Online Gazette Application for Name Change in Uttar Pradesh

Visit the local Municipal Corporation (Nagar Nigam) or Gram Panchayat where the birth was originally registered.

Submit these documents together:

A completed application form

A notarized affidavit

Your newspaper advertisements

Your original birth certificate

Valid ID proof

Note: This is a local municipal process. This is separate from the state or Central Gazette filing. You're correcting the birth registry record itself. This is not publishing a Gazette notice.

Yes — having only one name on your records doesn't prevent you from legally updating your identity. The process is the same as any standard name change: a notarized affidavit, a newspaper advertisement, and an official Gazette notification.

Practical note: if you're expanding a single name into a full first-and-last name structure (common for older records or names from certain regional naming conventions). It states this clearly as your reason for change in the affidavit. This is treated as a standard legal name change. It is not a special category.

Newspaper advertisement costs generally range from ₹300 to ₹4,000, with a standard two-paper (regional + national). The combo typically starts around ₹350 to ₹600.

Price depends on:

Which publication you choose (national dailies cost more than regional/local papers)

Word or line count of your advertisement

The specific city edition you're publishing in

Cost-saving tip: choosing a smaller classified text ad in a regional paper rather than a large announcement in a major national daily keeps costs toward the lower end of this range.

You don't lose your legal name change status if you only lose your physical copy. The Official government Gazette publications have lifetime validity. This doesn't change even if your printed copy is lost, damaged, or misplaced.

You do not need to redo the entire name change process. Instead:

Apply for an official certified duplicate copy from the issuing department (state or Central. It depends on which Gazette you originally used).

Provide your original application reference details or publication date to help locate your record.

Once reissued, the duplicate carries the same legal weight as your original.

You can determine your correct office based on jurisdiction and purpose. It is not simply your home state.

Use the Central Government route (Department of Publication) if:

You need your name change recognized for passports, central government jobs, or international purposes.

Your state doesn't have its own dedicated citizen-facing Gazette portal (as is the case for Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, and Bihar)

Use your State Government Printing Press if:

Your state has a dedicated digital portal (like Maharashtra's DGPS system).

You only need recognition for state-level records, local employment, or state board documents.

For Uttar Pradesh residents specifically: since UP has no separate state citizen portal for personal name changes, your application defaults to the Central Gazette route via Delhi regardless of which use case applies to you.

The source names egazette.up.nic.in as the portal. It describes government fees being paid through a state treasury gateway called Rajkosh, supporting net banking from authorized public sector banks, debit cards, and UPI. This is described as separate from the Central Government's Bharatkosh system.

The source attributes this to server congestion from high traffic across 75 districts, and suggests: clearing browser history and using an incognito window, keeping uploaded files under 2MB in standard PDF format. You can submit after 9 PM when traffic is lower.

The source claims yes, provided the applicant can upload valid domicile proof or a certified land registry deed from the local tehsil office.

The source names Prayagraj as the headquarters (Directorate of Printing and Stationery, Government Press complex). The branch presses are described in Lucknow (capital region), Rampur (northern districts), and Varanasi (eastern circle).

Operating hours given: 10 AM–5 PM, closed second Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays.

Walk-in submissions: the source states these are not accepted. The applications must go through the online portal or tracked speed post to Prayagraj.

The source specifically states no — it claims the state printing press stopped publishing personal faith conversion statements. The applicants must instead route religion change requests through the Central Publication Department in Civil Lines, Delhi.

The source describes a color-coded tracker:

Yellow — documents under manual scrutiny

Red — an active objection requiring updated paperwork

Green — approved and moved to the printing queue

The source states yes. It describes this as stricter than the general rule of "a parent or guardian" used elsewhere. It requires a joint declaration from both living parents, or court/death certificate documentation if one parent is unavailable.

The source states the online database only covers records from 2015 onward; anything older requires an offline request to the Prayagraj archive desk to manually search physical ledgers.

The source specifies: files must be in grayscale, standard PDF format, under 2MB — and if the system flags a "Mismatched Name" objection. The fix is to first correct the underlying PAN or marksheet typo at a local Common Service Center (CSC), then re-upload the corrected scan.

Not given in any prior file. The source provides:

Phone: 011-23810150 or 011-23812527 (Controller of Publications helpdesk)

Email: gzt-pms@nic.in or ctrl-pub@nic.in

Use case: contacting the department if your name hasn't appeared in the weekly Gazette after 45 days, or to request cancellation before a submitted file is processed.