Gazette Name Change Time and Fees in Uttarakhand
Every rupee and every week, set out plainly: what goes to the Government, what goes to others, how long each stage takes and what a mistake adds.
A gazette name change from Uttarakhand commonly costs Rs 2,500 to Rs 6,000 if you do it yourself. That includes the Central Gazette fee of Rs 1,100 for an adult, the affidavit and the newspaper notice. It usually takes 3 to 7 weeks in all, with 30 to 45 days for publication after filing.
Gazette name change time and fees are the two things every caller from Uttarakhand asks first, and the two things most websites get wrong. This page sets out gazette name change time and fees in full: the Government fee, every other cost, a realistic timeline from each kind of district and what a mistake adds to both.
For how the Government fee is paid, see BharatKosh fee payment for gazette name change. For the steps themselves, read gazette name change in Uttarakhand.
How Much Does a Gazette Name Change Cost in Uttarakhand?
This is the Central Gazette route for an adult, done by yourself. Each line is paid to a different party.
| Item | Typical cost | Paid to |
|---|---|---|
| Central Gazette fee, adult | Rs 1,100 | The Government, on BharatKosh |
| Stamp paper and notary | Rs 100 to Rs 500 | The stamp vendor and the notary |
| Newspaper notice, each paper | Rs 800 to Rs 4,000 | The newspaper |
| Photographs, typing and printing | A small amount | A local shop |
| Speed Post or courier to Delhi | A small amount | India Post or the courier |
| Usual total, self-done | Rs 2,500 to Rs 6,000 | All of the above together |
The total does not count travel in your district or a repeat of any step. Only the first line goes to the Government. The widest gap is the newspaper, so that is where two people with the same case end up with very different bills.
What Is the Government Fee for a Gazette Name Change?
| Your case | Government fee |
|---|---|
| Adult, living in India | Rs 1,100 |
| Minor, under 18 | Rs 1,700 |
| Indian living abroad | Rs 3,500 |
| Each extra alias name | Rs 250 |
- The fee is the same in every state. A person in Dehradun and a person in Mumbai pay the same amount.
- It is paid only on BharatKosh, the Government's online receipt portal.
- The Department of Publication revises it each financial year, which starts on 1 April. Confirm the amount on the day you pay.
- It is not refunded, for any reason.
What Are the Other Costs, and Why Do They Vary?
Affidavit: Rs 100 to Rs 500
The stamp paper and the notary's charge. It differs from one notary to another.
Newspaper: Rs 800 to Rs 4,000 each
The biggest swing. A Hindi daily in Almora costs far less than a national English daily in Dehradun. Papers charge by the word or the line, so a long address costs more.
One paper or two
The guidelines for a simple adult case ask for one daily local leading newspaper. Many people publish in two, one Hindi and one English. Two papers means paying this line twice.
Small costs
Passport size photographs, typing and printing the form, photocopies, the soft copy and the postage to Delhi. Each is small. Together they still count.
Ask the newspaper or its agency for the rate before you book, and ask to see the newspaper's own bill afterwards. An agency may add its own charge on top of the paper's rate.
How Does the Cost Change With the Type of Case?
| Case | Government fee | What else changes |
|---|---|---|
| Adult, plain change | Rs 1,100 | Nothing extra |
| Child under 18 | Rs 1,700 | An affidavit by both parents. A custody order, if only one parent applies, is a separate court matter with its own cost |
| Married woman | Rs 1,100 | Often no Gazette is needed at all, so the cost may be nil. Check first |
| After divorce | Rs 1,100 | A certified copy of the decree, from the court |
| Two members of one family | One fee each | Each person has a separate affidavit, notice and file |
| Indian living abroad | Rs 3,500 | Attestation and courier costs from abroad |
| More than one name in use | Rs 250 more for each alias | A longer notice in the newspaper |
The cheapest name change is the one you did not need. A surname change after a registered marriage, a typing mistake in one record and a birth certificate correction usually need no Gazette. Ask before you start.
