Name Change Procedure in Karnataka
Ask the internet whether Karnataka has its own gazette and you get both answers, sometimes from the same website. One page says the state has none. Another page on that very site walks you through the state portal. This page settles it for all 31 districts: which routes actually exist, what each one is for, honest fees, and a warning about the addresses circulating online.
Karnataka residents have two routes. The state route: a notarised affidavit, newspaper notices in Kannada and English, then a gazette application to the Department of Printing, Stationery and Publications, published in the Karnataka Rajyapatra. The central route: the same affidavit and notices, then a signed file posted to the Gazette of India in Delhi, published in Part IV in about 30 to 45 days and accepted across India and abroad.
What does the name change procedure in Karnataka actually involve?
The process is simpler than the search results make it look. The results are the problem. One commercial website tells readers to upload their application to the official Karnataka gazette portal and then names its own domain as that portal. Another network publishes district pages with Government-looking web addresses that do not exist, and calls districts states. A third gives three different addresses for the Karnataka gazette office across its own pages, and one Bengaluru-titled page sends readers to a Government Press in Mumbai.
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 number, passport offices, banks, boards, employers and foreign missions accept it as the legal record of your new name. An affidavit on its own is the beginning of the change, not the end.
At a glance
- Where it applies
- All 31 districts of Karnataka, across four revenue divisions
- State route
- Karnataka Rajyapatra, through the Department of Printing, Stationery and Publications
- State department site
- gokprinting.karnataka.gov.in, which carries the State Gazette section
- Central route
- Gazette of India, Part IV, signed file posted to Delhi
- Central office
- Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi 110054. No branch in Bengaluru
- Newspapers
- Two notices, one Kannada and one English. English alone is not enough
- Central fee
- Commonly Rs 1,100 adult, Rs 1,700 minor, revised yearly, not refundable
- State fee
- Confirm with the department. The figures circulating online do not agree
- Time
- 30 to 45 days after the central file reaches Delhi, 3 to 7 weeks end to end
- Where to download
- egazette.gov.in, free, digital only since 1 October 2015
Key takeaways
- Karnataka does have its own state gazette. It is run by the Department of Printing, Stationery and Publications and published as the Karnataka Rajyapatra, with the department's own site at gokprinting.karnataka.gov.in carrying a State Gazette section.
- Notices go in two newspapers, one Kannada and one English. Kannada is the official language of the State under Section 2 of the Karnataka Official Language Act, 1963. One English paper alone is not enough.
- Simple rule for choosing: the state gazette for Karnataka board, state university and state service records; the Central Gazette for a passport, central Government jobs, banks in other states and anything abroad.
- The Central Gazette fee is commonly Rs 1,100 for adults and Rs 1,700 for minors, paid only through bharatkosh.gov.in. For the state fee, confirm with the department, because the figures online do not agree with each other.
- There is exactly one Central Gazette office: Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi 110054. There is no Central Gazette branch in Bengaluru, and files go there by post.
- Be careful which website you land on. At least one commercial site names its own domain as the official Karnataka gazette portal, and others publish Government URLs that do not exist.
- A published gazette is a free public record. Nobody should charge you a retrieval fee to fetch your own PDF.
- 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.
Video: the name change procedure in Karnataka
Prefer to watch? These two cover the whole process end to end. Twenty more sit beside the sections they belong to: state gazette against Central Gazette, the gazette office address, the newspaper advertisement and the central notification, the document list, the real cost, the passport, PAN and licence updates, birth certificate corrections, SSLC, PUC and degree records, Government employees, and agents and consultants.
How to change a name in Karnataka, the 2026 process कर्नाटक में नाम कैसे बदलें
The process in short
Name change process in Karnataka कर्नाटक में नाम परिवर्तन की प्रक्रिया
Did a Chief Minister once change states without moving office?
Effectively, yes. And it is the cleanest illustration of what a gazette notification actually does.
