those is his name?

The distinction that decides your route is this:

Your situation	Usually treated as	Route
The document is wrong, a typing or data-entry error, and every other document agrees with each other	A correction	Go to the issuing authority with proof. No gazette needed.
You are genuinely adopting, dropping or moving Singh / Kaur going forward	A name change	Affidavit, advertisement, gazette.
Your father's name was recorded as your surname, and you now want your actual family surname	A name change in practice	Affidavit, advertisement, gazette.
Passport splits Singh between given name and surname differently from Aadhaar	Neither, a field-mapping issue	Fix at the issuing office. A gazette will not resolve it by itself.

The reason this is worth getting right: a correction at the issuing authority is usually a form and a small fee. A gazette name change is an affidavit, an advertisement, a government fee and several weeks. People routinely take the long road for what was only ever a clerical error. If your other documents already agree with one another, ask about a correction before you ask about a gazette.

Honest limit: we have not found a government circular that defines where correction ends and name change begins. The table above reflects how issuing offices in Punjab treat these cases in practice, not a published rule. If an office tells you otherwise, the office decides.

For Punjabis abroad

Changing Your Name From Canada, the UK, the US or Australia

Punjab sends more people abroad than almost any state in India, and the gazette rules for them are different, and cheaper to get wrong.

The Department of Publication addresses applicants abroad directly. Two things change.

1. The fee is higher, and there are two of them

Most pages quote one NRI figure, and the figures across the niche range from Rs 3,500 to Rs 11,500 with no source attached to any of them. The Department's own rate order lists two:

Applicant abroad	Published rate
Change of name, adult / major	Rs 3,500
Change of name, minor	Rs 5,100

Source: Office Order No.76/10&M/2014-16 dated 19 September 2023, Revision of rates of publication of Advertisement/Notices in the Gazette of India & Delhi Gazette, effective 14.06.2021. The Rs 5,100 minor-abroad rate is rarely quoted anywhere else.

2. Your deed must be attested by the Indian Mission, in original

“he/she will submit deed duly attested by the respective Indian embassy/ Indian High Commission, in original”Department of Publication, Guidelines for Change of Name for Adult (Major), PDF

Read that carefully, because it is the single most expensive detail on this page. The guideline names the Indian embassy or Indian High Commission. It does not say apostille, and it does not say a local notary. An apostille is issued by the host country's authority under the Hague Convention; embassy attestation is issued by India's mission. They are different chains and they are not interchangeable here.

Do not assume an apostille substitutes. Many documents going the other way, Indian documents used abroad, do take an apostille, which is why people assume the same works in reverse. The Department's wording asks for mission attestation in original. If you are unsure, ask the mission that will attest it, not a forum.

Practically, that means the deed is signed in front of, or taken to, the Indian High Commission or Consulate covering where you live, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, London, Birmingham, Washington, San Francisco, Canberra, Melbourne and so on, and the original attested deed travels to Delhi. Not a scan, not a certified copy.

What we cannot tell you

We will not guess at these, and you should be sceptical of any page that answers them confidently without a citation:

Whether a relative in India may hand in an overseas applicant's file. The guidelines say only that an application is entertained “either submitted personally or sent by Post/ Courier only” and that “No other channel is permissible viz Agents, Advocates, etc.”, which rules out agents but does not squarely address a family member. Ask the Department before relying on it.
Whether a newspaper advertisement in an Indian daily satisfies the rule for someone resident overseas, or whether a paper in the country of residence would. The guideline says "one of the daily local leading newspapers" without defining local.
Any turnaround time. None is published for anyone, resident or overseas.

After the gazette: an Indian passport re-issue and an OCI card update are separate processes with their own forms, fees and timelines. The gazette notification is the input to both, not a substitute for either. Budget time for them separately rather than assuming the gazette finishes the job.

The right route

Why the Central Gazette Works for Every Punjab Resident

The Central Gazette is not limited to any one state. Every Punjab resident may apply to it, there is no state-residence bar of the kind Chandigarh imposes. The conditions that do apply are procedural: documents under a year old, originals, and the prescribed proforma. It is run by the Government of India in Delhi, and once your name appears in it, that record is valid across all of India and abroad.

That is why the Central Gazette is the reliable choice. The passport office, UIDAI, banks, public sector employers, universities and foreign embassies all accept it. Whatever the reason for your name change, this is the route that covers the most ground.

Where to file

Gazette Office for Punjab

The Central Gazette file goes to the Department of Publication, Controller of Publications, Civil Lines, Delhi-110054. The published notice is downloaded from egazette.gov.in (Part IV, and the PDF needs no certification or stamp). There is no separate Punjab state gazette office for personal name changes.

Beware a common error: some websites print the office address as "Civil Lines, Chandigarh-110054" or "Civil Lines, Punjab-110054". That does not exist. The real Central Gazette office is at Civil Lines, Delhi-110054, and we handle that submission for you.

Good news

Change Your Name Without Going Anywhere

Yes. A legal name change in India runs on paperwork, not office visits. There is no single name change office you must line up at in Punjab.