What Should You Not Pay For?
- The blank form and the guidelines. Free on the Department of Publication's website.
- Checking the status. Free. You look in Part IV of the weekly Gazette yourself.
- The published Gazette copy. Free to download, any number of times.
- A "Gazette certificate". There is no such paper.
- A "fast-track" or "tatkal" Gazette. Nobody outside the office can move a file ahead.
- A court order or a lawyer's letter. Not needed for a plain name change.
- A domicile certificate for the Central route. Not asked for.
If a quote includes any of these as a separate line, ask what exactly the money is for.
How Long Does a Gazette Name Change Take From Uttarakhand?
Realistic timings for the Central route, not the best case.
Day 1 to 2
Affidavit typed, spelling confirmed in writing, notarised at your district court.
Day 3 to 7
Newspaper notice booked and printed. Full original page collected and checked.
Day 7 to 10
Form typed and signed, fee paid on BharatKosh, file posted to Delhi.
Day 30 to 45
Notice printed in Part IV. PDF downloaded from egazette.gov.in.
End to end, the Central route commonly takes 3 to 7 weeks. The first ten days are in your hands. The rest is the office's time, and nobody outside can shorten it.
Does the Time Change From District to District?
The office's time is the same for everyone. What changes is how long the first ten days and the post take.
| Area | Affidavit and newspaper | Post to Delhi |
|---|---|---|
| Dehradun, Haridwar, Roorkee, Rishikesh | Quick. Notaries and newspaper agencies are close by | A few days |
| Haldwani, Rudrapur, Kashipur | Quick | A few days |
| Nainital, Almora, Pauri, New Tehri | A day or two more, for travel to the district court and the paper's agency | A few days more than the plains |
| Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Bageshwar, Champawat, Pithoragarh | Allow extra days, most of all from remote blocks | Longer, and longer still in the monsoon or after snowfall |
So a file from Munsiyari or Joshimath is not slower at the office. It is slower on the road. When the work is done on WhatsApp and by courier, most of that gap closes, because you do not travel for each step.
What Speeds Up a Gazette, and What Does Not?
What helps
- Deciding the exact spelling before anything is typed
- Booking the newspaper the day the affidavit is notarised
- Typing the form while the notice is in print
- Paying the fee and posting the file within the same few days
- A complete file, so the office has nothing to send back
What does not help
- Paying anyone for a "fast-track"
- Visiting the office in Delhi
- Sending the same file twice
- Calling the office every day
- A costlier courier, beyond a day or two on the road
The surest way to save time is to lose none. A file that comes back can take twice as long as one that is right the first time.
How Should You Plan Around a Deadline?
Count back from the date you need the Gazette in hand, and add a margin. Remember that the record updates come after the Gazette.
| What you are planning for | Start the name change | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Passport application or re-issue | At least two months before | Aadhaar and other papers should carry the new name before you apply |
| Visa or travel abroad | Three months or more before | The passport re-issue takes its own time after the Gazette |
| Exam or admission form | At least two months before the form closes | Forms are filled in the name on your identity proof on that day |
| Joining a new job | As soon as you get the offer | Employers verify papers at joining |
| Wedding or property registration | Two to three months before | So every paper shown on the day carries one name |
These are planning margins, not rules. If your date is closer than this, call us before you start. Sometimes the wiser course is to finish the event in the old name and change the name afterwards.
What Does a Mistake Cost in Money and Time?
| Mistake | Extra money | Extra time |
|---|---|---|
| Spelling differs between affidavit and newspaper | A second newspaper notice | About a week, if caught before posting |
| File returned for a missing or wrong paper | The paper again, and postage | Several weeks |
| Wrong spelling printed from your own form | The full Government fee again for a corrigendum | A second round of publication |
| State Gazette chosen, then a passport is needed | The Central fee, a fresh affidavit and notice | The whole process again |
| Papers older than one year when filed | A fresh affidavit and notice | One to two weeks |
| A Gazette that was never needed | Everything you spent | Everything you waited |
A corrigendum must be applied for within six months of publication. It is free only where the press made the error.
