Quick answer: Uttar Pradesh Name Change is a private, founder-led documentation consultancy based in Lucknow. We prepare Central Gazette name change files for residents of all 75 UP districts, fully by phone, WhatsApp and post. We are not a government office, and we always show the government fee and our fee separately.
About Our Office: Quick Facts
| Founder | Vipin Chauhan, B.Tech LL.B |
| Experience | 5+ years filing directly with the Department of Publication |
| Specialisation | Central Gazette name change notifications and the document chain after them |
| Associate office | Chamber No. 19, Sadar Tehsil, Gomti Nagar Vistar, Lucknow 226010 |
| Coverage | All 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh, files handled remotely |
| Pricing policy | Government fees and service fees always quoted on separate lines |
Read this first: we are a private consultancy, not a government department, and no private website is one. The gazette itself is published only by the Department of Publication, Government of India. What we do is prepare your file so it gets published the first time.
Who We Are
Uttar Pradesh Name Change was started for one simple reason: the name change process in India is easy to get wrong and hard to get right. Files come back because a witness signed in the new name, because a newspaper cutting was sent instead of the full page, or because an affidavit crossed the one-year limit. Each mistake costs weeks.
We fix that by doing one thing, in one state, very well: Central Gazette name change files for people in Uttar Pradesh. From a bride in Kanpur changing her surname, to parents in Varanasi correcting a child's name before board exams, to an NRI from Gorakhpur who needs a gazette for a passport reissue, the file that leaves our hands is complete, correct and ready to publish.
The Founder
The consultancy is run by Vipin Chauhan, B.Tech LL.B, with more than five years of direct filing experience with the Department of Publication. That experience is the product. It is how we know which proforma wording gets accepted, why signatures go in the old name, and which small mistakes quietly get files returned.
Founder-led means: your case is not handed to a call centre. The person who plans your file is the person who has actually followed files through to publication in the Gazette of India, Part IV.
What We Do
Affidavit Drafting
Correctly worded, on the right stamp paper, checked against your ID letter by letter.
Newspaper Ads
One Hindi and one English daily arranged, with the complete original pages preserved.
Gazette File
The typed proforma, witness signatures, BharatKosh payment and the full file, checked page by page.
After the Gazette
The right update order for Aadhaar, PAN, passport and bank, so nothing is done twice.
How We Work
You tell us your case
One call or WhatsApp message. We tell you the exact route, the exact cost, and whether you need a gazette at all.
We prepare everything
Affidavit, newspaper ads, proforma, payment help. You sign where we mark, in the old name where the rules say so.
You post the file yourself
The Department of Publication bars agents from submitting, so the file goes by post in your own name. We prepare; you send. Anyone promising to submit for you is not telling the truth.
We track it to publication
We follow the weekly Part IV issues until your notification appears, then guide your free download from egazette.gov.in and your document updates.
What We Promise, and What We Refuse to Do
- Promise: the government fee and our fee are always two separate, visible numbers. Never: a padded "government fee" of Rs 3,000 to 5,000.
- Promise: we tell you when the free route is enough, like a marriage certificate alone for an Aadhaar surname, or a Registrar correction for a birth certificate error. Never: selling you a gazette you do not need.
- Promise: real timelines, 30 to 45 days for publication. Never: a "gazette in 7 days" promise, because that is not how the Central Gazette works.
- Promise: the file goes in your own name, as the rules require. Never: claiming we will submit it for you.
- Promise: only facts we can verify on government sources or from our own filings. Never: selling a UP State Gazette "service" we have not filed ourselves.
- Promise: your documents are used only for your application. Never: shared, sold or reused.
Where We Work
Everywhere in Uttar Pradesh. The process is postal and online by design, so a client in Lakhimpur Kheri gets exactly the same file as a client two streets from our Lucknow office. Most clients never visit us, and the process itself never requires a visit to any gazette office.
Related Guides on This Site
Every guide here is part of one connected map, so whichever counter your case lands at next, the page for it already exists:
- talk to us: Lucknow office, phone and WhatsApp.
