Quick answer: For a name change in Uttar Pradesh, publish the advertisement in two daily newspapers circulated in your area, one Hindi and one English. The ad states your old name, new name, address and the affidavit reference. Ads start from a few hundred rupees per paper, print within 2 to 5 days, and you must keep the complete original pages, never clippings.
The name change newspaper advertisement is the public-notice step of the process: a short classified announcing to the world that you have changed your name. It quotes the affidavit made in step one, and its printed copy travels with your gazette file. Done right, it takes a week and a few hundred rupees. Done wrong, it is the step most likely to silently ruin a file, because a typo printed in the paper cannot be corrected, only re-published.
The Newspaper Ad Step at a Glance
| How many papers | Two: one Hindi and one English daily, circulated in your area |
| Where in the paper | Classifieds, under Change of Name / Announcements |
| What the ad says | Old name, new name, parentage, address, affidavit date and notary |
| Cost | From a few hundred rupees per paper; budget dailies cost less than premium ones |
| Time | 2 to 5 days for both to print |
| What you keep | The complete original pages, masthead and date visible |
| Booking | By phone or online; you never visit a press office |
Key Takeaways
- The ad must match the affidavit word for word on names, parentage and address. The affidavit is the master copy; the ad quotes it.
- The Department of Publication wants the complete original newspaper pages. A clipping, however neat, gets the file returned.
- Proofread the draft the paper sends before it prints. A printed typo cannot be fixed; the ad runs again, at your cost.
- The ad is step two of seven. An affidavit plus an ad does not complete a name change; the gazette notification does.
- For passport cases, the practice of one English plus one regional daily is exactly what the two-paper rule already gives you.
Newspaper Advertisement: Quick Facts
| How many | Two: one Hindi daily and one English paper |
| Common Hindi papers | Dainik Jagran, Amar Ujala, Hindustan, in the district edition |
| What the ad carries | Old name, new name, address and the declaration |
| What to keep | Complete original pages, not clippings alone |
| Typical cost | A few hundred rupees per insertion, edition-dependent |
| Why it matters | The Department verifies dates and mastheads before reading the file |
Table of Contents
- Why the ad exists at all
- The two-paper rule: Hindi + English
- Which newspapers work in UP
- The exact ad wording
- The word-for-word matching rule
- What the ads cost
- The full-page rule
- How to book both ads, step by step
- If the printed ad has a mistake
- What other websites get wrong
- Related guides
- Central Gazette: step by step
- Areas we serve
- Why choose our office
- FAQs
Why the Ad Exists at All
The newspaper step is not decoration. It is the law's way of making your name change public, so nobody can later claim you changed your name secretly to escape a debt, a case or an identity. The ad creates a dated, printed, third-party record that the world was told. That is why the gazette file will not move without it, and why the pages you keep must prove, on their face, which paper printed it and on which date.
The Two-Paper Rule: One Hindi, One English
In practice, the advertisement goes in two daily newspapers circulated in your area: one Hindi and one English. The Hindi daily reaches your local community; the English daily satisfies offices, including passport offices, that look for an English-language public notice. Publishing in only one paper is the classic shortcut that surfaces as a problem weeks later, when an office asks for the second page you never printed.
Which Newspapers Work in Uttar Pradesh
Any recognised daily circulating in your district works. These are the ones UP applicants use most, as examples, not endorsements:
Hindi Dailies
Amar Ujala, Dainik Jagran and Hindustan are the widely circulated Hindi choices across UP districts.
English Dailies
Times of India, Hindustan Times and The Pioneer (strong in Lucknow) are the common English picks.
Budget Dailies
Smaller recognised dailies charge the least and are perfectly valid; the paper must simply be a genuine circulated daily.
The Edition Matters
Book the edition that circulates where you live: a Lucknow resident books Lucknow editions, a Kanpur resident Kanpur ones.
Honest cost tip: the ad's legal value does not increase with the paper's price. A budget daily's classified serves the file exactly as well as a premium one. Pay for premium only if you want to.
The Exact Ad Wording
The classified is short and formulaic. Fill your details into this structure; the English ad and the Hindi ad carry the same content:
Standard ad: I, [Old Name], [son/daughter/wife] of [Father's/Husband's Name], resident of [full address], have changed my name to [New Name] for all purposes, vide affidavit dated [date] sworn before Notary [name/city].
For a minor: I, [Parent's Name], [son/daughter] of [Grandparent's Name], resident of [full address], have changed the name of my minor [son/daughter] from [Old Name] to [New Name], vide affidavit dated [date] sworn before Notary [name/city].
