Name Change Procedure in Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh runs its own gazette, and it publishes name and surname corrections regularly. You can open the issues yourself and read them. Yet most guides ranking for this state are actually written about Andhra Pradesh, and one of them gives an office address about three thousand kilometres away. This page covers both routes, what the state gazette really records, and the fees and timelines for each.
Arunachal Pradesh residents have two routes. The state route: an affidavit sworn before a Notary Public or Executive Magistrate, a newspaper advertisement, then application through your district for publication in Part I of the Arunachal Pradesh Gazette, which the Directorate of Printing and Stationery at Naharlagun brings out twice a month. The central route: an affidavit, newspaper notices, then a signed file posted to the Gazette of India in Delhi, published in Part IV in about 30 to 45 days and valid across India and abroad.
What does the name change procedure in Arunachal Pradesh involve?
Most guides can only speculate about what a state gazette does. Here you can simply read one. The Arunachal Pradesh Gazette is published on the department's own website, issue by issue, and the name change notifications sit in Part I where anyone can see them. That single fact makes this state easier to write about honestly than almost any other, and it also shows what the department actually expects from an applicant.
A Gazette notification is a formal announcement of your name change printed in the official journal of a Government. Once it carries a date and a reference number, passport offices, UIDAI, banks, boards and employers treat it as the legal record of your new name. An affidavit on its own is the start of the change, not the finish, and in this state the gazette entry quotes the affidavit rather than replacing it.
At a glance
- State route
- The Arunachal Pradesh Gazette, Part I, published by the Directorate of Printing and Stationery, Naharlagun
- How often it appears
- Twice a month, around the 15th and the last day, in numbered volumes
- Where the file starts
- Your district. Published reference numbers carry a district code and a judicial branch reference
- The affidavit
- Sworn before a Notary Public or an Executive Magistrate. Its number and date are cited in the printed entry
- What the entry records
- Name, parentage, village, post office, police station and district, then the correction
- Central route
- Gazette of India, Part IV, a signed file posted to Delhi
- Central office
- Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi 110054. No branch in Itanagar
- Central fee
- Commonly Rs 1,100 adult and Rs 1,700 minor, on BharatKosh only, revised each financial year
- State charges
- Ask the Directorate at Naharlagun. No reliable public figure exists
- Most common use
- Surname correction, often by several members of one family in the same period
Key takeaways
- Arunachal Pradesh has a working state gazette that genuinely publishes name and surname corrections. The Directorate of Printing and Stationery at Naharlagun runs it, and the notifications appear in Part I.
- Each published entry is recorded as being in pursuance of a numbered affidavit sworn before a Notary Public, with the applicant's parentage, village, post office, police station and district set out, and closes with the formula that the person will henceforth be known and distinguished by the new name for all purposes.
- Keep the affidavit serial number and date safe. The gazette entry cites them, so they are how your notification is traced later.
- Reference numbers on published entries carry a district code and a judicial branch reference, which tells you the file starts in your district rather than at the Directorate.
- Reading a run of entries, surname correction is the dominant use case, and it is common for several members of one family to be corrected in the same period.
- The gazette is a public document, and it prints what you gave it. Published entries can include specific document identifiers. Be deliberate about what you put in the application.
- The Central fee is commonly Rs 1,100 adult and Rs 1,700 minor, on bharatkosh.gov.in only, revised each financial year. Demand drafts are not accepted.
- You do not need a deed poll. India does not use the British system, though a widely shared checklist for this state lists it.
- Arunachal Pradesh is not Andhra Pradesh. Several pages ranking for this state are Andhra pages, and one publishes a Vijayawada office address.
- A birth certificate mistake is a Registrar correction under Section 15 of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969. It is not a gazette matter.
Are you sure the page you are reading is about Arunachal Pradesh?
This sounds too obvious to write down, and that is exactly why it causes trouble.
Search for the name change procedure in Arunachal Pradesh and a large share of what comes back is written about Andhra Pradesh. The same handful of publishers produce one page per state from a single template, and the two names are close enough that the wrong one surfaces constantly. One of those pages gives a gazette office address in Muthyalampadu, Vijayawada, Krishna district, which is a genuine Andhra Pradesh office and roughly three thousand kilometres from Itanagar.