- the complete service list: every name change service we handle.
- the gazette name change pillar: routes, rejections, tracking and download.
- name change in Lucknow: notaries, newspapers and why no gazette office exists here.
The Filing We Do, in Six Steps
Our core service: Our work is one process repeated properly, thousands of times. This is what a file passing through this chamber looks like:
Swear the affidavit
Notarised on stamp paper with the old name, the new name, your address and the reason. Rs 100 to 500, and its exact wording rules everything that follows.
Publish two newspaper advertisements
One Hindi daily of your district (Dainik Jagran, Amar Ujala or Hindustan) and one English paper, complete original pages preserved.
Prepare the proforma and CD
The typed “I hitherto known as” declaration signed by you and two witnesses, plus the CD in the prescribed format with a signed printout.
Pay the fee on BharatKosh
Rs 1,100 for an adult, Rs 1,700 for a minor through a guardian, Rs 250 more for an alias line, with the e-receipt saved.
Courier the file to the Department of Publication
Civil Lines, New Delhi, with photo ID, address proof and photographs. No office visit exists anywhere in this process.
Download from Part IV and update
Publication in 25 to 45 days, free from egazette.gov.in, then Aadhaar, PAN, bank, passport and the certificate family in that order.
The full route, Central versus State, rejection causes and tracking, sits on our gazette pillar.
Table of Contents
Areas We Serve in Uttar Pradesh
Five years of Department of Publication filings have come from every corner of this state, which is why the district lists below are working knowledge rather than a marketing map. We work with clients in all 75 districts, and these are the ones we file from most often:
| Purvanchal and eastern UP | Varanasi, Prayagraj, Gorakhpur, Azamgarh, Jaunpur, Ballia, Deoria, Mirzapur, Basti, Ghazipur, Mau, Sonbhadra |
| Western UP and NCR | Noida, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad, Meerut, Agra, Aligarh, Mathura, Bulandshahr, Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Hapur, Firozabad |
| Rohilkhand and Bundelkhand | Bareilly, Moradabad, Rampur, Shahjahanpur, Budaun, Pilibhit, Bijnor, Amroha, Jhansi, Banda, Mahoba, Chitrakoot |
| Awadh and central UP | Lucknow, Kanpur, Unnao, Raebareli, Sitapur, Hardoi, Barabanki, Lakhimpur Kheri, Sultanpur, Ayodhya, Amethi, Bahraich |
If your district is not named here, it is still covered: all 75 are. Our chamber is at Chamber No. 19, Sadar Tehsil, Sector 5, Gomti Nagar Vistar, Lucknow 226010, and the city guide sits on our Lucknow page. Call 9540003316 or WhatsApp 9540005002 from any district.
Why This Office Exists
Most people meet this process once, under deadline pressure, with no way to tell a real fee from a padded one. That gap is what the office was built to close.
- Experience that is filing experience: Five years of Department of Publication files, not five years of website copy about them.
- Published numbers: Rs 1,100 adult, Rs 1,700 minor, Rs 250 alias, affidavit Rs 100 to 500: printed on every page of this site so nobody can inflate them at you.
- Honest routing before selling: Corrections, marriage certificate cases and court matters are named as such, even when the gazette is what we sell.
- A real address: Chamber No. 19, Sadar Tehsil, Gomti Nagar Vistar, Lucknow, open Monday to Saturday, where clients can walk in.
Associate office at Chamber No. 19, Sadar Tehsil, Gomti Nagar Vistar, Lucknow, serving all 75 districts, Monday to Saturday, 10 AM to 6:30 PM. Call 9540003316 or WhatsApp 9540005002.
Get a Free Call Back from Our Lucknow Office
Tell us your case in one line. We call back the same working day with your exact steps and both numbers, quoted separately.
