Homestay Registration Name Change in Uttarakhand

As a newspaper reports the tourism board's statement. The tourism department's site lists the rules themselves, which we did not read.

The fourth row matters most for names. A homestay registration is personal to an owner who is a permanent resident and lives in the house. It is not a licence that floats free of a person.

Only the first is a change of name in the ordinary sense. The second is a business decision. The third is a new owner, who has to qualify afresh as a resident owner living in the house.

Step 1: Read the registration certificate

The owner's name, the homestay's name, the address and the date it runs to.

Step 2: Lay Aadhaar, the house papers and the residence certificate beside it

Write the owner's name and father's or husband's name from each.

Step 3: Decide which of the three requests it is

Your own name, the homestay's name, or a new owner.

Step 4: Put the house's own papers in order

By mutation, succession or a correction, so that the present owner is the owner on record.

Step 5: Correct Aadhaar, and take a fresh residence certificate

In the same name as the house papers.

Step 6: Apply to the district tourism office, or on the department's registration site

For the correction, the change of the unit's name, or a fresh registration, with the papers.

Step 7: Be present for any inspection

The owner is expected to live there.

Step 8: Display the new certificate, and update what hangs on it

The bank, the tax and food registrations, and any booking site.

• The reported rule keeps homestays for permanent residents of the state. The proof of that is the certificate the tehsil issues.
• The certificate carries the holder's name and father's or husband's name. It should match Aadhaar and the house papers.
• A certificate is not altered. Where the name on it is wrong, a fresh one is issued on the right identity papers.
• A woman who married into the state, or out of it, should ask the tehsil how her residence is certified before she applies as an owner.
• An older certificate in a maiden name remains proof of residence. Her marriage certificate links it to her present name.

Read name change in residence certificate in Uttarakhand.

• In many hill homes it is the woman of the house who cooks, cleans and hosts, while the house is in her husband's or father-in-law's name.
• The registration follows ownership, so it is usually in his name. She appears nowhere on paper.
• Where she is to be the registered owner, the house has to be hers, alone or jointly, on the record.
• Schemes that support homestays, and loans for them, look for the registered owner. A woman who wants them in her own name needs her name on the house first.
• Her own name should then be one name across Aadhaar, the residence certificate, the house papers and her bank account.

Read name change after marriage in Uttarakhand.

Step 1: Confirm that it is your own name, and that you are the owner on record

A homestay's name, a mutation or a spelling needs no Gazette.

Step 2: Copy the name exactly as the house papers have it, and as Aadhaar has it

With the father's or husband's name in each.

Step 3: Make the affidavit

State both forms, or the old and the new name, and your address. Sign before a notary.

Step 4: Publish the newspaper notice

In a daily local leading newspaper. Keep the original newspaper.

Step 5: Type the form and sign the undertaking

Two typed copies of the specimen, signed with two witnesses, and the undertaking.

Step 6: Prepare the CD, photographs and certificate

The same text on a CD in MS Word, two self-attested photographs with identity proof, and a certificate that both copies match.

Step 7: Pay the charge on BharatKosh

Commonly Rs 1,100 for an adult, with Rs 250 more for each alias. It is not refunded.

Step 8: Send the file, then update in order

Send it to the Controller of Publications, Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi 110054. Update Aadhaar, the residence certificate and the house record, then the registration.

See gazette name change in Uttarakhand.

A typical case we handle: a family near Mukteshwar had taken guests for eight years on a registration in the father's name. He died, and at renewal the son was told at a cyber cafe to "change the name by Gazette". That was the wrong advice. Nobody's name had changed. The house was mutated in the heirs' names, his sister in Delhi gave her consent, and he registered afresh as the owner living there. This is an illustrative example of the type of case we handle, not a named client review.

When you do not need us

For a homestay's name, a new owner after a death, a spelling or a married surname. Those rest on the tourism office's own process and on ordinary papers. We are useful only where a living owner has changed a name by choice, or carries two different names across the house papers and Aadhaar.

How do I change the owner's name on a homestay registration in Uttarakhand?

A correction is asked for at the district tourism office. A new owner registers afresh.

Can a homestay registration be transferred after the owner's death?

The heir who owns and lives in the house applies in his or her own name.

Who can register a homestay in Uttarakhand?

As reported, a permanent resident of the state who lives on the premises.

How long is a homestay registration valid?

Five years, as reported, with renewal after that.

Is a gazette needed to change a homestay's name?

No. A unit's name is changed at the tourism office.

Can I register a homestay if the house is in my father's name?

The registration follows ownership. He registers, or the house is mutated first.

How many rooms can a homestay have in Uttarakhand?

Under the revised scheme the limit has been raised from six rooms to eight, with no more than 24 beds in all, a news report says. Bed and breakfast units have the same limits.

Can a homestay be registered and renewed online?

Yes. The new rules emphasise online registration, digital verification and online renewal, as reported. The renewal fee is paid online again.

What is the homestay registration fee in Uttarakhand?

The fee for residential tourism units depends on the number of rooms, with separate fee structures for homestays and bed and breakfast units. Check the tourism portal for the current amount.

Is there a subsidy for starting a homestay in Uttarakhand?

Yes. The Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grah Aawas (Homestay) Vikas Yojana gives capital subsidy, reported at up to Rs 15 lakh in hill areas. The subsidy is paid to the registered owner.

What happened to the Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali scheme for homestays?

In 2018 its homestay part was merged with the Deen Dayal Upadhyay homestay scheme under one subsidy framework, as reported.

Do I need to register a homestay before taking a subsidy?

Yes. The state's homestay portal says buildings run under the homestay scheme must be registered. Register in the owner's correct name first.