Both papers print essentially this text under the Change of Name or Announcements classifieds. Want it pre-filled and checked against your affidavit before booking? Send the affidavit photo on WhatsApp 9540005002; the wording check is free.
The Word-for-Word Matching Rule
The chain of documents works only if every link quotes the previous one exactly. The affidavit fixes the spellings; the ad must repeat them, letter for letter, including parentage and address. "Mohd." in the affidavit and "Mohammad" in the ad is a mismatch. A shortened address is a mismatch. The scrutiny in Delhi compares these documents side by side, and mismatches are a routine reason files come back.
What the Ads Cost
| Choice | Realistic Cost |
|---|---|
| Budget recognised daily, per ad | A few hundred rupees, often Rs 300 to 700 |
| Premium daily (TOI, HT class), per ad | Higher, varies by edition and words |
| Both ads together, budget route | Commonly under Rs 1,500 in UP cities |
| What changes the price | The paper, the city edition, and the word count |
Rates are set by the papers and change; treat these as honest ranges, not quotes. We share the exact current rates for your city before you book, and the ad charge is always shown separately from the government fee and our service fee.
The Full-Page Rule: The Detail That Decides Your File
Keep the complete original pages. Not a clipping, not a photocopy, not a scan. The Department of Publication wants the full sheet of each newspaper, with the masthead (the paper's name) and the date visible on the same sheet as your ad. This is the single most common physical-document mistake in the whole process. When the paper prints your ad, buy that day's copy, keep the entire page intact, and store it flat. If a vendor mails you "proof", insist on the full original page, because a laminated clipping is a returned file.
How to Book Both Ads, Step by Step
Finalise the wording from the affidavit
Copy the names, parentage and address exactly. The affidavit date and notary details go in as printed on the attestation.
Pick one Hindi and one English daily for your district
Choose editions that actually circulate where you live. Budget dailies are fine; the edition is what matters.
Book by phone or online and pay per rate card
Classified desks take bookings remotely. You never visit a press office. Keep the booking receipts.
Proofread the draft before it prints
The paper sends a draft or reads it back. Check every letter against the affidavit. This two-minute check is the cheapest insurance in the entire process.
Buy the papers on print day and keep full pages
Collect both complete pages, masthead and date visible, and keep them flat and unfolded through the ad. They now travel with your gazette file, alongside the rest of the document checklist.
What comes next, the proforma, the BharatKosh fee and the posting, is on the complete 7-step process guide.
If the Printed Ad Has a Mistake
There is no correction slip for a classified. If the printed ad misspells a name or drops a word, that printing cannot feed your file; the ad must run again, correctly, and the new full page is the one you keep. This is why the proofread step exists, and why we never let a client's ad go to print without reading it against the affidavit twice. The cost of a re-run is the ad charge again plus the days lost; the cost of not noticing is a returned gazette file a month later.
What Other Websites Get Wrong About the Newspaper Step
- Wrong: the gazette process takes 8 to 15 days after your ad. Right: publication in the Gazette of India takes 30 to 45 days after the file reaches Delhi. The 8-to-15-day figure sells a fantasy.
- Wrong: send neat clippings of both ads with your file. Right: complete original pages only, masthead and date visible. Clippings are a standard reason for returned files.
- Wrong: one newspaper is enough. Right: in practice two, one Hindi and one English circulated in your area, and passport cases expect exactly that.
- Wrong: the affidavit and the ad together complete your name change. Right: they are steps one and two of seven. The gazette notification is what offices accept.
- Wrong: you need the gazette copy before booking the ad. Right: the order is affidavit, then ads, then the gazette file. The ad feeds the gazette, not the other way round.
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:
- the Central Gazette guide: routes, rejections, tracking and download.
- the marriage name change journey: the full bride's sequence across eight registers.
- the full cost breakdown: government fees and service fees, line by line.
- what is genuinely online: what you can do from home and what you cannot.
- who files your gazette: Vipin Chauhan and five years of Department filings.
- talk to us: Lucknow office, phone and WhatsApp.
- the complete service list: every name change service we handle.
- the Lucknow city guide: notaries, newspapers and why no gazette office exists here.
- which gazette to choose: the destination-wise decision table and honest costs.
- the UP Rajpatra route: the Directorate, the state presses and the two-question fit test.
- documents for the gazette file: the eight items and what each one prevents.