You are reading about Andhra Pradesh if the page mentions
- Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Amaravati or Krishna district
- A Commissioner of Printing, Stationery and Stores Purchase
- Telugu newspapers as the regional language choice
- A gazette office you are told to visit in the Andhra coastal belt
You are reading about Arunachal Pradesh if the page mentions
- Itanagar, Naharlagun, Pasighat, Tawang, Ziro or Tezu
- The Directorate of Printing and Stationery at Naharlagun
- Notifications published in Part I of the state gazette
- Applications identified by village, post office and police station
Was this state once known only by an acronym?
Yes. And it stopped being one the same way your name change will happen: through a law and a notification.
Until the early 1970s this was the North-East Frontier Agency, known simply as NEFA, an administrative label rather than a name. It was governed through the Governor of Assam rather than as a state in its own right.
That changed with the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971. On 21 January 1972, under Section 7 of that Act, the territory was reconstituted as the Union Territory of Arunachal Pradesh. In the same movement it acquired a name rather than an acronym. Full statehood followed on 20 February 1987, when the Union Territory was reconstituted as the State of Arunachal Pradesh under Section 3 of the State of Arunachal Pradesh Act, 1986.
What does the Arunachal Pradesh Gazette actually print?
Most guides speculate about state gazettes. Here you can open the issues and see.
The Arunachal Pradesh Gazette is published by the Directorate of Printing and Stationery at Naharlagun, in numbered volumes, roughly twice a month around the 15th and the last day. Recent issues carry name and surname change notifications in Part I, and the entries follow a consistent pattern that tells you a good deal about what the department expects.
The anatomy of a published entry
- A reference number, carrying a district code and a judicial branch reference, which is how the file is tracked
- A link back to your affidavit: the entry opens with the words in pursuance of Affidavit No. [x] dated [date] sworn in before Notary Public
- Full identification: your name, parentage, village, post office, police station and district
- The correction itself, stating the new name recorded in place of the earlier one, sometimes naming the specific record being corrected
- The closing formula: that you will henceforth be known and distinguished by the new name for all purposes
Two practical lessons from the real entries
Keep your affidavit's serial number and date. The gazette entry cites both, so if you ever need to trace or prove your notification years later, those are the reference points. Note them down before you leave the notary.
The place details are printed, so they must be right. The notification records exactly what you declared, village, post office and police station included. If those read differently on your school certificate or your land record, fix the discrepancy before the affidavit is drafted, not after the gazette has printed it.
The process and the gazette office, on video
How to change a name in Arunachal Pradesh, and the gazette office question
Why are most of these notifications surname corrections?
Because of how family names were written down, by different hands, over many years.
Read a run of published notifications and one pattern stands out: most are surname corrections rather than complete name changes, and it is common for several members of one family, from one village, to be corrected in the same period.
Across Arunachal Pradesh, family names commonly derive from a clan or village name, and how that name reached paper depended on who was writing and when. A school clerk, a hospital register, a revenue record and a later Aadhaar enrolment could each capture it slightly differently, or record a father's given name where a clan name belonged. The result is that one family ends up holding two or three versions of what is, to them, plainly the same name.
If your family is correcting a surname together
- Agree the exact spelling once, across everyone, before any affidavit is drafted. One spelling for the family, not one per person
- Each person still needs their own affidavit and their own notification. There is no single family application
- Keep the village, post office and police station details identical across all the affidavits, since the gazette prints them
- Where a parent is deceased, the affidavit records that and the entry reflects it. Have the details right rather than approximate
What the gazette does, and does not, do
The notification records and publicises the correction. It does not by itself rewrite a school certificate, a service book or a land record. Each of those offices runs its own update, and the gazette is the proof you bring them.
Anyone promising that one notification silently corrects every document you hold is overselling. What it does give you is a single dated public record that every one of those offices can work from, which is exactly what a family with three spellings needs.
State gazette or the Central Gazette: which one does your case need?