After unification in 1956 the Kannada speaking state was still called Mysore State, a name that sat uneasily with the northern districts who had fought hardest for unification. The Legislative Assembly passed a resolution on 27 July 1972 and the Legislative Council on 5 August 1972, and the state forwarded them to the Centre that August. Because Article 3 of the Constitution has a proviso, the President referred the Bill back to the State Legislature for its views first.
Parliament then enacted the Mysore State (Alteration of Name) Act, 1973 (Act 31 of 1973), which received assent on 21 August 1973. It amended Article 168(1)(a) and changed entry 9 in the First Schedule and entry 10 in the Fourth Schedule from Mysore to Karnataka. Section 3 is one sentence long: As from the appointed day, the State of Mysore shall be known as the State of Karnataka. The appointed day was 1 November 1973, celebrated ever since as Karnataka Rajyotsava.
D. Devaraj Urs went to bed on 31 October as Chief Minister of Mysore and woke on 1 November as Chief Minister of Karnataka. Same chair, same office, same person. A different name, because a notification said so.
Does Karnataka have its own gazette for a name change?
Yes. The confusion in search results is not because the answer is complicated. It is because a lot of pages are written without checking.
Karnataka runs a state gazette through the Department of Printing, Stationery and Publications, a Government of Karnataka department with its own official website at gokprinting.karnataka.gov.in, a State Gazette section, an archive of older editions, and divisional presses across the state. The published gazette is the Karnataka Rajyapatra, reached through the state's e-Rajyapatra system. So pages claiming Karnataka has no state gazette for a name change are simply wrong. Awkwardly, some of those pages sit on the same domains as other pages that describe the state portal in detail.
What that state gazette is good for is a separate question, and this is where the useful advice lies. A state notification is a lawful state record, and it is often exactly what a Karnataka board, a state university or a state service department wants. It is not what a passport office, a central Government employer, a bank in another state or a foreign authority looks for. Those want Part IV of the Gazette of India.
| Point | Karnataka Rajyapatra (state) | Central Gazette of India |
|---|---|---|
| Run by | Department of Printing, Stationery and Publications, Government of Karnataka | Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi 110054 |
| Where published | Karnataka Rajyapatra, reached through the state e-Rajyapatra system | Part IV of the Gazette of India, weekly Saturday issues |
| Newspaper notices | Two, one Kannada and one English | Two, one Kannada and one English, complete original pages |
| Fee | Confirm with the department. The figures circulating online do not agree | Commonly Rs 1,100 adult and Rs 1,700 minor, via BharatKosh, revised each financial year |
| Best for | SSLC and PUC marks cards, state universities, KPSC and state service records | Passport, central Government jobs, banks in other states, anything abroad |
| Reach | A state record | Accepted across India and recognised by embassies |
State gazette or Central Gazette, on video
State gazette or Central Gazette, which one is better in Karnataka
State gazette against Central Gazette for a Karnataka name change
Can you trust the Karnataka gazette address you found online?
Verify it first. This state has an unusually bad information problem, and it costs people real money and real trips.
A private domain calling itself the Government portal
One commercial website instructs readers to upload their application to the official Karnataka gazette portal, and then names its own domain as that portal. A private company is not a Government portal, whatever it puts in brackets.
Government URLs that do not exist
Another network has auto-generated district pages publishing Government-looking web addresses in the form of a district name inside a gov.in URL. Those addresses do not exist. The same pages refer to districts as though they were states.
Three addresses for one office
Published addresses for the state gazette office differ across pages, and sometimes across pages on a single website: one road and pincode here, a different industrial area there, a third locality and pincode elsewhere.
A Bengaluru page pointing at Mumbai
One Bengaluru-titled page tells readers to visit a Government Press in Mumbai, and carries a customer testimonial from someone in Kolkata. Some pages insist only offline submission is allowed; others describe online filing. Both cannot be current.
The gazette office address, on video
Gazette office in Karnataka and the address people search for कर्नाटक में गजट ऑफिस
How does the name change procedure in Karnataka work, step by step?
Five stages, and the first one decides whether your file passes.
Fix the spelling, then the affidavit
One exact form of the new name, including initials and spacing, then a notarised affidavit built around it. Everything after has to match.