- the gazette office address: Civil Lines Delhi and how to courier from any district.
- the proforma format: the specimen, witness block and CD version.
- gazette time and fees: the stage-by-stage clock and honest totals.
- gazette rejection reasons: stoppers, slowers and the ten-minute pre-flight check.
Where the Advertisements Sit in the Gazette Route
Our core service: The two advertisements are step two of six, and the file cannot move without both original pages:
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
Hindi dailies publish district editions across Uttar Pradesh, which is why the advertisement step is genuinely local wherever you are. We work with clients in all 75 districts, and these are the ones we file from most often:
| 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 |
| Purvanchal and eastern UP | Varanasi, Prayagraj, Gorakhpur, Azamgarh, Jaunpur, Ballia, Deoria, Mirzapur, Basti, Ghazipur, Mau, Sonbhadra |
Your district's edition is the one to book, and it is as valid as any metro edition. 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 We Handle the Advertisements
Agencies retype your text, and a single changed letter between the advertisement and the affidavit is the classic objection at the Department.
- Proofread against the affidavit: Every draft is checked word for word before it prints, which is where most self-filed cases lose a month.
- Right paper, right edition: A Hindi daily in your district's edition plus an English paper, booked at sensible rates.
- Whole pages preserved: Complete originals collected and filed, because clippings fail at both the Department and the passport office.
- Costs kept transparent: Insertion charges are the paper's, stated separately from our fee.
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.
We Draft, Book, Proofread and Collect Both Ads
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
In the Complete package, both ads are arranged, proofread against your affidavit, and the full original pages are secured for your file.
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Newspaper Ad for Name Change in UP: FAQs
How many newspapers are required for a name change in Uttar Pradesh?
In practice, two: one Hindi and one English daily circulated in your area. The Hindi paper covers local notice; the English one satisfies offices, including passport offices, that expect an English public notice.
Which newspaper is best for a name change ad in UP?
Any recognised daily circulating in your district. Amar Ujala, Dainik Jagran and Hindustan are common Hindi picks; Times of India, Hindustan Times and The Pioneer are common English ones. A budget daily's classified has exactly the same legal value as a premium paper's.
What does the name change ad cost?
Budget recognised dailies charge a few hundred rupees per ad, often Rs 300 to 700, so both ads commonly finish under Rs 1,500 in UP cities. Premium papers cost more. Rates are the papers' own and change, so confirm before booking.
What is the exact wording of the ad?
A one-line classified: your old name, parentage, address, the statement that you have changed your name to the new name for all purposes, and the affidavit date and notary reference. The wording must copy the affidavit letter for letter.
Should I keep the clipping of the ad?
Keep the complete original pages, not clippings. The Department of Publication wants the full sheet with the paper's masthead and date visible. A clipping, photocopy or scan gets the file returned.
How long does the newspaper step take?
Usually 2 to 5 days for both papers to print, depending on the papers' classified schedules. Booking is by phone or online the same day.
Can the ad be in Hindi?
Yes. The Hindi daily prints the notice in Hindi and the English daily in English; both carry the same content, quoting the same affidavit.
Is the newspaper ad alone enough to change my name?
No. The affidavit and the ads are steps one and two. The passport office, banks and UIDAI accept the gazette notification, which these steps feed. Anyone who stops your process at the ad has done two-sevenths of the job.
What if the printed ad has a spelling mistake?
It must run again, correctly, at fresh cost. There is no correction mechanism for a printed classified, which is why proofreading the draft before print is the single best two minutes you will spend in this process.
Do I have to visit the newspaper office?
No. Classified desks take bookings by phone or online, and payment is remote. Your only physical task is buying the papers on print day and keeping the full pages safe.
Official Sources
- egazette.gov.in, where the notification your ads feed into is published and downloaded free.
- bharatkosh.gov.in, the only payment route for the gazette fee.
- Department of Publication guidelines for change of name, which the newspaper pages accompany.
Facts on this page are checked against these sources and our own filing experience. Newspaper rates are the papers' own and change; where sources conflict, we say so instead of guessing.
The Short Version
Two ads, one Hindi and one English daily circulated in your area, wording copied letter for letter from your affidavit, booked by phone for a few hundred rupees each, printed in 2 to 5 days. Proofread the draft before print, buy the papers on print day, and keep the complete original pages with masthead and date, never clippings. The pages travel with your gazette file, and the gazette, not the ad, is what changes your name. We arrange, proofread and secure both ads in the Complete package. Call 9540003316.