Quick answer: A name change in Uttar Pradesh can be done from home with zero office visits, but not with zero paper. The ads, the Rs 1,100 fee, the tracking and the final download are all online. The application itself is a paper file you post to Delhi, and there is no government portal, login or online form for it.
When people search name change online, they picture a government website with a form, an upload button and a status bar. That website does not exist for this process, and the sites describing it are describing their own lead forms. What does exist is almost as good: a process designed so that every step happens from your home in Uttar Pradesh, with one notary visit in your own market and one envelope at your local post office. This page maps it honestly, step by step.
Online vs Offline at a Glance
| Truly online | Ad booking, BharatKosh fee, weekly tracking, final download |
| From home, on paper | Affidavit draft, typed proforma, declaration |
| Physical, but local | One notary visit, one post office visit |
| Government portal for applying | Does not exist. egazette.gov.in is read-only |
| Office visits in UP or Delhi | Zero |
| End to end time | About 45 to 60 days, publication included |
Key Takeaways
- There is no government login, form or upload for a personal name change. Websites walking you through "registering on the gazette portal" are describing something that does not exist.
- egazette.gov.in is for reading and downloading published gazettes, not for applying.
- "100% online" services still end with the same paper file posted to Delhi in your own name; the honest ones say so.
- What is genuinely online is substantial: booking both newspaper ads, paying the fee, tracking Part IV weekly, and the free download.
- From home means exactly two local physical moments: the notary in your market, and the envelope at your post office.
Online Name Change: Quick Facts
| What is genuinely online | The BharatKosh fee payment and the egazette download |
| What is not | The notary's affidavit, the newspaper insertions and the physical file |
| How the file travels | By courier to Civil Lines, New Delhi; no office visit is required |
| Fee | Rs 1,100 for an adult on bharatkosh.gov.in |
| Time | 25 to 45 days to publication in Part IV |
| Downstream | Aadhaar, PAN and the rest are separate applications at their own counters |
Table of Contents
- The honest online map, step by step
- The portal that does not exist
- What "online name change services" really are
- The two physical moments
- Doing it maximally online from home
- After the gazette: online or not, office by office
- What other websites get wrong
- Related guides
- Central Gazette: step by step
- Areas we serve
- Why choose our office
- FAQs
The Honest Online Map, Step by Step
Take the 7-step process and mark each step honestly:
| Step | Online? | What actually happens |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Affidavit | Partly | Drafted and checked on WhatsApp; printed on stamp paper; one notary visit in your market |
| 2. Newspaper ads | Yes | Both ads booked by phone or online; you never visit a press office |
| 3. Proforma + declaration | From home | Typed at home, printed, signed by you and two witnesses in the old name |
| 4. Government fee | Yes | Rs 1,100 paid on bharatkosh.gov.in; receipt printed |
| 5. Submission | No | The paper file goes by post to the Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi 110054, in your own name |
| 6. Tracking | Yes | Part IV publishes every Saturday; each issue is searchable on egazette.gov.in |
| 7. Gazette copy | Yes | Free PDF download, no certification needed, hard copies stopped 1 October 2015 |
The Portal That Does Not Exist
Several high-ranking pages tell you to "go to the gazette portal, register with your email, create a password, and fill the online name change application form." Read that carefully, because no such system exists. There is no account to create, no application form to fill online, and no upload button anywhere in this process. egazette.gov.in, the only real gazette website, is a library: you search and download published gazettes there, nothing more. When a private website shows you an "online application form" for a name change, you are filling their lead form, not a government application, and your documents are going to their office, not to the government.
Data caution: before typing your Aadhaar number into any "name change application portal", ask one question: which government department runs this website? For this process, the honest answer is always none.
What "Online Name Change Services" Really Are
Every online name change service, including us, is a documentation consultancy: humans who draft your papers correctly, arrange the ads, guide the payment and track the publication, over phone and WhatsApp. That is a real, useful service; it is how this site earns its keep. The difference worth paying attention to is honesty about the last mile. We tell you plainly that the file goes by post, in your name, because agents are barred from submitting. A service that promises to "submit online for you" or "handle everything, you do nothing" is promising something the process does not allow, and that tells you how the rest of their promises work.
The Two Physical Moments
The Notary
Ten minutes in your own market or court compound. The affidavit is signed and sealed in person; no notary works by email.
The Envelope
One speed post or courier from your local post office to Delhi 110054, in your own name. Keep the receipt; it is your tracking anchor.
Not Needed: Any Office
No gazette office, no tehsil counter, no Delhi trip. Nobody in this process ever sees you in person except the notary.
Everything Else
Drafts, checks, ad bookings, payment, tracking and download all happen on your phone.
Doing It Maximally Online, From Home
Send your documents on WhatsApp
Photos of your ID and the relevant papers to 9540005002. Spellings get checked letter by letter before anything is drafted.
Approve the affidavit draft, then one notary visit
The checked affidavit arrives as a file. Print on Rs 100 stamp paper, sign before your local notary in the old name.
Ads booked remotely, full pages kept
Both newspaper ads are booked by phone, proofread before print, and you keep the complete original pages.
Pay on BharatKosh and assemble the file
Rs 1,100 online, receipt printed, and the 9-item file assembled and photographed page by page.
Post it, then track Saturdays till download
One envelope to Delhi in your own name. Then Part IV every Saturday on egazette.gov.in until your notification appears, downloaded free.