Both are real here, and the answer depends on where the new name has to work.
| Point | Arunachal Pradesh Gazette (state) | Central Gazette of India |
|---|---|---|
| Run by | Directorate of Printing and Stationery, Naharlagun | Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi 110054 |
| Where it publishes | Part I of the Arunachal Pradesh Gazette, in numbered volumes, twice a month | Part IV of the Gazette of India, in weekly Saturday dated issues |
| Where the file starts | Your district, with a district coded reference number on the published entry | Direct to the Controller of Publications, by post, courier or in person |
| The affidavit | Sworn before a Notary Public or Executive Magistrate, and its number and date are cited in the printed entry | Notarised affidavit, referenced in your file but not quoted in the notice |
| What the entry records | Name, parentage, village, post office, police station, district and the correction | Old name, new name, parentage and address |
| Newspaper | One advertisement in a daily that circulates where you live, original copy kept | Normally two notices, complete original pages kept as proof |
| Fee | Ask the Directorate at Naharlagun for current charges | Commonly Rs 1,100 adult and Rs 1,700 minor, on BharatKosh, revised each financial year |
| Best for | Records inside the state, surname corrections, family corrections | Passport, central Government jobs, banks in other states, anything abroad |
The Arunachal Pradesh Gazette route, step by step
Four stages, and the first one produces a number you must not lose.
Affidavit, and its serial number
Sworn before a Notary Public or Executive Magistrate. Write down the number and date before you leave.
One newspaper advertisement
A daily that genuinely circulates in your district, with the original copy kept for the file.
Apply, then Part I
Through your district to the Directorate at Naharlagun, then publication with a reference number.
Step 1: swear the affidavit, and record its serial number
Get an affidavit drafted stating your current name, the corrected or new name, your parentage, and your full address including village, post office, police station and district. Swear it before a Notary Public or an Executive Magistrate. Stamp paper and notary together usually cost Rs 100 to Rs 500.
Write down the affidavit serial number and date before you leave. The published gazette entry cites both. They are the thread that ties your notification back to your sworn statement, and you will want them years later when an office asks how the change was made.
Step 2: publish the newspaper advertisement
Publish the change in a daily newspaper that genuinely circulates where you live. English papers are widely read across Arunachal Pradesh, and local editions serving your district are the sensible choice. The test is circulation, not prestige: the point of a public notice is that somebody who might object could actually see it. Keep the original newspaper copy, because it goes into the file, not a cutting and not a photocopy.
Step 3: apply through your district to the Directorate
Submit your application with the affidavit, the newspaper copy, your identity and address proof and photographs. Published reference numbers carry a district code and a judicial branch reference, so the file begins with your district administration and the Directorate of Printing and Stationery at Naharlagun publishes it. Confirm the current checklist, forms and charges before travelling, especially from a distant district, because a wasted trip across Arunachal is expensive in both time and fare.
Step 4: publication in Part I, and keeping your copy
Once processed, your notification appears in Part I of the Arunachal Pradesh Gazette, with its own reference number, in one of the twice monthly issues. Download or obtain the issue and keep the page safely, along with a note of the reference number and your affidavit details. Every office you approach afterwards will want a copy, so print several.
The Central Gazette route, step by step
For a passport, a central Government job, a bank in another state, or anything abroad.
Step 1: the affidavit and two newspaper notices
The same affidavit works. For a Central file the settled practice is two advertisements in dailies that circulate where you live, with English a sensible choice for at least one so the Department can read the matter without difficulty. Keep the complete original printed page of each newspaper, not a cutting, with the date clearly visible. Two notices usually cost Rs 800 to Rs 4,000.
Step 2: prepare the file for Delhi
Per the Department's published guidelines the file contains: the original newspaper pages; a signed undertaking with your old and new name, parentage and residential address; two copies of the prescribed proforma, computer typed and attested; a CD containing the print matter in MS Word without the witness portion; a certificate signed by you declaring the hard and soft copies match; self-attested identity of the applicant and a witness; two passport size photographs; and a request letter to the Controller of Publications. Keep every supporting document less than one year old.