Uttar Pradesh Name Change
Associate Office: Chamber No. 19, Sadar Tehsil, Sector 5, Gomti Nagar Vistar, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226010
Head Office: Metro Pillar 337, Hardev Nagar, Street 1, Shop No 1 (Shri Sham Documentation)
Call: 9540003316
WhatsApp: 9540005002
Email: info@uttarpradeshnamechange.com
Hours: Mon to Sat, 10 AM to 6:30 PM
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About Us: Frequently Asked Questions
Are you a government office?
No. We are a private documentation consultancy. The gazette is published only by the Department of Publication, Government of India. We prepare your file; the government publishes it. Any website that hints it is an official portal is misleading you.
Who runs Uttar Pradesh Name Change?
Vipin Chauhan, B.Tech LL.B, with more than five years of direct filing experience with the Department of Publication. Your case is handled by the founder's process, not a call centre script.
Where are you located?
Our associate office is at Chamber No. 19, Sadar Tehsil, Sector 5, Gomti Nagar Vistar, Lucknow 226010, and our head office is at Metro Pillar 337, Hardev Nagar, Street 1, Shop No 1 (Shri Sham Documentation). Most clients never need to visit either.
Do I have to visit your office?
No. The whole service runs on phone, WhatsApp, email and post. The gazette process itself is postal, so there is no office in UP you need to visit either.
Which languages do you work in?
Hindi and English, on call and on WhatsApp. Your documents can be in either language.
How do you charge?
Two separate numbers, always: the government fee (Rs 1,100 adult, Rs 1,700 minor, paid by you directly on BharatKosh) and our service fee, quoted before you commit. Newspaper charges are shared before booking.
Do you serve my district?
Yes. All 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh, from Lucknow and Kanpur to the smallest tehsil town, because the process is postal and online by design.
Why should I trust you over a cheaper agent?
Ask any agent two questions: will the file go in my name or yours, and what are the two numbers, government fee and your fee. The honest answers are "your name" and two clear figures. That is exactly how we work, and it is also how you spot the ones who do not.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who runs Uttar Pradesh Name Change?
The office was founded by Vipin Chauhan, B.Tech LL.B, with more than five years of direct filing experience with the Department of Publication. Every process guide on this site comes from files we have prepared and followed through to publication.
Where is your office?
Our associate office is at Chamber No. 19, Sadar Tehsil, Sector 5, Gomti Nagar Vistar, Lucknow 226010, with a head office at Metro Pillar 337, Hardev Nagar. We serve all 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh.
Do I have to visit the office?
No. Almost every case is handled remotely: you send documents on WhatsApp, we draft and prepare the file, and you visit only a local notary. Clients across the state work with us without travelling.
What do you charge?
Basic from Rs 999 and Complete from Rs 1,999. Government fees are always quoted separately and never bundled into our figure, so you can see exactly what goes to whom.
Do you collect the government fee?
No. The Rs 1,100 gazette fee is paid online on BharatKosh in your own name with your own receipt. Any office collecting it as cash should be asked why.
Will you tell me if I do not need a gazette?
Yes, and we do so regularly. Most spelling corrections and many marriage cases need no publication at all, and you will hear that before any figure is discussed.
How long does a name change take?
About five to eight weeks end to end on the gazette route, because the 25 to 45 day publication window begins only after a complete file reaches the Department. Correction cases are usually faster.
Which services do you handle?
Central Gazette filings, affidavits, newspaper advertisements, and corrections across Aadhaar, PAN, passport, bank records, board marksheets, university degrees, birth certificates and the Tehsil certificate family.
Do you handle cases from outside Lucknow?
Yes, from all 75 districts. The only genuinely local steps are the notary visit and, for board cases, your school, and we guide you through both.
How do I start?
Send your documents on WhatsApp to 9540005002 with a line describing your situation. We will tell you the route, the honest cost and the first step.
The Short Version
We are a founder-led, Lucknow-based gazette name change consultancy for all of Uttar Pradesh. We draft your affidavit, arrange your Hindi and English newspaper ads, prepare your Central Gazette file and track it to publication, while you stay home. We are not a government office, we never submit in your name because the rules bar it, and you always see the government fee and our fee as two separate numbers. Call 9540003316.