Two newspaper notices
One Kannada daily and one English daily circulating where you live, with the complete original pages kept as proof.
State or central filing
The Rajyapatra application to the state department, or the signed file posted to Delhi with the fee paid on BharatKosh.
Step 1: fix the exact spelling, then draft the affidavit
This is the step that decides whether your file passes. Choose one exact form of your new name, including initials, spacing and whether a surname is used at all, and never vary it again. Then get an affidavit drafted on stamp paper stating your old name, your new name, your father's or husband's name, your address in Karnataka and the reason for the change, and sign it before a notary. Stamp paper and notary together usually cost Rs 100 to Rs 500.
A Karnataka specific point. Many people here carry a single given name with a village or father's initial in front, and different documents expand it differently. If you are expanding an initial, decide the full expanded form now, because that is the name your passport and every later record will carry.
Step 2: publish in two newspapers, one Kannada and one English
Publish the same notice in two dailies circulating where you live: one Kannada and one English. Kannada is the official language of the State under Section 2 of the Karnataka Official Language Act, 1963, which received assent on 5 October 1963 and says in plain words that the official language of the State of Karnataka shall be Kannada. One English paper alone is not enough here, which catches out applicants who assume an English notice covers it. The wording must match the affidavit exactly, including the spelling you fixed in step one. Keep the complete original pages with the dates clearly visible, not cuttings. Two notices usually cost Rs 800 to Rs 4,000.
Step 3A: the state route, through the department
For the Karnataka Rajyapatra, the application goes to the Department of Printing, Stationery and Publications with the affidavit, the newspaper pages, identity and address proof, photographs and the completed application form. Because published guidance on the office address, the submission method and the fee is inconsistent across private websites, confirm all three with the department directly before you go. Once published, retrieve your notification through the state gazette system rather than paying anyone to fetch it.
Step 3B: the central route, by post to Delhi
For the Gazette of India, the file contains the original newspaper pages, a signed undertaking, two copies of the prescribed proforma, computer typed and not handwritten, a soft copy of the notice text, a certificate signed by you declaring that the hard and soft copies match, self-attested identity of the applicant and of one witness, two photographs, and a request letter to the Controller of Publications. Keep every document less than one year old.
Step 4: pay the central fee 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, revised each financial year, so confirm the current amount on deptpub.gov.in before paying. The fee is not refundable, and demand drafts are not accepted.
Step 5: post the file and download your notification
Send the complete central file by post or courier to the Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi 110054. There is no Central Gazette counter in Bengaluru, so speed post is the normal route and works perfectly well. Applications are accepted from the applicant directly, not from agents, which is why an honest consultant prepares your file end to end while you sign and send it. Once published, open the relevant Part IV issue on egazette.gov.in, search the PDF for your old or new name, and download the whole gazette as your copy. Hard copies ceased on 1 October 2015 and no further certification is needed.
The newspaper advertisement and the central notification
How to publish the name change advertisement in a newspaper in Karnataka न्यूज पेपर में एड कैसे डालें
How to make a Central Gazette notification in Karnataka सेंट्रल गजट नोटिफिकेशन कैसे बनाएं
What documents are required for a name change in Karnataka?
One core list for both routes, plus what the central file adds.
The core file, either route
- Notarised name change affidavit on stamp paper
- Aadhaar or other Government photo identity showing the old name, self-attested
- Address proof in Karnataka: electricity bill, water bill, rent agreement, ration card or voter ID
- Complete original newspaper pages of both notices, Kannada and English, dates visible
- The completed application form for the route you are using
- Two to three passport size photographs
What the central route adds, and what your case may need
- Two copies of the prescribed proforma, computer typed, signed and attested
- A CD with the notice text in MS Word, without the witness portion, and a certificate signed by you that the hard and soft copies match. The Department of Publication guidelines still list this
- Self-attested photo identity of one witness, 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
Documents required for a name change in Karnataka कर्नाटक में नाम बदलने के दस्तावेज़
What does a name change in Karnataka really cost?