Step 3: pay through BharatKosh only
The Central fee is paid only through bharatkosh.gov.in, commonly Rs 1,100 for an adult and Rs 1,700 for a minor, with an additional Rs 250 where an adult adopts a name of another religion without changing religion. The Department's guidelines state the fee varies each financial year and varies from case to case, so confirm the current amount on deptpub.gov.in before paying. It is not refundable, and no demand draft is involved.
Step 4: send the file and download your notification
Send the complete file by post or courier to the Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi 110054. Speed post from Itanagar works exactly as well as walking it in, though allow extra days each way from the frontier districts. Applications are entertained only from the applicant, which is why an honest consultant prepares and checks your file while you sign and send it. Your notification then appears in Part IV of the Gazette of India about 30 to 45 days after the file reaches Delhi. Since hard copies ceased on 1 October 2015, you open the issue on egazette.gov.in, search the PDF for your name, and download the whole gazette as your own copy. It needs no further certification.
What documents are required for a name change in Arunachal Pradesh?
One core list, plus what each route adds.
The core file, either route
- Affidavit sworn before a Notary Public or Executive Magistrate, with the serial number and date noted
- Aadhaar or other Government photo identity showing the old name, self-attested
- Address proof showing village, post office, police station and district
- The newspaper carrying your advertisement: the original copy for the state route, complete original pages of both papers for a Central file
- Two passport size photographs
What each route adds, and what your case may need
- State route: the application through your district office, as the current checklist requires
- Central route: two copies of the prescribed proforma, a CD with the print matter in MS Word without the witness portion, the matching-contents certificate, and a request letter to the Controller of Publications
- Marriage certificate, if the change follows a marriage
- Divorce decree, if the change follows a divorce
- Birth certificate of the child, where the applicant is a minor
- Deed attested by the Indian Embassy or Consulate, if you apply from abroad
- Departmental deed, if you are a Central Government employee
What does a name change in Arunachal Pradesh really cost?
Short answer: the state route is lighter because it needs one advertisement, and the Central fee is commonly Rs 1,100 for an adult.
| Item | Typical amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Stamp paper and notary | Rs 100 to Rs 500 | Notary Public or Executive Magistrate. Ask what the current stamp paper value is. |
| Newspaper advertisement | Rs 400 to Rs 4,000 | One advertisement for the state route, two for a Central file. |
| Arunachal Pradesh Gazette charges | Ask the Directorate at Naharlagun | No reliable public figure. Confirm before travelling, along with the district checklist. |
| Central Gazette fee, adult | Commonly Rs 1,100 | On BharatKosh only, revised each financial year, non-refundable. |
| Central Gazette fee, minor | Commonly Rs 1,700 | Applies to anyone under 18. Also on BharatKosh. |
| Religion related addition | Rs 250 | Where an adult adopts a name of another religion without changing religion, per the published guidelines. |
| Speed post to Delhi | Rs 50 to Rs 200 | The only distance cost on the Central route. |
| Applying from abroad | Around Rs 7,500 to Rs 9,000 | The Government fee plus embassy or consulate attestation of the deed and courier. |
| Gazette PDF retrieval | Free | Both gazettes are published online. Nobody should charge you to fetch a published issue. |
| Realistic self-done total | Rs 1,000 to Rs 6,000 | Depends on the route and which newspaper you choose. |
How long does a name change take in Arunachal Pradesh?
Short answer: the state route runs on a twice monthly publication cycle, the Central route takes 3 to 7 weeks, and neither sells a fast track.
Day 1 to 2
The exact spelling settled, documents collected, and the affidavit sworn before a Notary Public or Executive Magistrate. Note the serial number.
Day 2 to 9
The advertisement booked and published. Allow 2 to 7 days depending on the paper's schedule, then collect the original copy.
State route: the fortnightly cycle
Application through your district, then publication in Part I in one of the twice monthly issues. Ask for the current turnaround when you submit.
Central route: then 30 to 45 days
Two to five days to prepare and post, the fee paid on BharatKosh, then publication in Part IV after the file reaches Delhi.
Plan for 3 to 7 weeks on the Central route from Arunachal Pradesh, allowing extra postal days from the frontier districts. If you are running both routes, start them together rather than one after the other, because the same affidavit and the same settled spelling serve each.
