How to change the name

According to ancient scientists and astrologers, his fate directly depends on the person's name. Therefore, future and new parents are very serious about the selection of names for their children. But sometimes in a person's life there are situations when you have to think about how to change the name and name for reasons more mundane than mysticism or aesthetics.

Is it possible at all?

Yes, the state gives such an opportunity to its citizens, but when performing a certain procedure. The right to change the name, surname and patronymic is fixed in the second part of the nineteenth article of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, as well as in the seventh chapter of the Federal Law number one hundred and forty-three "On Civil Status Acts". He states that before changing his name in the passport either a name or a patronymic by his own will, the citizen must be eighteen years old. If we are talking about teenagers from fourteen to eighteen years of age, then this action should be the permission of both parents or one parent, in case of death or deprivation of parental rights of the second, or adoptive parents, or a trustee.

Is it possible to change the name to a child who has not reached the age of fourteen?

Yes, it is possible, but only solely based on the positive decision of the bodies of guardianship and trusteeship.

What form of application should a person give before changing their surname to begin this procedure?

First of all, it is necessary to make a statement on changing the name, surname or patronymic, in the header of which to indicate the registration numbers of the act of changing the name, surname or patronymic, the date of its submission, the registration number of the application itself. An official who has accepted this application from the applicant must place his signature there. Specify the name of the Civil Registry Office, to which the citizen applies and his data, that is, the last name, first name, patronymic, telephone numbers of the service and home phones. Actually in the text it is necessary to write, on which exactly the surname, name or patronymic the person wishes to change the initial data. Give your current data, date of birth, place of birth, number and date of entry in the birth certificate and the name of the registry office that issued it, also indicate your citizenship, fill in the nationality box, describe your marital status and all numbers and dates Records of acts on his change and the name of the registry office or registrar offices, who produced them. In addition, it will be necessary to give information to those children who have not yet reached adulthood, including the names, names and patronymics of children, their birth dates, numbers and dates of records of birth certificates and the name of the registry office or registrar who issued them. It will also be necessary to indicate the address of your residence and the reason why the citizen decided to change his name, to give the data of the identity document, that is, his name, number, series, name of the issuing authority and the date of issuance. To this application it is necessary to attach the documents stipulated by the fifty-ninth article of the Federal Law number one hundred and forty-three. What documents do you need to collect for a person under this law before changing your surname? And four evidences will be needed : about the birth of a person who wished to change his data about marriage, if the citizen or citizen is in him, about divorce, which is filed in case of an application for return to him or her of the pre-marital surname upon divorce, the birth of all the children of the applicant , Who have not reached adulthood.

The application will have to be considered within a maximum of one month, counting from the day it was filed. In some cases this term can be continued by the head of the registry office no more than up to two months. One must be prepared for the fact that this request can be refused if the reason stated in the application is not mentioned in the law as a basis. But in this case the refusal should be in detail motivated. And if the applicant does not agree with this decision, he has the right to appeal to him in court. In any case, before changing the surname, it is worthwhile carefully weighing all the pros and cons.