A typical case we handle: a family in Rudrapur paid a low price for a "Gazette" for their son and received a state gazette. A year later his passport file asked for more proof, and they paid for the Central Gazette as well, with a new affidavit and notice. The first saving cost them double. This is an illustrative example of the type of case we handle, not a named client review.
How Do You Plan the Budget and Dates for a Central Gazette?
Step 1: Confirm that you need a Gazette
Check your case against the updates that need no Gazette. This step can bring the cost to nil.
Step 2: Confirm the Government fee for your case
Adult, minor or abroad. Check the current amount on the Department of Publication's website.
Step 3: Decide one newspaper or two
One meets the guidelines for a simple adult case. Two is the safer practice.
Step 4: Get the newspaper rate in writing
Ask the paper or its agency for the rate for your edition and your wording.
Step 5: Add the affidavit and the small costs
Stamp paper, notary, photographs, printing and postage.
Step 6: Mark the dates on a calendar
Ten days for the papers, a few days for the post, and 30 to 45 days at the office.
Step 7: Keep a margin in both
Keep some money aside for one repeat, and two to three spare weeks before any deadline.
What Are the Time and Fees for the Uttarakhand Gazette?
The Government Press at Roorkee sets its own fee and has no published time for private notices. So the honest answer has to come from the press.
Step 1: Take the contact from the official website
Open govtpress.uk.gov.in for the current phone, email and address.
Step 2: Ask the fee for a private name change notice
Ask also how the fee is paid: by treasury challan or the state portal.
Step 3: Ask the expected time
Ask in which issue the notice is likely to appear, and note who told you.
Step 4: Add the costs that are the same on both routes
The affidavit and the newspaper notice cost the same, and they are usually the larger part of the bill.
Step 5: Compare with the Central route before you pay
Set the saving, if any, against the risk of needing the Central Gazette later.
Because the affidavit and the newspaper cost the same on both routes, the state route rarely saves much. To weigh the two, read Uttarakhand Gazette vs Gazette of India.
What Do We Charge, and What Is Included?
Our charge is quoted per case. We do not publish a fixed price, because a plain adult change in Dehradun and a minor's case from a hill district with one parent abroad are different amounts of work.
- The Government fee and our charge are always shown as two separate lines.
- The newspaper's charge is shown as a third line, at the paper's rate.
- You get the quote before you pay anything.
- If your case needs no Gazette, we say so, and there is nothing to quote.
Doing it yourself or using us
| Point | Doing it yourself | Using us |
|---|---|---|
| Money out | Rs 2,500 to Rs 6,000 if nothing goes wrong | Government fee, newspaper charge and a service charge quoted per case |
| Your time | Several days across the notary, the newspaper office and the post office | About 30 minutes of sending scans and confirming spelling |
| Risk of paying twice | Real, because small errors are common | Lower. We check the spelling with you in writing before anything prints |
| Best if | Your case is plain and you are at ease with Government forms | You are in a hill district, working, or the case involves a minor, a marriage or a service record |
If your case is a plain adult change and you have the time, do it yourself. This site gives you every step. Call 9540005026 if you want a quote to compare.
Which Areas of Uttarakhand Do We Cover?
All 13 districts: Dehradun, Haridwar, Pauri Garhwal, Tehri Garhwal, Rudraprayag, Chamoli, Uttarkashi, Nainital, Udham Singh Nagar, Almora, Bageshwar, Champawat and Pithoragarh. The Government fee is the same in each. The newspaper rate and the days on the road are what differ.
People Also Ask About Gazette Time and Fees
What is the fee for a gazette name change in India?
The Central Gazette fee is commonly Rs 1,100 for an adult and Rs 1,700 for a minor. It is the same in every state.
How much does a gazette name change cost in Dehradun?
The Government fee is the same as anywhere. With the affidavit and newspaper notice, a self-done total is usually Rs 2,500 to Rs 6,000.
How many days does a gazette notification take?
