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Migration Certificate Name Correction in Uttarakhand

For students moving from one board or university to another, whose migration certificate carries a name that differs from the marksheet or the class 10 certificate: what the certificate is, where its name comes from, how a corrected or duplicate one is obtained, and what to tell the new university meanwhile.

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Written by the Documentation Desk Team, UttarakhandNameChange.com • Reviewed by Advocate Vipin Chauhan • Updated October 2026

Quick answer

A migration certificate name correction is made by the board or university that issued it. It follows the marksheet, so a wrong marksheet is corrected first. The body then issues a corrected certificate on return of the old one. Tell the new university in writing while you wait. A slip needs no Gazette.

A student in Uttarakhand comparing the name on her university migration certificate with her marksheet and class 10 certificate before a new admission — A migration certificate is printed from the same record as the marksheet, so read it against the marksheet and class 10 certificate and have the issuing body correct any slip.

A migration certificate is asked for once, at the counter of a new university, usually in the last week of admissions. A migration certificate name correction is rarely thought of before that week. This page explains migration certificate name correction for students in Uttarakhand, moving between boards and universities in the state or outside it.

We do not deal with boards or universities. We prepare the Gazette notification, where a name has in fact been changed. How these certificates are issued and corrected is general practice. Each board and university has its own form, fee and time, which we did not confirm. For a school's certificate, read school transfer certificate name correction.

The basics

What Is a Migration Certificate, and What Is It For?

What it is. A certificate from a board or a university stating that the student passed its examination and that it has no objection to the student joining another board or university.
Who issues it. The board, after class 10 or class 12. A university, after a degree or on leaving a course.
Who asks for it. The new university or board, at admission or enrolment.
Why. So that a student is not on the rolls of two bodies at once.
How often. A body normally issues it once. A second copy is a duplicate, marked as one.

It says very little: a name, a roll number, an examination and a year. That is exactly why a slip in the name stands out. There is nothing else on the page to read.

Do not confuse them

How Does It Differ From Similar Papers?

A migration certificate compared with a transfer certificate and other leaving papers
Paper	Issued by	Used for
Migration certificate	A board or a university	Moving to another board or university
Transfer certificate	A school or a college	Leaving that institution. Copied from its own register
Character certificate	The head of the school or college	A statement of conduct
Provisional certificate	A board or a university	Proof of passing, until the final certificate or degree is issued
Marksheet and final certificate	A board or a university	The lasting record of the result

A new university often asks for the first three together. Each comes from a different desk, and each is corrected at its own.

The chain

Where Does the Name on It Come From?

The registration. The school registers the student with the board, or the college enrols the student with the university, in a name taken from the earlier certificate.
The body's record. That name sits in the board's or university's own record against a roll or enrolment number.
The marksheet. Printed from the record.
The migration certificate. Printed from the same record, sometimes at the same time and sometimes years later on application.
The new university. Enrols the student from the marksheets and the migration certificate together.

The marksheet and the migration certificate are two prints of one record. Where they agree with each other and differ from class 10, the record is wrong. Where they differ from each other, one of them was printed or typed wrongly.

Sort it first

What Kinds of Mismatch Are There?

A slip in the certificate only

The marksheet is right, and the migration certificate was typed wrongly
Common where certificates are filled by hand or on a separate system
Cured by a corrected certificate from the body

A wrong record

The marksheet and the certificate agree, and both differ from class 10
The slip entered at registration
Cured by correcting the marksheet first, within the body's rules and time

A changed name

The record was right when the student passed. The name has since been changed
The body's papers are not wrong
A Gazette links the two names. Many bodies will not reprint old papers in a new name

The second kind has a clock on it. Boards and universities take corrections of their record only for a limited time after the result. Read name change in education documents.

Find your row

Which Case Is Yours?

Cases of a name problem on a migration certificate and the route for each
The situation	Route	Gazette?
The certificate has a spelling slip, and the marksheet is right	A corrected certificate from the issuing body	No
The certificate has the wrong roll number or year	The same. Not a name problem, and just as fatal	No
The marksheet and the certificate are both wrong	Correct the marksheet first, then the certificate	No
The father's name differs between the two	Correct whichever differs from class 10	No
The certificate is lost	A duplicate, on an affidavit	No
The class 10 certificate itself is the odd one	The first board, within its limits. Then ask the university	No
The name has changed since the examination	Gazette, shown with the certificate. Ask both bodies	Yes

A Gazette appears once. Everywhere else the issuing body corrects its own paper.

Step by step

How Do You Have It Corrected?

This is the general method. Ask the board or the university for its form and fee.

Step 1: Read the migration certificate against the marksheet it goes with

The name, the parents' names, the roll or enrolment number and the year.

Step 2: Read both against the class 10 certificate

That shows which paper is the odd one.

Step 3: If only the migration certificate is wrong, write to the body that issued it

With a copy of the marksheet. It issues a corrected certificate from its own record.

