Quick answer: Expect the government fee to be around a hundred rupees for an Indian address, a little more if you want a physical card posted. Through the Aadhaar OTP route you upload nothing at all, because the verification replaces document proof. Where documents are needed, it is one identity proof, one address proof and one supporting document for the change. Fees are revised from time to time, so treat these as the shape rather than the exact figure and confirm on the payment screen.
The point of the numbers below is to give you something to compare any quote against. A PAN correction is genuinely small work, and knowing that is what protects you from paying several thousand rupees for twenty minutes of typing. There are things in a name change worth paying somebody for. This is not usually one of them.
At a Glance
| Government fee | Around a hundred rupees, Indian address |
| Physical card posted | A little more |
| Foreign address | Considerably more, for dispatch |
| Aadhaar OTP route | No documents uploaded at all |
| Otherwise | Identity, address, and one supporting document |
| Processing | Often about two weeks |
| Limit | None; correct it as often as needed |
| Confirm the fee | On the payment screen, since it is revised |
Key Takeaways
- This is the cheapest step in a name change and among the quickest.
- The Aadhaar route removes the document question entirely.
- A rejection costs the same small fee again, so mistakes are cheap here.
- Fees are revised periodically; the payment screen is the authority.
- Paying somebody is reasonable for the whole journey, less so for this one form.
What You Might Need: Quick Facts
| Aadhaar with linked mobile | Removes the need for anything else |
| Identity proof | Aadhaar, voter ID, passport, driving licence |
| Address proof | Aadhaar, a utility bill, a bank statement |
| For a married surname | Marriage certificate |
| For a published change | The gazette notification |
| For a spelling correction | An older document with the right spelling |
| For a parent field | Your own marksheet or birth certificate |
| Photograph and signature | Only if you are updating those too |
Table of Contents
- What the fee actually is
- The route with no documents
- Where documents are needed
- What agents charge, and why
- What is worth paying for
- How long it takes
- Central Gazette: the complete process and file format
- Areas we serve
- Related guides
- Why choose our office
- FAQs
What the Fee Actually Is
Whichever portal you use, Protean or UTIITSL, the fee is broadly the same, because they are both authorised intermediaries doing identical work through the same system. If one quotes you noticeably more, you are probably on a lookalike website rather than the real one.
The Route With No Documents
- If your mobile is linked to Aadhaar, you can verify by OTP and the application needs no uploads at all.
- The verification replaces the proof, because the system has already confirmed who you are against the Aadhaar record.
- Nothing is posted either way, so there is no courier, no acknowledgment to sign, no physical trail.
- This is why the whole thing takes twenty minutes, and why people are surprised when quoted a large fee for it.
- Check your linked mobile first, since an old number is the usual reason this route is unavailable.
Where the OTP route is not available to you, the alternative involves uploading or posting documents, which is more work but not difficult. The form itself is walked through on our online correction page.
Where Documents Are Needed
| Category | What works |
|---|---|
| Identity | Aadhaar, voter ID, passport or driving licence |
| Address | Aadhaar, a recent utility bill, or a bank statement |
| Married surname | A registered marriage certificate |
| A published change | The gazette notification, printed |
| A spelling correction | An older document carrying the correct spelling |
| A parent field | Your own marksheet or birth certificate, which names you both |
What Agents Charge, and Why
We say this on a page belonging to a business that charges for services, which is the point. Being told the real fee is what lets you judge any quote, including ours. Our full pricing is on the cost breakdown page, with government fees listed separately from our own so the two are never blurred.
What Is Worth Paying For
The decision before the form
Whether you need a gazette at all is worth an expert answer, because getting it wrong costs Rs 1,100 and six weeks.
The Aadhaar step
Which has a two-update lifetime limit and is genuinely worth getting right first time.
The gazette filing itself
Where a defective file restarts a six-week clock, so the care has real value.
Sequencing the whole journey
Knowing what runs in parallel and what does not saves months, as our timeline page sets out.
Handling a refusal
Written escalations work, and knowing how to write one is a genuine skill.
Not this form
Twenty minutes of typing that you can do yourself with a phone.