Can you do this from a university or a job outside the state?
Yes, entirely by post. And that is usually where the problem is discovered in the first place.
A name that has always worked at home often meets its first real test somewhere else: a university admission office, an employer's verification, a bank KYC or a passport application elsewhere in India. Nothing was wrong until two systems had to agree, and then a school certificate and an Aadhaar suddenly read as two people.
The Central Gazette settles it nationwide
- Part IV is valid in every Indian state and recognised by embassies
- The whole file can be prepared and posted from wherever you are studying or working
- Family at home can send it if that is easier, as long as the papers carry your own signature
- The affidavit can be sworn where you live now, with your Arunachal address stated on it
- The advertisement can run in the district you belong to, or where you actually live
If you are going abroad, fix it before the passport
A passport carries the name split into given name and surname fields, and every visa, foreign registration and employer record issued afterwards copies that split. Change the name after the passport and you redo all of it.
From abroad, execute the deed, get it attested by the Indian Embassy or Consulate, publish the notices in your district, and apply to Delhi by post or courier. Budget around Rs 7,500 to Rs 9,000 all in.
Which parts of Arunachal Pradesh do we serve?
Every district, and wherever you are currently studying or working. The Central route runs entirely by post, and we can prepare your file from anywhere.
Call 9540005002, WhatsApp 9540005064, or write to support@documentadvisor.in. Monday to Saturday, 9 AM to 6 PM. For the all-India process, see our complete name change service guide.
Related guides
Other states written up in the same detail, plus the national process, in case your records sit in more than one place.
What do the gazette terms actually mean?
The words that appear on every name change website, and the Arunachal ones, in language people actually use.
- Gazette notification
- A formal announcement printed in the official journal of a Government. For a name change it is what Aadhaar, PAN, passport offices, banks, boards and employers accept as legal proof. It is not a court order.
- Arunachal Pradesh Gazette
- The official journal of the Government of Arunachal Pradesh, published by the Directorate of Printing and Stationery at Naharlagun in numbered volumes, roughly twice a month, with personal name notifications in Part I.
- Part I
- The part of the Arunachal Pradesh Gazette in which name and surname change notifications appear. It is not the same as Part IV, which belongs to the Gazette of India.
- Affidavit serial number
- The number your notary or Executive Magistrate assigns to your sworn affidavit. The published gazette entry cites it along with the date, so it is how your notification is traced later.
- Executive Magistrate
- An officer before whom an affidavit may be sworn, alongside a Notary Public. Published entries record which was used.
- The henceforth formula
- The closing sentence of a published entry, declaring that the person will henceforth be known and distinguished by the new name for all purposes. That sentence is what other offices rely on.
- Central Gazette
- The Gazette of India, published by the Department of Publication in Civil Lines, Delhi. Accepted across India and by foreign missions.
- Part IV
- The section of the Gazette of India carrying notices from private people rather than from Government. Part IV belongs to the Central Gazette only.
- Controller of Publications
- The officer heading the Department of Publication, at Civil Lines, Delhi 110054. There is no Controller of Publications in Arunachal Pradesh.
- Proforma
- The prescribed application format the Department of Publication requires on the Central route, computer typed in two copies and signed by you and two witnesses.
- BharatKosh
- The Non-Tax Receipt Portal at bharatkosh.gov.in, the only accepted channel for the Central Gazette fee. Demand drafts were discontinued.
- Registrar correction
- A correction to a birth or death record under Section 15 of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969, through the body that issued it. Not a gazette matter.
What do you update after the gazette, and in what order?