Step 4: If the marksheet is wrong too, correct that first

Through the school for a board, or the college for a university, in the body's own form.

Step 5: Return the wrong original

A body usually asks for it back before it issues another.

Step 6: Pay the fee and keep the receipt

Each board and university has its own fee and form.

Step 7: Tell the new university what is happening

In writing, before its last date, with the receipt of your application.

Step 8: Hand over the corrected certificate, and keep copies

The new university usually keeps the original for good.

After school

What About Boards?

A student who passes class 12 and joins a university is commonly asked for the board's migration certificate.
Some boards issue it with the class 12 papers. Others issue it on application, through the school or directly.
A candidate of the open school or of another state's board applies to that board, wherever the student now lives.
The board prints it from the same record as the marksheet. A request to correct the certificate alone is simple. A request to correct the record goes through the school, in the board's form, within its time.
A student who changed boards between class 10 and class 12 holds papers from two boards. Each corrects only its own.

Read father's name correction in an Uttarakhand Board marksheet, CBSE and ICSE marksheet name correction and NIOS certificate name correction.

After college

What About Universities?

A graduate who joins another university for a higher course is asked for the first university's migration certificate.
It is applied for at the university, often through the college, on a form with a fee and copies of the marksheets.
A student who leaves a course midway to join elsewhere also needs it, and the university may check that no dues are pending.
The name is taken from the enrolment record. A slip there also shows on every marksheet and on the degree.
A university corrects its record on the class 10 and class 12 certificates, on the college's forwarding. Each sets its own time limit and fee.
Distance and open university students apply to the university's regional centre or headquarters.

Read IGNOU name correction and polytechnic diploma certificate name correction.

Where it is read

What Happens at the New University?

At admission. The college takes the marksheets and the migration certificate, and often lets the certificate follow within a stated time.
At enrolment. The university enrols the student in a name taken from those papers. This becomes the name on every later marksheet and on the degree.
The check. The clerk compares the certificate with the marksheets. A different spelling or roll number stops the file.
The original. The new university usually keeps it. It will not come back.
If it is late. A student whose certificate is under correction should say so in writing, with the receipt, before the last date.

Read the enrolment form as carefully as the certificate. A new university that types your name from a wrong migration certificate starts a second chain of the same mistake. Read name mismatch at document verification.

Gone missing

What About Lost Certificates and Duplicates?

A lost certificate is replaced by a duplicate, on the issuing body's form.
Bodies commonly ask for an affidavit of the loss, copies of the marksheets and a fee. Some ask for a police report or a newspaper notice of the loss.
A duplicate is marked as one. A new university accepts it.
A duplicate is printed from the record as it stands. If the first certificate had a slip that came from the record, the duplicate will have it too.
So where the name needs correcting, ask for the correction and the fresh copy together.
A student who never collected the certificate years ago applies as for a first issue. Old records take longer to trace.

A public notice of a lost certificate is a different thing from a change of name notice. Read name spelling correction affidavit.

On the phone

What About Digital Copies?

Some boards and universities now place certificates in the student's digital locker, including the migration certificate.
The digital copy is drawn from the same record. It carries the same name, right or wrong.
A locker account is opened on Aadhaar. Where the Aadhaar name and the body's record differ, the certificate may not appear in the account at all.
A new university may accept the digital copy, or may still want paper. Ask at admission.
A student's education account number, where one has been made, should carry the same name as the certificates.

Read name change in APAAR ID and DigiLocker and name change in Aadhaar card.

Central route

How Does the Central Gazette Route Work?

Use this where your name has in fact changed since the examination, so that the old body's papers are right for the old name. It does nothing for a slip, which the body corrects.

Step 1: Confirm that your name has in fact changed

A slip against the class 10 certificate is corrected by the board or university.

Step 2: Ask the old body and the new one what each will do with a Gazette

Many will not reissue old papers in a new name, and will only note the change.

Step 3: Fix the exact new name, and copy the old name from the marksheets

Letter by letter.

Step 4: Make the affidavit and publish the newspaper notice

Sign before a notary. Publish in a daily local leading newspaper, and keep the original newspaper.

Step 5: Type the form and sign the undertaking

Two typed copies of the specimen, signed in your old name 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. It is not refunded.

Step 8: Send the file yourself, then carry the Gazette with your certificates

Send it to the Controller of Publications, Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi 110054. Give the new university a copy at admission.

See gazette name change in Uttarakhand.

State route

Would the Uttarakhand Gazette Do?

A university in the state may accept it. A student who may study or work elsewhere is better served by the Gazette of India.

Step 1: Ask the new university which Gazette it accepts

It is the body that will enrol you.

Step 2: Think about study or work outside the state

The Gazette of India serves everywhere.

Step 3: Contact the Roorkee press

Take the contact from govtpress.uk.gov.in and ask if a private change of name notice is being accepted.

Step 4: Ask for the papers, the format and the fee, and submit

Keep photocopies of everything.