Short answer: the Central fee is commonly Rs 1,100 for an adult, and the state fee is the one number you should get from the department rather than a website.
| Item | Typical amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Stamp paper and notary | Rs 100 to Rs 500 | A local notary anywhere in the state. |
| Two newspaper notices | Rs 800 to Rs 4,000 | One Kannada daily and one English daily circulating where you live. |
| Karnataka Rajyapatra fee | Confirm with the department | Figures on private sites conflict. Do not rely on a service company's number. |
| Central Gazette fee, adult | Commonly Rs 1,100 | Paid through BharatKosh only. The Department of Publication revises it each financial year. |
| Central Gazette fee, minor | Commonly Rs 1,700 | Applies to anyone under 18. Also paid through BharatKosh. |
| Speed post to Delhi | Rs 50 to Rs 200 | Central route only. There is no Central counter in Bengaluru. |
| Applying from abroad | Around Rs 7,500 to Rs 9,000 | Central route, plus embassy or consulate attestation of the deed. |
| Gazette PDF retrieval | Free | A published gazette is a public record. Nobody should charge you to fetch it. |
| Realistic self-done total | Rs 2,000 to Rs 6,000 | Depends on the route and on which newspapers you choose. |
| Documentadvisor assistance | Quoted per case | Charged separately from Government charges. Call 9540005002 for a fixed quote before you commit. |
How much does it cost to change your name in Karnataka कर्नाटक में नाम बदलने का खर्च
How long does a name change take in Karnataka?
Short answer: a few weeks on the state route, 3 to 7 weeks on the central route, and no paid fast track on either.
Day 1 to 2
The exact spelling fixed in writing, documents collected, affidavit drafted and notarised at a local notary.
Day 2 to 9
Notices booked in one Kannada and one English daily. Publication follows each paper's schedule, so allow 2 to 7 days, then collect the complete pages.
State route, then a few weeks
The application submitted to the department with the affidavit, pages, proofs and photographs, then publication in the Rajyapatra for a complete file.
Central route, then 30 to 45 days
Two to four days to prepare and post, the fee paid on BharatKosh, then publication in Part IV about 30 to 45 days after the file arrives.
Plan for 3 to 7 weeks on the central route from the first phone call to a notification you can download. If you are running both, start them together rather than one after the other.
Which parts of Karnataka do we serve?
Both routes run by post and online, so your district does not matter. We support applicants across all 31 districts and four revenue divisions.
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 Karnataka 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.
- Karnataka Rajyapatra
- The state gazette of Karnataka, published by the Department of Printing, Stationery and Publications and reached through the state e-Rajyapatra system.
- e-Rajyapatra
- The state system through which the Karnataka Rajyapatra is published and retrieved. Your published state notification is fetched from here, free.
- DPSP
- The Department of Printing, Stationery and Publications, Government of Karnataka. Its official site is gokprinting.karnataka.gov.in.
- 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 Karnataka.
- Affidavit
- A written statement you swear is true, signed before a notary, recording your old name, new name, parentage, address and the reason for the change.
- Proforma
- The prescribed application format the Department of Publication requires on the central route, computer typed in two signed and attested copies.
- 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.
- RTC
- The Record of Rights, Tenancy and Crops, the Karnataka land record. A gazette does not update it by itself; you take the notification to the Tahsildar's office.
What do you update after the gazette, and in what order?
The gazette 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 first at an enrolment centre with the gazette copy and your identity document. |
| 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 both agree creates a mismatch. |
| 4 | Passport | Re-issue with the change of name, checking that the given name and surname fields carry your expanded form exactly. |
| 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 on file first. |
| 7 | SSLC, PUC, degree and university records | Slowest of the lot. Each board and university runs its own correction procedure and charges its own fee. |
| 8 | Land and RTC records, property and business records | Through the Tahsildar's office. Handle last, once the identity documents all agree. |
Aadhaar rules are on uidai.gov.in and passport re-issue rules on passportindia.gov.in.