The notification is the middle of the journey, not the end. Doing this in the wrong order turns a four week job into a four month one.
| Order | Record | Why it comes here |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aadhaar | Almost everything else verifies against Aadhaar. Update it at an enrolment centre with the gazette copy and your identity proof. |
| 2 | PAN card | The correction form asks for proof, and an updated Aadhaar makes this straightforward. |
| 3 | Bank accounts | Banks check the PAN and Aadhaar pair. Updating the bank before those two creates a mismatch you then have to undo. |
| 4 | Passport | Re-issue with the change of name, checking carefully how the given name and surname fields are filled, because that split is what foreign systems read. |
| 5 | Voter ID and driving licence | Straightforward once Aadhaar carries the new name. |
| 6 | EPFO or UAN and insurance | Employer linked records. HR usually needs the notification and the updated Aadhaar together. |
| 7 | School, board and university records | Slowest of the lot. Each board and university runs its own correction process and charges its own fee. |
| 8 | Land, property and business records | Through the registering authority, with the published notification as your proof. |
Aadhaar rules are on uidai.gov.in and passport re-issue rules on passportindia.gov.in.
Is a birth certificate mistake a gazette matter here?
No. If the error sits in a birth certificate, whether it is a wrong spelling, a wrong parent name or a missing child name, the fix is a Registrar correction under Section 15 of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969, through the body that issued the certificate. The Civil Registration System portal is crsorgi.gov.in.
A gazette notification can support the file, but it does not rewrite the certificate itself, and an agent who pushes every birth certificate case into a gazette application is charging you for the wrong process. The Registrar route is usually both cheaper and faster.
Which special situations come up most here?
Four cases we see constantly.
School, board and council records
A spelling on a school certificate that does not match a later identity document is one of the most common reasons people here start the process. The board or council runs its own correction process. The gazette notification supports that application, especially for surname corrections, but their procedure decides the outcome. Ask which gazette they accept before choosing a route, because state records often accept the state notification, which is the lighter path.
Name change after marriage
Practice varies across communities here, and the paperwork should follow the person's actual choice rather than an assumption. If you are changing anything, the same stages apply with the marriage certificate attached. If you keep your existing name and nothing on paper changes, no gazette is needed at all, and no court order is involved either way.
Name change for a minor child
A parent or legal guardian applies on the child's behalf, attaching the child's birth certificate. On the Central route the minor fee applies, commonly Rs 1,700 with the usual revision caveat. Both parents signing avoids objections later. Where a family is correcting a surname together, the children's affidavits should carry exactly the same spelling as the adults'.
Land, property and business records
A gazette notification does not update a land or property record by itself. Take the published notification to the registering authority, and where a firm is involved to the GST and business registrations, and follow each process. Where records reach back through older revenue entries, expect the office to ask for the chain rather than the notification alone.
What changes for Government employees?
Central Government employees follow the Ministry of Home Affairs Office Memorandum No. 190016/1/87-Estt.(A) dated 12 March 1987: a deed of change of name is executed and routed through the department, so that the service book is updated alongside the gazette notification.
State Government employees in Arunachal Pradesh should likewise inform their department rather than doing the gazette quietly. A service record that does not match the published name creates a second problem, usually at promotion or pension, years later. Ask your department one thing before you spend anything: which gazette they want on the record, and in what order, because for state service records the Arunachal notification is often what is asked for. Send us any departmental circular and we build the file around it.
What names does the law not allow, and what do you gain by doing it properly?
You may take almost any name you like. Almost.
Names that will not be accepted
- A name taken in order to hide your identity
- A name taken to escape a debt, a liability or a legal proceeding
- A name that is obscene or offensive
- A name containing punctuation marks or symbols
- A name that impersonates another person for gain
A change of name does not erase anything behind you. Your old records stay linked through the notification itself, which names both the old and the new name. That is the point of publishing it.
What you gain by doing it legally
- Official recognition that every department works from, public or private
- One exact spelling that Aadhaar, PAN, bank, board and passport records all follow
- A single version that reconciles two or three family spellings of one clan or village name
- A dated public record with a reference number you can quote to any office
- No lawyer and no court order needed, because this is an administrative process
What delays applications here?
Every one of these is avoidable, and on the Central route the fee is not refundable.
