Name Change in Passport in Uttarakhand

A passport is not corrected by hand. Where a name is to be changed or corrected, you apply for a re-issue with a change in personal particulars, and a new booklet is printed.

• The new booklet carries the new name and a new passport number.
• The old passport is cancelled and returned to you. Keep it.
• The application is made on the Passport Seva portal, and you attend a Passport Seva Kendra in person.
• The passport office may carry out a fresh police verification.

Because the booklet and its number change, a name change in a passport touches everything issued against the old one: a visa, a residence permit, a ticket and an employer's record abroad. Plan it for a time when you are not travelling.

The Ministry of External Affairs revised the passport rules some years ago and did away with the old affidavit for a changed name. As published by an Indian mission, the position is this.

Two things follow from the second row. A passport cannot be the first paper in your new name, since two others must already carry it. And those two are usually Aadhaar and PAN, which have rules of their own.

Passport offices apply these rules through their own document list, which can ask for more in a given case. Check the list on Passport Seva for your case before you apply.

1. Publish the change. A Gazette notification, or two newspaper notices, as your case needs.
2. Update Aadhaar. In person at a centre.
3. Update PAN. So that it matches Aadhaar.
4. Apply for the passport re-issue, with the proof of the change and those two documents in the new name.
5. Deal with visas and foreign records, as each country requires.

People in a hurry try to do the passport first, because a visa date is close. It does not work. The passport office wants to see the new name already in use on two papers.

Allow a few months from start to finish. If a visa interview, a joining date or a flight is nearer than that, think about travelling on the passport you have and changing the name afterwards.

Step 1: Check Passport Seva's document list for your case

Use the document advisor on the portal for a re-issue with a change of name.

Step 2: Get the proof of the change

The Gazette notification or the two newspaper clippings, or the marriage certificate or decree.

Step 3: Get two public documents in the new name

Usually Aadhaar and PAN, updated first.

Step 4: Fill the re-issue application online

Choose re-issue with a change in existing personal particulars. Enter the given name and the surname with care.

Step 5: Pay the fee and book an appointment

At a Passport Seva Kendra or a Post Office Passport Seva Kendra that serves you.

Step 6: Attend with the originals

The old passport, the proof of the change, the two documents and self-attested copies.

Step 7: Complete police verification, if it is ordered

Be available at the address you gave.

Step 8: Check the new passport when it arrives

Read the given name, the surname, the parents' names and the date of birth, letter by letter.

If you live abroad, the re-issue is made through the Indian mission there. See name change for NRI from Uttarakhand.

Step 1: Confirm that your case is a change of name

A surname after marriage, a printing mistake or a word in the wrong box usually needs no Gazette.

Step 2: Fix the exact new name

As it will be printed in the passport: given name and surname.

Step 3: Make the affidavit

State the old name, the new name, your father's or husband's 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 in your old name with two witnesses, and an undertaking showing the old and the new name.

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 update Aadhaar and PAN

Send it to the Controller of Publications, Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi 110054. With the published Gazette, update Aadhaar and PAN, and then apply for the passport.

A typical case we handle: a hotel worker from Mussoorie had a job offer abroad in six weeks and wanted to change his first name before leaving. We told him it could not be done in that time: the Gazette, then Aadhaar and PAN, then the passport, then the visa. He travelled on his existing passport, and filed the Gazette papers on his first visit home. 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 surname after marriage or divorce, a printing mistake or a word in the wrong box, you need Passport Seva and your own papers. For the passport alone, two newspaper clippings are an option the rules allow. We are useful where you are taking a new name and need the Gazette for Aadhaar, PAN and the passport together.

Is a gazette required to change a name in a passport?

Not always. The rules accept either two newspaper clippings or a Gazette notification, with two public documents in the new name.

Will I get a new passport number after a name change?

Yes. A re-issue gives a new booklet with a new number. Keep the old passport.

How do I change my surname in my passport after marriage?

Apply for a re-issue with a marriage certificate, or a joint declaration by husband and wife.

Should I change Aadhaar or the passport first?

Aadhaar and PAN first. The passport office wants two public documents in the new name.

What happens to my visa after a name change in my passport?

Ask the embassy concerned. Rules differ from country to country.

Where is the passport office for Uttarakhand?

The Regional Passport Office is at Dehradun. Appointments are at Passport Seva Kendras in the state.

What is the passport re-issue fee from July 2026?

For an ordinary fresh passport or re-issue of 36 pages, the normal fee is Rs 2,500 and the Tatkal fee is Rs 5,000. The earlier fee was Rs 1,500.

What is the fee for a 60-page passport re-issue?

Rs 3,500 under the normal service, up from Rs 2,000, and Rs 6,000 under Tatkal, up from Rs 4,000.

When did the new passport fees start?

The Passports (Amendment) Rules, 2026 were notified by the Ministry of External Affairs and came into effect from 1 July 2026. They replace Schedule IV of the Passports Rules, 1980.

What is the re-issue fee for a minor's passport?

For a minor below 18, an ordinary fresh passport or re-issue of 36 pages costs Rs 1,750 under the normal service and Rs 4,250 under Tatkal.

Is there a senior citizen discount on a passport re-issue?

No. The 10 per cent discount for senior citizens above 60 applies to fresh applications, not to a re-issue.

Is a birth certificate needed for a child's passport after a name change?

For a child born on or after 1 October 2023, a birth certificate issued under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 is the only proof of date of birth accepted. Correct the child's name on it first.