The only place the file must physically reach is the Department of Publication in Delhi. That is a manageable distance from Punjab, but you still do not need to go. Our own office is in Delhi. You share your details from your home in Punjab, we prepare the affidavit, book the newspaper advertisement, pay the government fee and assemble the complete file. One thing we will not pretend about: the Department's own guidelines say “Application either submitted personally or sent by Post/ Courier only will be entertained. No other channel is permissible viz Agents, Advocates, etc.” So the file goes in under your name, by post or courier. What we do is make sure it is complete, correct and despatched properly, and once it is published, we send you the gazette PDF.

The process

The 3 Legal Steps

Every legal name change through the Central Gazette follows the same three steps, in this order.

1

Make the affidavit

A short legal statement on stamp paper with your old name, new name, address, father's or husband's name, and the reason, signed before a notary.

2

Publish the notice

Announce the change in one daily newspaper that circulates where you live. The guideline says one paper and does not prescribe a language.

3

Get the gazette

The file goes to the Department of Publication, Delhi. Your notice is printed in Part IV of the Gazette of India, and you download the PDF.

Step 1: Make the name change affidavit

An affidavit is a short legal statement on non-judicial stamp paper. It lists your old name, new name, address, father's or husband's name, and the reason for the change. You sign it in front of a notary. We do not quote a stamp value for Punjab, because the Schedule that fixes it is not readable on any Punjab government site we could reach, and Punjab has in any case moved to e-stamping. Your notary or an authorised e-stamp vendor will tell you the current value.

Step 2: Publish the change in one newspaper

The Department's guideline asks for the change to be advertised in "one of the daily local leading newspapers", one paper, with no language prescribed. Ajit, Jagbani and the Punjabi Tribune carry the widest Punjabi readership; The Tribune, Dainik Bhaskar, Punjab Kesari and The Times of India are equally acceptable. What the guideline does insist on is the content: the advertisement must state your father's or husband's name and your residential address alongside the old and new name. Keep the complete original page, masthead, date and advertisement together, because the original is what travels to Delhi.

Step 3: Get the gazette notification

The file goes to the Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi-110054. The Department's own numbered list is: an undertaking signed by you; the original newspaper; the prescribed proforma in duplicate, typed, signed by you and two witnesses; a CD carrying the print matter in MS Word without the witness portion, with your old name typed in place of the signature; two self-attested passport photographs and a self-attested ID proof copy; a certificate signed by you declaring that the hard copy and soft copy are the same; and a request letter with the requisite fee. The last two are missing from almost every checklist online, and a file without them is incomplete. Your notice is printed in Part IV of the Gazette of India, and you then download the PDF from egazette.gov.in.

A quick note on order: some sites list the newspaper ad before the affidavit. In real practice the affidavit comes first, because both the newspaper ad and the gazette file copy their details from it.

One-year rule most people miss: the Department of Publication does not accept documents older than one year. If your affidavit or newspaper pages cross a year before you file, you will have to make them fresh, so complete the three steps without a long gap. Also note that documents once submitted are not returned, and the gazette fee is non-refundable, so keep copies and pay the exact amount only through BharatKosh (NTRP).

A fuller walkthrough of the gazette of Punjab, the gazette office, and the name change and correction procedure.

Fact check

What Other Websites Get Wrong About Name Change in Punjab

Many name change pages copy each other, and the same errors travel from site to site. Here is what they say, against the verified position, so your file is not built on a myth.