Wrong state, wrong details
- Following a guide written for Andhra Pradesh, and looking for an office in the wrong state entirely
- Losing the affidavit serial number and date, which the state gazette entry cites
- Village, post office or police station details written differently on the affidavit and on your other documents, when the gazette prints all of them
- Family members agreeing to correct a surname but each spelling it slightly differently on their own affidavit
- Travelling to Naharlagun from a distant district without confirming the current checklist and charges first
In the file itself
- Newspaper details that do not match the affidavit, even by one letter or space
- Submitting a cutting or a photocopy where the original newspaper copy is required
- Documents older than one year in the Central file, or a handwritten proforma where a typed one is required
- Arranging a demand draft instead of paying the Central fee on BharatKosh
- Collecting a deed poll that no Indian process asks for, or expecting the gazette to silently update school, service and land records by itself
Should you do it yourself or take professional help?
The state route is straightforward in principle: an affidavit, an advertisement, an application. If you live in or near Itanagar, doing it yourself is reasonable.
| Point of comparison | Doing it yourself | Using Documentadvisor |
|---|---|---|
| Money out | Rs 1,000 to Rs 6,000, depending on the route | Government charge plus a quoted service charge |
| Your time | A notary visit, a newspaper booking, and either a district and Naharlagun submission or the Delhi file and the post | About 30 minutes of sending scans and confirming the wording |
| The Arunachal specific risk | A wasted trip to the capital region from a frontier district, or a guide that turns out to be about Andhra Pradesh | We confirm the checklist and the right route before anything is booked |
| The family case | Three relatives, three affidavits, three slightly different spellings, and the same problem again in five years | One agreed spelling across every affidavit, checked letter by letter before drafting |
| Risk of paying twice | The Central fee is non-refundable, and one mismatch means the file comes back after weeks | Every field and every line checked before anything is submitted |
| Best if | You live near Itanagar, one clear spelling, records staying inside the state | A passport or visa, a family surname correction, a frontier district, or both routes together |
From the frontier districts the calculation changes, because a trip to the capital region costs days. The judgement worth paying for is which route your case needs, whether your problem is a name change or a Registrar correction, and holding one exact spelling across every paper, which matters even more when a whole family is correcting a surname together. You can compare the whole range of name change services before deciding.
Your Trust and Security First
A name change means handing your identity documents to someone you have never met. We take that seriously, and we would rather be slow and correct than fast and wrong.
Your documents stay private
Your scans go to one advisor and one file. We do not resell your details, add you to a marketing list, or share your papers outside your case.
We read the state's own gazette
Not a search result. Everything on this page about the state route comes from the published issues themselves, which is why we can describe the reference numbering, the affidavit citation and the closing formula rather than guessing at them.
We know which state you are in
A surprising amount of what ranks for this query is about Andhra Pradesh. We will not send you to Vijayawada, and we can name your district.
One exact written form, agreed in writing
Spelling and place details fixed, across the whole family if several people are correcting the same surname. We send it to you letter by letter and wait for your written confirmation.
One advisor, start to finish
The same person handles your file from the first scan to the published notification, on the same number you first called, whether you are in Tawang or in Bengaluru.
Your originals come back to you
The original newspaper copy and the affidavit come back once the file is accepted, and we keep a scanned set so a lost document years later is not a fresh problem.
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The questions Google gets asked most about Arunachal Pradesh
How can I change my name legally in Arunachal Pradesh?
Swear an affidavit before a Notary Public or Executive Magistrate, publish a newspaper advertisement, then apply either through your district for publication in Part I of the Arunachal Pradesh Gazette, or to the Department of Publication in Delhi for Part IV of the Gazette of India, depending on where your new name has to work.
Does Arunachal Pradesh have its own gazette for a name change?
Yes. The Arunachal Pradesh Gazette, published by the Directorate of Printing and Stationery at Naharlagun, regularly carries name and surname change notifications in Part I, in numbered volumes issued roughly twice a month.
Where does my notification get published in the state gazette?
In Part I of the Arunachal Pradesh Gazette, with its own reference number, recorded as being in pursuance of your numbered affidavit and closing with the formula that you will henceforth be known and distinguished by the new name for all purposes.
Why do I need to keep my affidavit serial number?
Because the published gazette entry cites the affidavit's serial number and date. Those are the reference points that tie the notification back to your sworn statement if you ever need to trace or prove it, so note them down before you leave the notary.
What is the Central Government fee for a gazette name change?
