The most popular way to change your last name is, of course, by marriage. However, any citizen can change his surname if he has reached the age of majority, and this is done quite simply.
It is necessary
- - passport or its certified copy
- - application for a change of surname
- - birth certificate
- - receipt of payment of the state fee
- - marriage certificate
- - divorce certificate if you want to take your maiden name
- - birth certificates of all children under 18 years of age
Instructions
Step 1
Any citizen can change the surname upon reaching the age of 18. When a teenager turns 14, the surname can also be changed, but only if both parents or guardians agree with this decision. You can change your surname any number of times you want. The main thing is to have good reasons for this.
Step 2
The change of surname begins with the registry office to which you are assigned. Carefully study the opening hours, usually the registry offices are open until 17.00, so be sure to time your time correctly. To change your name in the department, you need to take an application form and fill it out. The application contains the real name, surname and patronymic, place of residence, marital status and information about marriage, given for children under 18 years of age. Therefore, you will need to have a passport with you, a birth certificate of you and your children, a marriage certificate and its dissolution. It is important to justify the reason for the change of surname, otherwise you will be denied it.
Step 3
Give the completed application to the registry office employee with all the required documents for consideration. The documents will be verified with the data in the application and will be given back. The application must be considered within 1 month, in rare cases up to 2 months, but no more. The registry office employee can confirm or reject it. Usually, rejections are rare and related to some serious reason, for example, the applicant's desired last name is too popular. No one will allow you to just take the name of a star, so that you can later use it for your own purposes. In case of refusal to change the surname, a written explanation is attached to it, which, if desired, can be appealed in court.
Step 4
If the application was not rejected, then you will receive a certificate of surname change. However, the process does not end there. First, with this document, you need to change the birth certificate, and then proceed with the replacement of the passport and passport. Only after that, the change of surname can be considered complete.
Step 5
Of course, there are still documents on education, work book, compulsory medical insurance policy, bank cards, driver's license, insurance certificate, TIN, pension certificate, various powers of attorney. There are no problems with replacing some of them, for example, plastic cards, policy, driver's license. A lot of time and effort will be spent on replacing property documents if you own an apartment, car, or cottage. Problems can arise in inheritance documents and donations.
Step 6
Most likely, no one will agree to change the school certificate, diploma and work book. The most that can be done here is to convince the personnel department or the educational department to make an entry in the documents about the change of name. But in most cases, a simple presentation of a certificate of surname change along with these documents will be enough. If you have an outstanding loan at the bank, you must inform the bank branch about changing your surname, otherwise it may be regarded as fraud.