What many websites say	The verified fact
"Apply on the Chandigarh e-Gazette, it covers Punjab too"	No. The Chandigarh Administration e-Gazette (egazette.chd.gov.in) is only for Chandigarh UT addresses. A Punjab address cannot use it, and for an all-India valid record Punjab residents use the Central Gazette.
"There is a Chandigarh Support Desk / Delhi Zone office for Punjab applicants"	Invented. No such support desk exists in the Department of Publication's process. The file goes to the Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi-110054, by post or courier, with no Punjab or Chandigarh intermediary office.
"The gazette office for Punjab is in North Punjab at Civil Lines, Punjab-110054"	A top-ranking page prints exactly this address, and it is fake. 110054 is a Delhi PIN code, there is no "North Punjab" gazette office, and the only Central Gazette office is in Civil Lines, Delhi.
"Get the name change form from your local courthouse"	Copied from foreign templates. There is no courthouse name change form in the Indian gazette process. The route is affidavit before a notary, one newspaper advertisement, then the gazette file to Delhi.
"Government fees range from Rs 1,100 to Rs 1,500"	No Rs 1,500 tier exists. The Department's rate order of 19 September 2023, effective 14.06.2021, sets Rs 1,100 for an adult, Rs 1,700 for a minor, Rs 3,500 for an adult abroad and Rs 5,100 for a minor abroad, all on BharatKosh.
"Send your Central Gazette file to Civil Lines, Punjab-110054"	No such office exists. 110054 is a Delhi PIN code. The only Central Gazette office is the Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi-110054.
"Send a demand draft of Rs 1,100 with the file"	Still printed on ranking pages, and still wrong. The Department stopped demand drafts and cash long ago. Payment is online through BharatKosh (NTRP) only, and the fee is non-refundable.
"Your printed gazette copy will arrive by post"	Printed copies stopped from 1 October 2015. You download the PDF yourself from egazette.gov.in (Part IV), and it needs no certification or stamp.
"The fee is just Rs 1,100, nothing more"	Rs 1,100 is the adult resident fee. A minor is Rs 1,700, an adult abroad Rs 3,500 and a minor abroad Rs 5,100. Adopting a name of another religion without converting adds a one-time Rs 250, making Rs 1,350.
"Any old affidavit and newspaper ad will work"	The Department of Publication does not accept documents older than one year, and documents once submitted are not returned.
"Punjab has no state gazette at all"	Repeated across the niche, and not quite true. Punjab publishes a Punjab Government Gazette and runs a live e-Gazette. The Department of Printing and Stationery even lists "Gazette notification for change of name" as one of its services, at Rs 160. What it does not have is a citizen route, the published eligibility is a government servant, and the portal takes departmental logins only. The distinction matters: it is not that the gazette is missing, it is that there is no door into it for you.
"You need two newspaper ads, one Punjabi and one English"	The most-repeated claim about Punjab name change, and no page citing it gives a source. The Department of Publication's guideline says the change "should be advertised in one of the daily local leading newspapers", one paper, with no language prescribed at all. We printed the two-paper version on this page ourselves until this update. It was wrong.
"Each extra alias name costs Rs 250"	There is no per-alias fee anywhere in the Department's rate order. The Rs 250 is a one-time add-on in a single situation, adopting a name belonging to another religion without converting, taking the total to Rs 1,350. This is another correction to our own earlier text.
"The affidavit needs Rs 10 / Rs 20 / Rs 50 stamp paper in Punjab"	Quoted everywhere as if fixed, sourced by nobody. The figure lives in Schedule I-A, Article 4 of the Stamp Act as applicable in Punjab, and that Schedule is not readable on any Punjab government site we could reach. Punjab has also moved to e-stamping, with physical stamp papers reportedly withdrawn, so the advice may be obsolete as well as unsourced. We give no figure.
"The Punjab gazette press is at Patiala"	The only press named in the department's own services document is "Govt.Press, S.A.S nagar", Mohali. We found no government source naming Patiala for this.
"Apply for a Punjab gazette name change at a Sewa Kendra"	Not a listed service. We went through Punjab's published e-services catalogue looking for a name change, a change of name or a gazette notification, and none of them appears. Sewa Kendras are useful after the gazette, for the certificates and re-issues that follow.
"egazette.punjab.gov.in / punjabgazette.gov.in / printing.punjab.gov.in"	None of these domains resolves, and we found no Internet Archive capture of any of them. Competitor pages link them anyway. The real Punjab e-Gazette is at dsa.punjab.gov.in/EGazette.
"Chandigarh is in Punjab, so use the Chandigarh gazette" / "Controller…Chandigarh – 160017, Punjab"	Chandigarh is a Union Territory, not part of Punjab, and a top-ranking page prints that address with "Punjab" attached to it. Chandigarh's e-Gazette does run a real change-of-name service, but its document list requires "Copy of current Proof of Residence in Chandigarh", so a Punjab address cannot use it.
"The gazette is published every Saturday"	We have removed this from our own page. Personal notices appear in Part IV of the Gazette of India, but we could not find a published schedule fixing a weekday, so we no longer state one.
"Fix your birth certificate spelling through the gazette"	A birth certificate correction is a Registrar matter under Section 15 of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969, through the local municipal body or district Registrar in Punjab, not the gazette.

Why this matters: a wrong address, a stale document or a short payment does not just delay your file, it can mean paying the non-refundable fee again. Every fact in this table follows the Department of Publication's own guidelines and the official portals in our sources section.

Checklist

Documents Required for Name Change in Punjab

This follows the Department of Publication's own numbered list, including the two items almost every checklist online leaves out.

Document	Needed?	Notes
Notarised name change affidavit (original)	Yes	Base document for the file
Old name ID proof	Yes	Aadhaar, PAN, Voter ID or passport
Address proof (Punjab)	Yes	Shows your Punjab address
Two passport-size photos	Yes	Self-attested
The complete original newspaper page	Yes	Complete original pages
Typed proforma with two witnesses	Yes	Signed by you and witnesses
Soft copy on CD (MS Word)	Yes	“without witness portion in MS Word and type old name in place of signature”
Similarity certificate	Yes	“A certificate duly signed by the applicant declaring therein that the contents of the hard copy and the soft copy are similar”, item (vi) on the Department's list, and routinely missed
Request letter with the fee	Yes	“Request letter along with requisite fee”, item (vii), and equally routinely missed
Undertaking signed by the applicant	Yes	Item (i) on the Department's list
BharatKosh fee receipt	Yes	Proof of the government fee
Marriage certificate	If applicable	For a surname change after marriage
Divorce papers	If applicable	For restoring your maiden name
Birth certificate	If applicable	For a minor's name change
Deed as per rules	If applicable	For government employees

Source: Guidelines for Change of Name for Adult (Major), items (i) to (vii).

Who may submit it: the same guidelines state that an application “either submitted personally or sent by Post/ Courier only will be entertained. No other channel is permissible viz Agents, Advocates, etc.” Whoever helps you prepare the file, it must reach the Department in your name, by post, courier or your own hand.

If you are from Punjab but living abroad, your deed must be attested by the Indian Embassy or High Commission of that country, in original.

Real costs

Name Change Fees in Punjab (2026)

Every figure in this table comes from a published government document rather than a consultancy's price list, the Department of Publication's rate order, its change-of-name guidelines, and Punjab's own services list. All three are linked underneath so you can check them yourself.