Commonly Rs 1,100 for adults and Rs 1,700 for minors, paid only through bharatkosh.gov.in, with Rs 250 extra where an adult adopts a name of another religion without changing religion. The Department of Publication revises the fee each financial year, so confirm the current amount before paying.
I found a guide mentioning a Vijayawada gazette office. Is that right for me?
No. That is Andhra Pradesh. Several pages ranking for Arunachal Pradesh are actually written about Andhra Pradesh, and following them would send you to an office about three thousand kilometres from Itanagar.
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Frequently asked questions on name change in Arunachal Pradesh
The questions we are asked on the phone every day.
Is the Arunachal Pradesh Gazette really used for name changes?
Where do I apply for the state gazette?
Can the affidavit be sworn before an Executive Magistrate?
What details will appear in the published notification?
Why does my village and police station appear in a gazette?
Is anything I put in the application made public?
Why should I keep the affidavit serial number?
Can a whole family correct a surname together?
Will the gazette automatically update my school certificate?
What does the state gazette charge?
Is the state gazette valid outside Arunachal Pradesh?
Will my state notification appear in Part IV?
How do I pay the Central Gazette fee?
Will anyone courier me a printed Central Gazette?
Do I need a deed poll?
I found a guide mentioning a Vijayawada gazette office. Is that right for me?
Can I change my name after marriage without a court order?
My birth certificate has a spelling mistake. Do I need a gazette?
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Where can you verify all of this yourself?
Every fact above can be checked at these sources, and on this state you really can read the gazette itself.
- Directorate of Printing and Stationery, Government of Arunachal PradeshPublishes the Arunachal Pradesh Gazette at Naharlagun, in numbered volumes roughly twice a month, with personal name and surname notifications in Part I. The issues themselves are downloadable here.
- Government of Arunachal Pradesh official portalDepartment listings and district information across every district, from Tawang to Longding.
- Constitutional history of Arunachal PradeshNEFA reconstituted as the Union Territory of Arunachal Pradesh on 21 January 1972 under Section 7 of the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971, and as a full state on 20 February 1987 under Section 3 of the State of Arunachal Pradesh Act, 1986.
- Department of Publication, Government of IndiaThe single Central Gazette office, Civil Lines, Delhi 110054, with the published change of name guidelines, the proforma and the current fee.
- The Gazette of India, e-Gazette portalSearch and download published Central Gazette notifications free. Your Part IV notification appears here, and hard copies ceased on 1 October 2015.
- BharatKosh, the Non-Tax Receipt PortalThe only accepted channel for the Central Gazette fee. Demand drafts and direct transfers were discontinued.
- Civil Registration System, Registrar General of IndiaBirth and death registration, and the framework for Registrar corrections under Section 15 of the RBD Act, 1969.
- Unique Identification Authority of IndiaAadhaar name update rules, accepted proofs and enrolment centre locations.
- Passport SevaRe-issue with a change of name, the documents required, and how the given name and surname fields are filled.
- India PostSpeed post tracking for a Central file sent to Civil Lines, Delhi 110054, which matters more from the frontier districts than from anywhere else in India.
The short version
Everything on this page in ten lines
- Arunachal Pradesh has a real state gazette that publishes name and surname corrections in Part I, roughly twice a month, from the Directorate of Printing and Stationery at Naharlagun.
- Published entries cite your affidavit by number and date, so write both down before you leave the notary.
- Reference numbers carry a district code and a judicial branch reference, so the file starts in your district.
- The entry prints your parentage, village, post office, police station and district, then the correction, then the henceforth formula.
- The gazette is public and permanently online, so be deliberate about which identifiers you put in the application.
- Surname correction is the dominant use case, and families commonly correct together. Agree one spelling for everyone first.
- Part IV belongs to the Gazette of India only. Use it when the name has to work on a passport or outside the state.
- Central fee: commonly Rs 1,100 adult and Rs 1,700 minor, plus Rs 250 in one specific case, on BharatKosh only and never by demand draft.
- No official figure is published for the state gazette charges, so ask the Directorate rather than trusting a private site.
- This is not Andhra Pradesh. If a guide mentions Vijayawada or Krishna district, close it.
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