Step 5: Download the notice

Search gazettes.uk.gov.in and save the PDF.

To weigh the two, read Uttarakhand Gazette vs Gazette of India.

Avoid this

Which Mistakes Do Students Make?

Common mistakes with a name on a migration certificate
Mistake	What to do
Applying for it in the last week of admissions	Apply as soon as the result is out
Not reading it when it arrives	Read it against the marksheet that day
Reading only the name	Read the roll number and the year too
Asking for a duplicate when the record is wrong	Correct the record, then ask for the copy
Handing in a wrong certificate and hoping	Tell the new university in writing
Writing on the certificate by hand	Never. Ask for a corrected one
Giving away the original without keeping a copy	Keep copies and note its number
Rushing for a Gazette to fix a slip	The issuing body corrects its slip
Expecting old papers to be reprinted in a new name	Ask the body first. Carry the Gazette with them

A typical case we handle: a student from Rudrapur took admission to a postgraduate course in Dehradun. Her first university's migration certificate read "Priyanka Rani". Her marksheets and class 10 certificate read "Priyanka Rani Arora". The new university gave her fifteen days, and her father asked us for an urgent Gazette. It was not needed, since her name had never changed. She returned the certificate to the first university with copies of her marksheets, a corrected one was issued, and she gave the new university the receipt meanwhile. 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 slip on the certificate or the marksheet, and for a lost certificate. The board or the university settles those. We are useful where your name has in fact changed since the examination, and a Gazette notification is asked for.

Coverage

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 certificate is corrected by the board or university that issued it. The Gazette file, where one is needed, is prepared on WhatsApp.

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Migration Certificate Name Correction: Frequently Asked Questions

What is a migration certificate name correction?+

Having a board or a university issue its migration certificate in the name that matches the marksheet and the class 10 certificate, where the one it issued carries a slip.

What is a migration certificate?+

A certificate from a board or a university saying it has no objection to the student joining another board or university.

Who corrects it?+

The board or the university that issued it, from its own record.

Do I need a Gazette or an affidavit?+

Not for a slip. The body may ask for an affidavit. A Gazette is for a name that has in fact been changed.

Where does the name on it come from?+

From the same record the marksheet is printed from. If the marksheet is right, the certificate should be too.

My marksheet and my migration certificate spell my name differently. Which is right?+

Compare both with your class 10 certificate. The one that differs from it is the one to correct.

My marksheet is wrong as well. What do I do first?+

Have the marksheet corrected, through the school or the college. The migration certificate follows the corrected record.

Will the body issue a second migration certificate?+

Usually only as a duplicate or a corrected copy, on return of the first or on an affidavit that it is lost. Ask the body.

The new university's last date is near. What can I do?+

Apply for the correction at once and give the new university the receipt, in writing. Many allow time to bring the certificate.

Does the new university keep the original?+

Usually yes. Keep copies, and note the certificate's number.

I lost my migration certificate. How do I get another?+

Apply to the issuing body for a duplicate, on its form, with an affidavit and its fee.

Is a digital copy enough?+

Some boards place the certificate in the student's digital locker. Ask the new university if it accepts that.

My name changed after I passed. Will the old university issue the certificate in my new name?+

Bodies differ. Many issue it in the name on their record and expect you to show the Gazette alongside. Ask before you apply.

Is a migration certificate the same as a transfer certificate?+

No. A transfer certificate is from a school. A migration certificate is from a board or a university.

Is it needed to change colleges within the same university?+

Usually not. It is for a move from one board or university to another.

Do you deal with boards or universities?+

No. We prepare a Gazette where a name has in fact been changed.

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Written and reviewed by

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.

What a migration certificate is, where its name comes from, how a corrected or duplicate one is obtained and what a new university does with it are general practice across boards and universities. We did not read the rules, forms, fees or time limits of any particular board or university for this page, and they differ. The board or the university that issued the certificate, and the one you are joining, are the authority.

Last reviewed October 2026 • UttarakhandNameChange.com is a private documentation consultancy and is not a Government body or a law firm. This page is general information, not legal advice.

Verify it yourself

Official Sources

Uttarakhand Board of School EducationThe state board.
Central Board of Secondary EducationThe central board.
University Grants CommissionThe list of recognised universities.
DigiLockerDigital copies of certificates.
Department of Publication: Change of Name and Public NoticesThe change of name guideline, for a real change of name.

Quick summary

A Name on a Migration Certificate: The Short Version

A migration certificate is printed from the same record as the marksheet. Read it against the marksheet and the class 10 certificate the day it arrives, and read the roll number and the year too. A slip in the certificate alone is corrected by the body that issued it, on return of the old one. A wrong record is corrected first, through the school or college. Tell the new university in writing while you wait, and keep copies before you hand the original over.

A slip needs no Gazette. To find out if your case needs one, send photos on WhatsApp 9540005064, and we will reply in working hours.

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