What is being published	Published rate
Change of name, adult / major	Rs 1,100 per case
Change of name, minor	Rs 1,700 per case
Change of name, adult, applicant abroad	Rs 3,500
Change of name, minor, applicant abroad	Rs 5,100
Change of religion	Rs 1,700 per case
Adoption notice	Rs 1,700 per case
Public notice	Rs 1,400 per case
Loss, destroyed or stolen document notice	Rs 5,700 for three consecutive issues
Adopting a name of another religion without converting (from the adult guidelines, not the rate order)	Rs 1,100 + Rs 250 = Rs 1,350, one time
Punjab Government Gazette notification, government servants only	Rs 160, DD or cash to the Controller, Printing and Stationery, Chandigarh

Central rates: Office Order No.76/10&M/2014-16 dated 19 September 2023, Revision of rates of publication of Advertisement/Notices in the Gazette of India & Delhi Gazette, with effect from 14.06.2021. Punjab rate: Department of Printing and Stationery, services provided.

There is no per-alias charge. The Rs 250 you will find on other pages is not a fee for each extra name in your notice. It is a one-time add-on that applies in exactly one situation, adopting a name belonging to another religion without actually converting, and it brings the total to Rs 1,350. It appears nowhere in the rate order as a per-alias item. We previously printed the per-alias version on this page ourselves; it was wrong, and this is the correction.

The costs we will not put a number on

Two side costs get quoted confidently everywhere and neither has a source we could reach:

Affidavit stamp duty in Punjab. The relevant provision is Schedule I-A, Article 4 of the Stamp Act as applicable in Punjab. We could not obtain a readable copy of that Schedule from any Punjab government source. The "Rs 10" and "Rs 20" figures on other pages come from stamp vendors, not from the Schedule. Separately, Punjab has moved to e-stamping, with physical stamp papers reportedly withdrawn across denominations, so "buy a Rs 20 stamp paper" may be obsolete advice regardless. Ask your notary or an authorised e-stamp vendor what today's value is.
The newspaper advertisement. Rates are set by each paper and vary by edition and column size. Anyone quoting a single all-Punjab figure is guessing.

Pay only on BharatKosh. The Central fee goes through the Non-Tax Receipt Portal at bharatkosh.gov.in, that has been the only route since 1 October 2018. Demand drafts and cash were discontinued. Keep the receipt; it goes in the file, and the fee is not refundable if the file is rejected.

Public notice

Newspaper Publication in Punjab

Nearly every page on this subject tells Punjab applicants to book two advertisements, one Punjabi, one English. None of them cites a source for it. Here is what the Department of Publication actually publishes:

“Change of name should be advertised in one of the daily local leading newspapers stating therein Father’s/ Husband’s name along with residential address and forward it in original to this department.”Department of Publication, Guidelines for Change of Name for Adult (Major), PDF

Three things follow from that sentence, and all three are worth more than the advice you will find elsewhere:

One paper, not two. The guideline says "one of the daily local leading newspapers", singular. For a minor the requirement is the same in substance, "one of the daily leading newspaper", though that guideline drops the word "local".
No language is prescribed. There is no requirement for Punjabi, and no requirement for English. Ajit, Jagbani and the Punjabi Tribune have the deepest reach in the state; The Tribune, Hindustan Times and Dainik Bhaskar are equally acceptable. Pick one daily that genuinely circulates where you live.
The advertisement must contain your father’s or husband’s name and your residential address. An advertisement that gives only the old and new name is incomplete, and this is a common reason a file comes back.

The word doing the most work in that sentence is "in original". The Department wants the physical newspaper, not a photocopy and not a scan. The Chandigarh Administration's own change-of-name instruction sheet says the same thing about its own route, asking for the newspaper advertisement in "(Original)". Keep the complete page, masthead, date and your advertisement together, because a clipping with the date cut off is treated as unverifiable.

Buy two copies of the paper on the day. One goes to Delhi and does not come back. If your file is ever queried, or you need to show the advertisement to a bank or a passport office later, the second copy is the only proof you will still hold.

If your name is in Gurmukhi in the advertisement and in Roman on the affidavit, you have two different documents as far as a checking officer is concerned. Whichever paper you choose, make the Roman spelling on the advertisement match the affidavit exactly, letter for letter.

Every document

Name Change Services We Handle in Punjab

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 for Punjab residents.

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Aadhaar Card

Name change or spelling correction with the gazette as proof.

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PAN Card

Name update through the NSDL or UTIITSL route.

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Voter ID (EPIC)

Name correction on the electoral roll via Form 8.

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Passport

Re-issue with your new name using the gazette notification.

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Driving Licence

Name update at the RTO with the gazette copy.

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Bank & KYC

Update your name across bank accounts and KYC records.

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PSEB & University

Records for the Punjab board (PSEB), CBSE and universities.

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Birth Certificate

Correction through the local Registrar under the RBD Act, not the gazette.

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LIC & Insurance

Name change on policies and insurance records.

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Ration Card & Property

Updates on ration card and property documents.

Tell us which documents you need updated. Call 9540005026 and we guide you through each one after the gazette.

Across Punjab

Areas in Punjab We Serve

We handle name change work for people all across Punjab, from big cities to smaller towns. Wherever you are, the process runs the same way, and you never have to travel to Delhi.

