The most popular way to change your last name is, of course, marriage. However, any citizen can change his last name if he has reached the age of majority, moreover, this is done quite simply.
You will need
- - passport or its certified copy
- - application for a change of surname
- - birth certificate
- - receipt of state duty
- - certificate of marriage
- - divorce certificate, if you want to take your maiden name
- - birth certificates of all children under the age of 18
Instruction manual
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Any citizen can change his last name when he reaches 18 years of age. When a teenager turns 14, his surname is also allowed to be changed, but only if both parents or guardians agree with this decision. You can change the name any number of times as desired. The main thing is to have good reasons for this.
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The change of surname begins with the registry office to which you are assigned. Carefully study the opening hours, usually the registry offices work until 17.00, so correctly calculate your time. In the department for changing the name you need to take the application form and fill it out. The application shall indicate the real name, surname and patronymic, place of residence, marital status and marriage information, data of 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 and its dissolution. It is important to justify the reason for the change of surname, otherwise you will be denied it.
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Give the completed application to the registry office employee with all the required documents for consideration. Documents will be verified with the data in the application and 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. Failures are usually rare and are associated with some serious reasons, for example, the too popular desired surname of the applicant. No one will just let the star’s surname be used for later use for their own purposes. In case of refusal to change the name, a written explanation is attached to it, which, if desired, can be appealed in court.
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If the application has not been rejected, then you will receive a certificate of change of surname. However, the process does not end there. First, with this document, you need to change the birth certificate, and then proceed to replace the passport and passport. Only after this change of surname can be considered completed.
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Of course, there are still documents on education, a work book, a compulsory medical insurance policy, bank cards, a driver’s license, an insurance certificate, TIN, a pension certificate, and various powers of attorney. With the replacement of some of them, for example, plastic cards, insurance policies, driver's licenses, there are no problems. A lot of time and effort will be spent on replacing property documents if you own an apartment, a car, a summer house. Problems may arise in inheritance and donation documents.
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Change the school certificate, diploma and work book, most likely, no one will agree. The most that can be done here is to convince the human resources department or the training section to make an entry in the documents on the change of surname. But in most cases, simply presenting a certificate of a change of surname along with these documents is enough. If you have an outstanding loan at the bank, you should inform the bank branch about the change of surname, otherwise it can be regarded as fraud.