Passport, PAN and driving licence, on video
How to change a name in the passport in Karnataka पासपोर्ट में नाम कैसे बदलें
How to change the father name on a passport in Karnataka पासपोर्ट में पिता का नाम कैसे बदलें
How to change a name on the PAN card in Karnataka पैन कार्ड में नाम कैसे बदलें
How to change a name in the driving licence in Karnataka ड्राइविंग लाइसेंस में नाम कैसे बदलें
Is a birth certificate mistake a gazette matter in Karnataka?
No. If the error sits in a birth certificate, the fix is a Registrar correction under Section 15 of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969, through the body that issued it: the BBMP in Bengaluru, your City or Town Municipal Council, or the gram panchayat, with the state's e-Janma system used for birth records. The Civil Registration System portal is crsorgi.gov.in.
Note also that births and deaths are governed by that central Act. Pages citing a Karnataka Birth and Death Registration Act of 1999, and a Section 15A within it, are citing something that does not exist. A gazette entry can support your file, but it does not rewrite the certificate, and agents who sell it that way are selling the wrong process.
Birth certificate corrections, on video
How to change a name in a birth certificate in Karnataka, the BBMP and e-Janma route
How to change the father name in a birth certificate in Karnataka जन्म प्रमाणपत्र में पिता का नाम कैसे बदलें
Which special situations come up most in Karnataka?
Five cases we see constantly, starting with the two that are specific to this state.
SSLC, PUC and university records
One of the most common Karnataka cases: a spelling on the SSLC marks card that does not match the Aadhaar or the degree certificate. The board and the university each run their own correction process, and the gazette notification supports that application rather than replacing it. For school and state university records the Karnataka Rajyapatra is often what is asked for; for CBSE and central boards the requirements are stricter and may go beyond a gazette alone. Ask the specific board what it wants before choosing a route.
IT professionals, visas and passport mismatches
Bengaluru produces a particular version of this problem: a degree certificate, a PAN and a passport that each split or expand the same name differently, discovered only when a visa application or an international background check flags it. The Central Gazette is the right anchor here, because Part IV is valid everywhere and recognised abroad. Fix the gazette first, then Aadhaar, then the passport re-issue, then employer and visa records, in that order.
Marriage, divorce and a minor child
A woman adding a spouse's surname attaches the marriage certificate; reverting to a maiden name after a divorce attaches the decree. Both directions use the same stages, and if you simply keep using your existing name and nothing on paper changes, you do not need a gazette at all. For a minor, a parent or legal guardian applies, swearing the affidavit and attaching the child's birth certificate along with their own identity proof. On the central route the minor fee applies, commonly Rs 1,700, and both parents signing avoids objections later.
Land and RTC records
A gazette notification does not update land records by itself. Take the published notification to the Tahsildar's office and follow their process so the RTC reflects your new name. The same principle applies everywhere: the gazette is the proof you bring, and each office still runs its own update.
Marks cards, school records and degrees, on video
Name change in the class 10 marksheet in Karnataka कर्नाटक में 10वीं की मार्कशीट में नाम बदलना
Marks card name change in Karnataka, school and marksheet correction
How to change your name on educational documents in Karnataka शिक्षा दस्तावेज़ों में नाम कैसे बदलें
The full method for changing a name in a class 10 marksheet 10वीं की मार्कशीट में नाम बदलने का पूरा तरीका
What changes for Government employees and KPSC records?
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 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. For KPSC and state service records the state Rajyapatra is often what is asked for, so ask your department one thing before you spend anything: which gazette they want on the record, and in what order. Send us any departmental circular and we build the file around it.
How to change the name of a Government employee in Karnataka सरकारी कर्मचारी का नाम कैसे बदलें
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, SSLC and passport records all follow
- An initial expanded once, in the form your passport and every visa will carry
- A dated public record you can show any office that questions the change
- No lawyer and no court order needed, because this is an administrative process
What mistakes get Karnataka applications rejected?
Every one of these is avoidable, and on the central route every one costs the fee again, because it is not refundable.