From Ludhiana, Amritsar and Jalandhar to Patiala, Bathinda, Mohali and Pathankot, the legal steps are identical, because a name change runs on paperwork, not on which district of Punjab you live in. The same Central Gazette file works for the whole state and everywhere in India, and birth certificate corrections stay with your local municipal Registrar.

Ludhiana Amritsar Jalandhar Patiala Bathinda Mohali Hoshiarpur Pathankot Moga Ferozepur Batala Khanna Phagwara Muktsar Barnala Rajpura Sangrur Kapurthala Faridkot Malerkotla Nabha Zirakpur

Do not see your town? We still cover it. Call 9540005026 and we will confirm.

Keep reading

Related Guides on This Site

How to change your name legally in Punjab

The same route written as a walkthrough, with the affidavit wording and the document checklist set out step by step.

Name change agent in Punjab

What a consultant actually does for you, what it should cost, and how to tell a real government fee from a service charge.

Name change agent in Chandigarh

If your address proof is Chandigarh rather than Punjab, the UT e-Gazette route is open to you. This is that route.

Name change procedure in Himachal Pradesh

The neighbouring state, and a different answer, worth reading if your documents straddle the two.

Name change procedure in Delhi

Where your Punjab file physically goes. Useful if you plan to hand it in rather than post it.

Name change procedure in Rajasthan

A state that does run an online citizen gazette service, a useful contrast with how Punjab works.

Every link above points to a page that is live on this site. We check them before publishing.

On the ground in Punjab

Sewa Kendras, PSEB Certificates, Jamabandi and the 23 Districts

What Punjab's own systems can do for you after the gazette, and, just as usefully, what they cannot.

Sewa Kendras: useful, but not for the gazette

Punjab runs several hundred Sewa Kendras, plus eservices.punjab.gov.in and connect.punjab.gov.in. The reasonable question is whether you can walk into one and start a name change. You cannot. We went through the state's published service catalogue looking for a name change, a change of name, or a gazette notification service. None of them is listed. Compare that with a state such as Chhattisgarh, whose e-district portal carries an explicit "Ordinary Gazette Notification for Name Change" service, the absence in Punjab is a real absence, not a cataloguing quirk.

What a Sewa Kendra is good for is everything on the other side of the gazette: residence and birth and death certificates, and the re-issues you will need once the notification is published. Use it for the aftermath, not the application.

PSEB and Punjab's universities

The Punjab School Education Board sits at Vidya Bhawan, Phase-8, SAS Nagar (Mohali), helpline 0172-5227-423 / 424 / 425. That much is published on its own site.

We will not quote you a PSEB correction fee. We looked at the Board's site and its FAQ section, and neither publishes a correction procedure, a document list or a fee for changing a name on a certificate. You will find pages quoting "Rs 300 to Rs 500", that figure comes from an advocate's answer on a public forum, not from PSEB. Call the helpline and ask before you budget for it. The same applies to Punjabi University Patiala, GNDU Amritsar and PAU Ludhiana, none of which publishes a name-change fee we could read.

One thing PSEB does publish: duplicate and second-copy certificates for Class 10 and 12 are routed through Sewa Kendras, and that service has run in announced windows rather than continuously. Check that it is open before you travel.

Land records: the gazette does not update your jamabandi

This is the one that catches Punjabi families, and it is easy to miss. Your fard or jamabandi records a name that may have been entered decades ago, sometimes for an ancestor. A gazette notification does not flow into the revenue record. Nothing updates automatically.

The revenue record is maintained under the Punjab Land Records Society system, and correcting a name in it is a separate application to the revenue authority, the patwari and Tehsildar, with the gazette copy as evidence. Treat the gazette as an input to that process, not a replacement for it, and expect it to be handled on the revenue department's timeline, not the gazette's.

What we could not verify: whether a name correction in a jamabandi is filed as a durusti (correction) or handled some other way, and what it costs. We could not reach a published Punjab revenue circular that says. Ask at the tehsil rather than trusting a figure from a website.

23 districts, and one that did not exist five years ago

Punjab has 23 districts. The newest is Malerkotla, carved out of Sangrur and notified in 2021. If your school certificate, birth record or land document names Sangrur but you now live in Malerkotla, the document is not wrong, the district changed under it. The same applies to Pathankot and Fazilka, both created in 2011. When an office questions a district mismatch on an older document, this is usually why, and the answer is the reorganisation, not a correction.

Which passport office covers you

A passport re-issue is the step most people take straight after the gazette, and Punjab is split across three passport offices. Check your own district against the office's published jurisdiction before you book an appointment.