After the Gazette: Online or Not, Office by Office
| Update | How online is it, honestly |
|---|---|
| Aadhaar | Appointment online; the name change itself needs a Seva Kendra visit, and only two are allowed in a lifetime |
| PAN | Fully online correction through Protean or UTIITSL; the PAN number never changes |
| Passport | Application online; the reissue still means a PSK visit, and a new passport number |
| Voter ID | Form 8 online through NVSP or the Voter Helpline app |
| Driving licence | Parivahan Sarathi online for your UP RTO |
| Bank | No Indian bank finishes this online; one branch visit for signature verification |
The right order, and why it matters, is on the process guide: Aadhaar, then PAN, then passport, then bank.
What Other Websites Get Wrong About "Online"
- Wrong: register with your email and password on the gazette portal and fill the application form. Right: no such account, form or portal exists. egazette.gov.in is read-only; the application is paper, by post.
- Wrong: the whole process is 100% online, you never touch paper. Right: the affidavit, the proforma and the posted file are paper. From home, yes; paperless, no.
- Wrong: the online gazette process takes 8 to 15 days. Right: publication takes 30 to 45 days after the file reaches Delhi, whoever files it and however it was prepared.
- Wrong: pay us and download your gazette copy. Right: the download from egazette.gov.in is free for everyone, needs no login, and the copy needs no certification.
- Wrong: apply for your name change on the UP e-District portal. Right: e-District UP handles certificates like caste, domicile and income. A personal name change is not one of its services.
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:
- about our office: Vipin Chauhan and five years of Department filings.
- contact the office: Lucknow office, phone and WhatsApp.
- the complete service list: every name change service we handle.
- the Central Gazette guide: routes, rejections, tracking and download.
- Central versus State Gazette: the destination-wise decision table and honest costs.
Which of These Six Steps Are Actually Online
Our core service: Two steps happen on a screen, two need your physical presence, and two are postal. The route:
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.
Areas We Serve in Uttar Pradesh
Because the online half of this process is genuinely online, applicants from the smallest districts are on exactly the same footing as those in Noida. We work with clients in all 75 districts, and these are the ones we file from most often:
| Awadh and central UP | Lucknow, Kanpur, Unnao, Raebareli, Sitapur, Hardoi, Barabanki, Lakhimpur Kheri, Sultanpur, Ayodhya, Amethi, Bahraich |
| 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 |
Internet access, not proximity to Delhi, is what makes this route work. 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 an Office Still Helps in an Online Process
Two steps are genuinely online and two are stubbornly physical, and the value is in handling the physical half without you travelling.
- The physical half handled: Notary coordination and newspaper booking managed so the only thing you send is documents on WhatsApp.
- No fake online promises: No service can file the Department's application fully online, and any site claiming otherwise is misleading you.
- Payment done right: BharatKosh head and amount confirmed before paying, with the e-receipt filed.
- Delivery online: The published notification emailed to you, ready for Aadhaar, PAN and the rest.
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.
Run the Whole Thing From Your Phone, With Us
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
Everything except the notary and the envelope happens on WhatsApp: drafts, ad bookings, payment help, weekly tracking, and the download link when your name appears.
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Name Change Online in UP: FAQs
Can I change my name completely online in Uttar Pradesh?
From home, yes; completely online, no. The ads, the fee, the tracking and the download are online. The affidavit needs one notary visit, and the application itself is a paper file posted to Delhi. There is no government website where you apply.
Is there an official portal to apply for a name change?
No. egazette.gov.in only publishes and lets you download gazettes. Any "online application form" you see belongs to a private service, and filling it sends your details to them, not to the government.
What parts of the process are genuinely online?
Booking both newspaper ads, paying the Rs 1,100 fee on bharatkosh.gov.in, tracking the weekly Part IV issues, and downloading the published gazette free. That is most of the process by effort, just not the submission itself.
Do I ever have to visit a government office?
No, not once, in UP or in Delhi. The only in-person moments are your local notary for the affidavit and your post office for the envelope.
Can an online service submit the file for me?
No. Agents are barred from submitting; the file goes by post in your own name. A genuine service prepares and checks everything and then guides your posting. A service promising to submit for you is promising a rule violation.
How do I track my name change online?
Part IV of the Gazette of India publishes every Saturday. Search each week's issue on egazette.gov.in for your name; when it appears, download the PDF free. We do this watching for our clients as part of the service.
Is the downloaded gazette copy legally valid?
Yes, exactly as downloaded. Hard copies stopped on 1 October 2015, the download is free, and no certification or stamp is needed on it.
Can I do the name change through UP e-District or eSathi?
No. Those portals handle certificates like caste, domicile and income. A personal name change runs through the Central Gazette's postal route, not through any UP portal.
Which document updates after the gazette are online?
PAN, voter ID and driving licence updates run online. Aadhaar needs a Seva Kendra visit after online booking, passports need a PSK visit after the online application, and banks need one branch visit.
Why do websites claim the online process takes 8 to 15 days?
Because it sells. The Gazette of India publishes name change notifications 30 to 45 days after the file reaches Delhi, and no way of preparing the file changes the government's timeline.
Official Sources
- egazette.gov.in, the only real gazette website: publishing and free downloads, not applications.
- bharatkosh.gov.in, where the government fee is genuinely paid online.
- Department of Publication guidelines for change of name, which define the postal file.
Facts on this page are checked against these sources and our own filing experience. Where sources conflict, we say so instead of guessing.
The Short Version
From home: yes. One click: no. The ads, the Rs 1,100 BharatKosh fee, the Saturday tracking and the free download are online. The affidavit takes one notary visit, the proforma is typed at home, and the file goes to Delhi by post in your own name, because no government portal, login or online form exists for this, whatever other websites describe. After publication, PAN, voter ID and DL update online; Aadhaar, passport and bank still want to see you once. We run the whole journey with you on WhatsApp. Call 9540003316.