Commonly 30 to 45 days after a complete file is filed, and 3 to 7 weeks from the first step.
Can a gazette name change be done in one week?
No. The affidavit and the newspaper notice can be done in a week. The Gazette itself takes several weeks more.
Is the gazette fee refundable?
No. The fee is not refunded if the file is returned or if you change your mind.
Why do agents quote different prices for a gazette?
Because the newspaper, the number of papers and the service charge differ, and some quotes are for a state gazette or only an affidavit. Ask for the lines separately.
Is the newspaper cost included in the gazette fee?
No. The Gazette fee goes to the Government, and the newspaper is paid separately at its own rate.
How much does a minor's gazette cost in total?
The Government fee is commonly Rs 1,700, plus the parents' affidavit and the newspaper notice.
Is there a fee to download the gazette?
No. The published Gazette is free to download from egazette.gov.in, any number of times.
Can I pay the gazette fee by UPI?
The fee is paid on BharatKosh, which takes online payment. Print the receipt for your file.
Does the gazette fee change after 1 April?
It can. The Department of Publication revises it each financial year, so confirm it on the day you pay.
What is the cheapest way to change my name?
First check if you need a Gazette at all. If you do, one newspaper and a complete file the first time keep the cost lowest.
Get the Cost and the Timeline for Your Own Case
Tell us your old name, your new name, your district and any deadline. We will tell you if you need a Gazette at all, what it will cost in total and how long it will take, before you pay anything.
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Gazette Name Change Time and Fees: Frequently Asked Questions
What is the total cost of a gazette name change in Uttarakhand?
What is the Government fee for an adult?
What is the Government fee for a minor?
What is the fee for an Indian living abroad?
How long does a gazette name change take from Uttarakhand?
Why does the newspaper cost vary so much?
Is the gazette fee the same in every district?
Does the fee change every year?
Can I get the gazette faster by paying more?
Does it take longer from the hill districts?
Is the Uttarakhand Gazette cheaper than the Central Gazette?
Is the fee refunded if my file is rejected?
What does a mistake in the printed gazette cost?
Are there any charges after the gazette is published?
How early should I start before a passport application?
What do you charge for a gazette name change?
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Who Wrote and Reviewed This Page?
This page is written by the Documentation Desk Team of UttarakhandNameChange.com, the team that prepares Gazette files for people across Uttarakhand.
It is reviewed by Advocate Vipin Chauhan.
The Government fees are the amounts commonly in force and are revised each financial year, so the page tells you to confirm them. Notary and newspaper costs are given as ranges, because they differ by town and by paper. The timeline is the common one for a complete file, not a promise from the office.
Official Sources for Gazette Fees and Time
- Department of Publication, Government of IndiaThe change of name guidelines and the current fee.
- BharatKosh, the Non-Tax Receipt PortalWhere the Central Gazette fee is paid.
- The Gazette of India, e-Gazette portalPart IV, published weekly, free to download.
- Government Press Roorkee, Directorate of Printing and StationeryThe state press to ask for the Uttarakhand Gazette fee and time.
- India PostSpeed Post booking and tracking.
- Passport Seva, Ministry of External AffairsPassport re-issue after a change of name, for planning your dates.
Gazette Name Change Time and Fees: The Short Version
The Central Gazette fee is commonly Rs 1,100 for an adult, Rs 1,700 for a minor and Rs 3,500 from abroad, paid on BharatKosh and never refunded. Add Rs 100 to Rs 500 for the affidavit and Rs 800 to Rs 4,000 for each newspaper. A self-done total is usually Rs 2,500 to Rs 6,000.
Plan for 3 to 7 weeks: about ten days for the papers and 30 to 45 days at the office, with extra days for the post from the hills. Nothing speeds it up except a complete file. For the cost and time of your own case, message us on WhatsApp 9540005064, and we will reply in working hours.
Know the Full Cost and the Real Timeline First
Send your case and your deadline on WhatsApp. We show the Government fee, the newspaper charge and our charge as separate lines.