Office	Punjab jurisdiction, as officially listed	Address & contact
RPO Chandigarh	SAS Nagar (Mohali), Fatehgarh Sahib, Ropar (Rupnagar), Bathinda, Sangrur, Barnala, Patiala, Mansa, Ludhiana, Khanna (Ludhiana), Jagraon (Ludhiana), Moga, plus 14 Haryana districts and Chandigarh UT	SCO 28-32, Sector 34A, Chandigarh 0172-2624988, 0172-2601454 rpo.chandigarh@cpo.gov.in 09:30–14:30 on working days
RPO Jalandhar	Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Jalandhar Rural, Kapurthala, SBS Nagar, Gurdaspur, Gurdaspur (Batala), Pathankot	Ambika Towers, 2nd–3rd Floor, 14 Police Line Road, Jalandhar-144001 0181-2242114, 0181-2242115 rpo.jalandhar@mea.gov.in
RPO Amritsar	Its own disclosure reads “Seven District viz Amritsar, Amritsar Rural, Taran Taran, Ferozepur, Faridkot, Sri Muktsar Sahib, Fazilka”, seven named units, six districts	Plot No. 9, District Shopping Centre, 'B' Block, Ajnala Road, Ranjit Avenue, Amritsar 0183-2500577 rpo.amritsar@mea.gov.in Functioning since June 2008

Read the lists as printed: Khanna and Jagraon are named as separate units although both lie within Ludhiana district, and Batala is named separately within Gurdaspur. That is how the offices publish their own jurisdictions. Malerkotla appears in the RPO Chandigarh list as a post-office passport centre.

Count it carefully. RPO Chandigarh's published list names twelve Punjab units but only ten districts, Khanna and Jagraon both sit inside Ludhiana. Jalandhar names eight units covering six districts, and Amritsar names seven units covering six. That is twenty-two; Malerkotla, Punjab's newest district, appears in the Chandigarh document only as a post-office passport counter, which is where the twenty-third sits. If someone tells you Punjab has a single passport office, they have not looked.

Next step

After the Gazette: Update Your Records

Once your name change is published, use the gazette PDF to update your other records. This is the final and often the slowest part, so start early.

Document	How to update
Aadhaar	Update at an Aadhaar Seva Kendra with the gazette as proof
PAN	Apply for name correction through NSDL or UTIITSL
Passport	Apply for re-issue with the gazette notification
Driving licence	Visit the RTO with the gazette copy
Bank accounts	Visit your branch with the gazette, affidavit and ID
Voter ID	Submit Form 8 for correction
PSEB & university records	Contact your board or university with the gazette
Employer records	Inform HR with the gazette copy

Keep several printouts of the gazette, because every office will want its own copy. If you would rather not chase each department yourself, we handle these updates for you.

Special cases

Marriage, Divorce, Minors & Spelling

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After marriage

Add your marriage certificate to the file. The affidavit states your maiden name and married name. The three steps stay the same.

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After divorce

You can return to your maiden name through the same process. Keep your divorce papers ready. A gazette change is the usual route back to a maiden name, and you will normally want the divorce decree in the file, some routes, Chandigarh's among them, ask for a self-attested copy of the court's order outright.

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For a minor

The parent or guardian signs the affidavit and the Central Gazette fee is Rs 1,700. The department wants the guardian to send the package directly, so we prepare the full kit and guide you.

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Birth certificate & spelling

A simple spelling case states the wrong and correct spelling in the affidavit. A birth certificate correction, though, goes through the local Registrar under the RBD Act, not the gazette.

Expert insights

Three Things the Experienced Know

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Match your name letter for letter

The most common reason files fail is a spelling gap between the affidavit, the newspaper advertisement and the ID proof. Pick one exact spelling of your new name, including initials and spacing, and use it on every paper.

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Do not confuse Chandigarh with Punjab

The Chandigarh e-Gazette is for Chandigarh UT residents, not Punjab. If your address is in Punjab, use the Central Gazette. Applying on the wrong portal wastes time.

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Know the birth certificate exception

A spelling fix on a birth certificate is not a gazette job. It goes through the local Registrar under the RBD Act. For a CBSE school name change, you may also need a court order along with the gazette.

Honest view

Benefits & Drawbacks of the Gazette Route

✔ Accepted everywhere

A Central Gazette notification is treated as final proof by UIDAI, the passport office, banks and universities, so you rarely face follow-up questions.

✔ Permanent and easy to reprint

The gazette is digital. If you lose your copy, you download it again free, with no office visit.

✔ Done from anywhere in Punjab

The whole process runs on paperwork, so a resident of Bathinda or Pathankot completes it without travelling to Delhi.

✕ It takes weeks, not days

Between the affidavit, the newspaper wait and gazette processing, plan for around 30 to 45 days on our experience. The Department publishes no timeline, so nobody can promise you one.

✕ Mistakes cost money and time

A wrong fee category or a spelling gap can mean a rejection, a fresh payment and a restart. Careful checking up front matters.

✕ The file is physical

Fee payment and download are online, but the Central Gazette file still has to reach the Delhi office by post, courier or in person.

Avoid these

Common Mistakes to Avoid

Mistake	Why it hurts
Applying on the Chandigarh e-Gazette when your address is in Punjab	Wrong portal for a Punjab resident; wastes time
Different spellings across affidavit, ad and ID	Top cause of rejection
Wrong stamp paper value	Can make the affidavit invalid
Signing the form with the new name instead of the old name	File gets held up
Not keeping the full original newspaper pages	You cannot prove the publication
Using documents more than one year old	The Department of Publication does not accept documents older than one year
Missing father's or husband's name in the notice	Notice may be treated as incomplete
Wrong fee category or amount on BharatKosh	Payment rejected or mismatched

Why YourDoorstep

Why People in Punjab Choose Us

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A Delhi team, in the right city

We are based in Delhi, the city your file has to reach. It is prepared, checked and despatched here rather than travelling blind from Punjab, and it goes in under your name, because the Department accepts files only in person or by post and courier.