In the file itself
- A spelling gap between the affidavit, the newspaper notices and the ID proof. This single issue causes more failures than everything else combined
- Publishing only in English and skipping the Kannada notice
- Expanding an initial one way on the affidavit and another way in the advertisement
- Submitting cuttings instead of complete original newspaper pages
- Documents older than one year in the central file
Because of bad advice online
- Travelling to an office address copied from a private website without confirming it with the department
- Paying a website a retrieval fee for a gazette PDF that is a free public record
- Uploading to a commercial domain that presents itself as a Government portal
- Paying the central fee by demand draft instead of BharatKosh
- Paying for tatkal publication, which neither department sells
Should you do it yourself or take professional help?
Both routes can be done alone, and plenty of people finish without paying anyone.
| Point of comparison | Doing it yourself | Using Documentadvisor |
|---|---|---|
| Money out | Rs 2,000 to Rs 6,000, if nothing goes wrong | Government charge plus a quoted service charge |
| Your time | A notary visit, two newspaper bookings, the application or the Delhi file, and the follow-up | About 30 minutes of sending scans and confirming the wording |
| The Karnataka specific risk | Not the paperwork, the information around it: conflicting office addresses, private sites presenting themselves as Government portals, and quotes from Rs 999 to Rs 9,000 for the same work | We work from the department's own site, and tell you what to ignore |
| The judgement call | Which gazette your case needs, and what your board or employer will actually accept | We settle that first, then draft around it |
| Risk of paying twice | The central fee is not refundable, and one spelling variation sends the file back after weeks | We confirm the exact spelling with you in writing before anything is drafted |
| Best if | A plain change, records all inside Karnataka, one clear spelling | A passport, a visa, an SSLC or university record, a service record, or both routes together |
The judgement that actually matters is which route your case needs, what your board or employer will accept, and holding one exact spelling across every document. A consultant works that out, prepares the affidavit and notice wording, assembles the file and tracks it to publication. You can compare the whole range of name change services before deciding. Since the Central Gazette accepts applications only from the applicant directly, an honest service prepares and tracks your file rather than claiming to submit it for you.
Agents and consultants, on video
Name change agent in Karnataka, the full 2026 process कर्नाटक में नेम चेंज एजेंट
Name change consultant in Karnataka कर्नाटक में नेम चेंज कंसल्टेंट
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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 work from the department's own site
Not from a search result. In a state where private sites publish three different office addresses and one names itself as the Government portal, that single habit prevents most of the wasted trips and wasted money.
One exact spelling, agreed in writing
We send you the exact wording, letter by letter, including any expanded initial and the spacing, and wait for your written confirmation before anything is typed or booked. The central fee is not refundable, so this protects your money.
Government charge shown separately
Our charge and the Government charge are always quoted as two lines. And we never charge you to retrieve a published gazette, because that is a free public record.
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. You never repeat your case to somebody new.
Your originals come back to you
Original newspaper pages 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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Call, WhatsApp or fill the form. Tell us your old name, the complete new name including any expanded initial, your district and where the name has to be accepted, then send clear scans.
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We confirm the route and the exact spelling with you in writing, draft the affidavit, then schedule the Kannada and English notices and either the department application or the Delhi file.
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The questions Google gets asked most about Karnataka
Does Karnataka have its own gazette for name change?
Yes. The Department of Printing, Stationery and Publications publishes the Karnataka Rajyapatra, reached through the state e-Rajyapatra system, and its official site is gokprinting.karnataka.gov.in. Websites claiming Karnataka has no state gazette are wrong, though a state notification and the Gazette of India are used for different purposes.
How can I change my name legally in Karnataka?
Make a notarised affidavit, publish notices in two newspapers, one Kannada and one English, then apply either to the state department for the Karnataka Rajyapatra or to the Gazette of India in Delhi with the fee paid on BharatKosh. Keep one exact spelling on every document.
Which gazette should I choose, state or central?
State for Karnataka board, state university and state service records. Central for a passport, central Government jobs, banks in other states and anything abroad. When in doubt the Central Gazette covers more ground, and doing both is common.
Is there a Central Gazette office in Bangalore?