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Punjabi, Hindi or English ads

We handle the right newspaper advertisements for you, in the correct format.

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No office visit

Everything runs on call, WhatsApp and a short form. You stay home in Punjab.

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One team for everything

The gazette plus updating Aadhaar, PAN, Voter ID, passport and the rest, with clear pricing and no hidden charges.

An example of a case we handle. A software engineer from Ludhiana found a spelling mistake in his passport that did not match his degree, and his visa was held up. He sent his old and correct name, address and ID on WhatsApp. We drafted the affidavit, arranged the notary, booked the one daily advertisement the guideline requires, paid the BharatKosh fee, and filed the complete kit in Delhi. In a few weeks the notice appeared in Part IV, and he used the gazette PDF to fix his passport and reapply for the visa. He never left Ludhiana. This is an illustrative example of the type of case we handle, not a named client review.

Quick Answers to Common Searches

How much does the Central Gazette cost for Punjab residents? Rs 1,100 for adults and Rs 1,700 for minors, paid on BharatKosh (NTRP). Applicants living abroad pay Rs 3,500, or Rs 5,100 for a minor, and the fee is non-refundable.

How fresh do my documents need to be? The Department of Publication does not accept documents older than one year, so complete the affidavit, the newspaper advertisement and the gazette filing without a long gap. Documents once submitted are not returned.

Is there a Chandigarh support desk or Punjab zone office for the Central Gazette? No. Some websites have invented a "Chandigarh Support Desk for Punjab Applicants", but the Department of Publication runs no such desk. The complete file goes straight to Civil Lines, Delhi-110054 by post or courier, from anywhere in Punjab.

Does Punjab have its own state gazette for name change? No. Punjab does not run a separate state portal for personal name changes. Residents apply through the Central Gazette in Delhi. The Chandigarh e-Gazette is a separate UT portal, not for Punjab.

Is a birth certificate name change done through the gazette? No. A birth certificate correction goes through the local Registrar under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, not the gazette.

Do I have to go to Delhi for the Central Gazette? No. The Department's guidelines say an application will be entertained “either submitted personally or sent by Post/ Courier only”, and that “No other channel is permissible viz Agents, Advocates, etc.” So you post or courier it under your own name, you never have to travel, but the file must be yours, not an agent's.

Which newspapers should I use in Punjab? One paper, not two. The guideline asks for “one of the daily local leading newspapers” and prescribes no language. Ajit, Jagbani or the Punjabi Tribune in Punjabi; Dainik Bhaskar or Punjab Kesari in Hindi; The Tribune or The Times of India in English. Pick one that genuinely circulates where you live.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old can my affidavit and newspaper advertisement be?+

Not more than one year. The Department of Publication does not accept documents older than one year, so file the gazette while your papers are fresh. Documents once submitted are not returned, so keep clear copies.

How can I change my name through the gazette in Punjab?+

Make a notarised affidavit, publish the change in one daily newspaper, then file for a gazette notification. Punjab residents use the Central Gazette, where the notice is printed in Part IV of the Gazette of India.

Does Punjab have its own state gazette for name change?+

No. Punjab does not run a separate state portal for personal name changes. Residents apply through the Central Gazette in Delhi. The Chandigarh e-Gazette is a separate UT portal, not for Punjab.

What is the fee for name change in Punjab?+

The Central Gazette fee is Rs 1,100 for adults and Rs 1,700 for minors, paid on BharatKosh. Applicants living abroad pay Rs 3,500, or Rs 5,100 for a minor. Stamp paper, notary and the newspaper advertisement are extra.

How long does a name change take in Punjab?+

On our experience, about 30 to 45 days from the affidavit to the notice appearing in Part IV. Be aware that the Department of Publication publishes no processing time at all, so any page quoting you a guaranteed figure, including this one, is estimating.

Do I have to go to Delhi for the Central Gazette?+

No. The Department's guidelines say an application will be entertained “either submitted personally or sent by Post/ Courier only”, and that “No other channel is permissible viz Agents, Advocates, etc.” So you post or courier it under your own name, you never have to travel, but the file must be yours, not an agent's.

Is the gazette valid for a passport?+

Yes. The Central Gazette is accepted across India and by embassies, and is the safest proof for passport, PAN, bank or work abroad.

Which cities in Punjab do you serve?+

We serve Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Patiala, Bathinda, Mohali, Hoshiarpur, Pathankot, Moga, Ferozepur, Batala, Khanna, Phagwara and nearby towns.

Do you help update Aadhaar, PAN, Voter ID and birth certificate after the gazette?+

Yes. We help update Aadhaar, PAN, Voter ID, passport, driving licence, bank records, PSEB and university certificates, and insurance policies with your gazette PDF. Birth certificate corrections are handled through the local Registrar route, not the gazette.

Can I change my name online in Punjab?+

Fee payment and the gazette download are online. The affidavit, the newspaper advertisement and file submission are done offline, but you can run all of it remotely.

Where do I download my gazette once it is published?+

From egazette.gov.in, in Part IV. Search the weekly issues around your publication date, the Department publishes no fixed weekday, so check the issues either side. Keep several printouts.

Do I need a lawyer to change my name in Punjab?+

No. A notary attests the affidavit. Help from a consultant mainly saves you from format mistakes and rejections.