No. The only Central Gazette office is the Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi 110054. Applications from Karnataka go there by post or courier, and speed post works exactly as well as walking it in.
Do I need to publish in a Kannada newspaper?
Yes. Two notices are required, one Kannada and one English. Kannada is the official language of the State under Section 2 of the Karnataka Official Language Act, 1963, and one English notice alone is not sufficient here.
Should I pay a website to download my gazette PDF?
No. A published gazette is a public record. The Central Gazette is downloaded free from egazette.gov.in, and the state notification is retrieved through the state system. If a site wants a retrieval fee, that is not official access.
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Frequently asked questions on name change in Karnataka
The questions we are asked on the phone every day.
Is it true that Karnataka has no state gazette for a personal name change?
Which route do I need for a passport?
Which route do I need for an SSLC or PUC marks card correction?
How much does the Karnataka state gazette cost?
Can I trust the gazette office address I found online?
Should I pay a website to download my gazette PDF?
Do I need two newspaper notices or is one enough?
What causes most rejections in Karnataka?
I have an initial instead of a full name. How do I expand it?
My birth certificate has a mistake. Do I need a gazette?
Does the gazette update my land or RTC records automatically?
Are the Rs 999 offers real, and can I pay for faster publication?
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Where can you verify all of this yourself?
Every fact above can be checked at these sources. Please do check them, and please type the addresses rather than clicking a search result.
- Department of Printing, Stationery and Publications, Government of KarnatakaThe department behind the Karnataka Rajyapatra, with the State Gazette section, the archive of older editions and the divisional presses. Confirm the current address, method and fee here.
- Mysore State (Alteration of Name) Act, 1973Act 31 of 1973, assented 21 August 1973. Section 3 renamed the State on the appointed day, 1 November 1973, and the Act amended Article 168 and the First and Fourth Schedules.
- Karnataka Official Language Act, 1963 (PDF)Act 26 of 1963, assented 5 October 1963. Section 2 makes Kannada the official language of the State, which is why the notice belongs in a Kannada daily.
- The Gazette of India, e-Gazette portalSearch and download published Central Gazette notifications free. Your Part IV notification appears here.
- Department of Publication, Government of IndiaThe single Central Gazette office, Civil Lines, Delhi 110054, with the change of name guidelines, the proforma and the current fee.
- BharatKosh, the Non-Tax Receipt PortalThe only accepted channel for the Central Gazette fee. Demand drafts and direct transfers were discontinued.
- Government of Karnataka official portalDepartment listings and district information for all 31 districts across four revenue divisions.
- Civil Registration System, Registrar General of IndiaBirth and death registration, and the framework for Registrar corrections under the central RBD Act, 1969.
- Unique Identification Authority of IndiaAadhaar name update rules, accepted proofs and enrolment centre locations.
The short version
Everything on this page in ten lines
- Karnataka does have its own gazette. It is the Karnataka Rajyapatra, run by the Department of Printing, Stationery and Publications at gokprinting.karnataka.gov.in.
- Pages saying the state has no gazette are wrong, and some of them sit on the same domains as pages describing the state portal.
- State gazette for board, state university and state service records. Central Gazette for a passport, central jobs, other states and anything abroad.
- Both routes start the same way: one exact spelling, a notarised affidavit, and two newspaper notices in Kannada and English.
- Kannada is the official language of the State under Section 2 of the Karnataka Official Language Act, 1963. One English notice alone is not enough.
- The Central fee is commonly Rs 1,100 adult and Rs 1,700 minor, on BharatKosh only, revised each year and not refundable. For the state fee, ask the department.
- There is no Central Gazette office in Bengaluru. Files go to Civil Lines, Delhi 110054 by post.
- Verify every address with the department. Private sites publish conflicting addresses, invented Government URLs, and in one case their own domain as the official portal.
- A published gazette is a free public record. Never pay a website to retrieve your own PDF.
- A birth certificate mistake is a Registrar correction under Section 15 of the central RBD Act, 1969, through BBMP, your municipal council or gram panchayat.
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