Can I change my name without a gazette notification?+

For small local needs an affidavit may pass, but for passport, PAN, bank and job records most departments now ask for the gazette.

Which newspapers should I use in Punjab?+

One paper, not two. The guideline asks for “one of the daily local leading newspapers” and prescribes no language. Ajit, Jagbani or the Punjabi Tribune in Punjabi; Dainik Bhaskar or Punjab Kesari in Hindi; The Tribune or The Times of India in English. Pick one that genuinely circulates where you live.

I want to change my surname after marriage. What extra do I need?+

Add your marriage certificate to the file. The affidavit states your maiden name and married name. The rest is the same.

Do I need signatures from two gazetted officers on my affidavit?+

For an ordinary name change, no. That extra step mainly applies to government employees, who follow their department's deed rules.

What if there is a spelling mismatch in my documents?+

Mismatched spellings across the affidavit, newspaper ad and ID proof are the biggest cause of rejection. Every spelling must match exactly.

How do I update Aadhaar and PAN after the gazette?+

Use the gazette PDF as proof and apply through the normal Aadhaar and PAN update routes, or let us handle it for you.

Can NRIs from Punjab change their name?+

Yes, with valid Indian ID. Someone living abroad needs the deed attested by the Indian Embassy or High Commission.

Will the department return my original documents?+

No. The Department of Publication does not return submitted documents. Keep your own extra copies.

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Official Sources & References

The fees, offices and portals on this page are checked against official Government sources, not copied from other blogs.

e-Gazette portal, Government of IndiaWhere the published Central Gazette (Part IV) notification is downloaded, the route Punjab residents use.
BharatKosh (NTRP), Ministry of FinanceOfficial portal for paying the Central Gazette name change fee.
Chandigarh e-Gazette (UT)The separate Chandigarh UT gazette, shown here only to clear the common Punjab mix-up.
myAadhaar, UIDAIFor updating your name on Aadhaar after the gazette is published.

Government fees and timelines can be revised from time to time. Always confirm the current figures on the official portals above before you apply.

In short

The Short Version

Changing your name in Punjab comes down to three clean steps: affidavit, newspaper ad, and the gazette notification. Punjab has no separate state portal for personal name changes, so residents use the Central Gazette, which is valid across India. Do not confuse it with the Chandigarh e-Gazette. The fee is Rs 1,100 for adults, and on our experience the whole thing takes about 30 to 45 days, the Department itself publishes no timeline. Whether you are in Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar or Bathinda, you can get your name changed from home, and we update your Aadhaar, PAN, Voter ID and passport once it is done. Share your details, and our Delhi team does the standing in line for you.

Name Change Procedure in Punjab (2026)

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Punjab name change at a glance

Key takeaways

Does Punjab Have Its Own Gazette Portal?

Chandigarh is a different country, administratively

Gurmukhi, Spelling Variants and the Singh & Kaur Question

Your name exists in two scripts, and they disagree

Is changing Singh or Kaur a name change at all?

Changing Your Name From Canada, the UK, the US or Australia

1. The fee is higher, and there are two of them

2. Your deed must be attested by the Indian Mission, in original

What we cannot tell you

Why the Central Gazette Works for Every Punjab Resident

Gazette Office for Punjab

Change Your Name Without Going Anywhere

The 3 Legal Steps

Make the affidavit

Publish the notice

Get the gazette

Step 1: Make the name change affidavit

Step 2: Publish the change in one newspaper

Step 3: Get the gazette notification

What Other Websites Get Wrong About Name Change in Punjab

Documents Required for Name Change in Punjab

Name Change Fees in Punjab (2026)

The costs we will not put a number on

Newspaper Publication in Punjab

Name Change Services We Handle in Punjab

Aadhaar Card

PAN Card

Voter ID (EPIC)

Passport

Driving Licence

Bank & KYC

PSEB & University

Birth Certificate

LIC & Insurance

Ration Card & Property

Areas in Punjab We Serve

Related Guides on This Site

How to change your name legally in Punjab

Name change agent in Punjab

Name change agent in Chandigarh

Name change procedure in Himachal Pradesh

Name change procedure in Delhi

Name change procedure in Rajasthan

Sewa Kendras, PSEB Certificates, Jamabandi and the 23 Districts

Sewa Kendras: useful, but not for the gazette

PSEB and Punjab's universities

Land records: the gazette does not update your jamabandi

23 districts, and one that did not exist five years ago

Which passport office covers you

After the Gazette: Update Your Records

Marriage, Divorce, Minors & Spelling

After marriage

After divorce

For a minor

Birth certificate & spelling

Three Things the Experienced Know

Match your name letter for letter

Do not confuse Chandigarh with Punjab

Know the birth certificate exception

Benefits & Drawbacks of the Gazette Route

✔ Accepted everywhere

✔ Permanent and easy to reprint

✔ Done from anywhere in Punjab

✕ It takes weeks, not days

✕ Mistakes cost money and time

✕ The file is physical

Common Mistakes to Avoid

Why People in Punjab Choose Us

A Delhi team, in the right city

Punjabi, Hindi or English ads

No office visit

One team for everything

Quick Answers to Common Searches

Let YourDoorstep handle it for you

Related Punjab Name Change Searches, Answered

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