How Long It Takes
Set against a gazette at twenty-five to forty-five days, PAN is the fast part of any name change. It is also the part that has to wait for Aadhaar, so it rarely sits on the critical path anyway.
Central Gazette: the Complete Process and File Format
Our core service: where your name is genuinely changing rather than being corrected, this is the route as we run it from Lucknow, and it is where a service fee earns its place.
Stage 1: The affidavit
Stamp paper and notary come to Rs 100 to 500 depending on your district. Worth noting that this affidavit is for the gazette filing, not for the PAN form, which does not usually ask for one.
Stage 2: The Public Notice, in two copies
Each witness gives signature, full name and address, and both sign both copies at one sitting.
Stage 3: The CD and CD-Certificate
Stage 4: Newspapers, fee, covering letter and dispatch
Publish in two newspapers and buy four copies
One Hindi daily of your district and one English paper, at a few hundred rupees per paper.
Pay Rs 1,100 on BharatKosh
Rs 1,700 for a minor, with two receipts printed.
Write the covering letter
To The Controller, Publication Department, Civil Line, Delhi 110054, with your mobile number and email.
Assemble, check and photocopy
A full copy set kept at home.
Courier it, tracked
One to three days from most UP districts.
Then Aadhaar, then PAN
PAN being the cheapest and last of the three.
Ask for the Split
This is why our own pricing separates government fees from our fee on every page. A client who cannot see the split cannot judge the value, and a business that hides it is usually hiding the ratio.
Gazette Fees, Time and the File
| PAN correction | Around a hundred rupees, Indian address |
| Physical card | A little more than e-PAN only |
| Aadhaar update | A nominal Kendra fee; two lifetime limit |
| Affidavit | Rs 100 to 500 including stamp paper and notary |
| Newspapers | A few hundred rupees per paper |
| Adult gazette fee | Rs 1,100 on BharatKosh |
| Minor gazette fee | Rs 1,700 |
| Our service | Basic from Rs 999, Complete from Rs 1,999, quoted separately |
The envelope in one line, where publication applies: covering letter with your phone and email, affidavit (notarised), Public Notice typed in two copies with two witnesses on each, CD in MS-Word format with the signed CD-Certificate, both complete newspaper pages, photo identity proof, address proof, photographs and the BharatKosh receipt.
Before You Pay: Check These
- Is your mobile linked to Aadhaar, so you can use the no-document route?
- Have you seen the fee on the payment screen rather than relying on a quote?
- Is Aadhaar already updated, since PAN is matched against it?
- Did anyone quoting you separate government fees from their own?
After the Gazette: What Updates Next
Aadhaar first, then PAN, then bank and employer, then investments, then the passport. Keep the acknowledgment number until the new card arrives. Education records need nothing at all, whatever anybody offers to charge you for them.
What Other Websites Get Wrong
- Wrong: a PAN correction needs a stack of attested documents. Right: through the Aadhaar route it needs none at all.
- Wrong: one portal is cheaper. Right: both are authorised intermediaries with broadly the same fee.
- Wrong: an affidavit is required. Right: not usually for a PAN correction, though the gazette route needs one.
- Wrong: quote a fixed rupee figure with confidence. Right: fees are revised, so the payment screen is the authority.
- Wrong: a rejection is expensive. Right: it is one evening and the same small fee again.
Areas We Serve in Uttar Pradesh
The fee is the same everywhere, since the application is central and online. What varies locally is the stamp paper and notary charge where an affidavit is involved. Across all 75 districts, most often these:
| 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 |
Quotes for this step vary far more between agents than between districts, which is exactly why the base figure is worth knowing before anybody names a price. Our chamber is at Chamber No. 19, Sadar Tehsil, Sector 5, Gomti Nagar Vistar, Lucknow 226010, with the city guide on our Lucknow page. Call 9540003316 or WhatsApp 9540005002 from any district.
Related Guides on This Site
Whichever counter you reach next, there is a guide for it here:
- name change in a PAN card: the main guide covering every situation.
- the online walkthrough: the form, step by step.
- PAN after marriage: the parent field that stays unchanged.
- father's name in a PAN: your marksheet is the proof.
- PAN and Aadhaar mismatch: what breaks, and which record to fix.
- the full cost breakdown: every fee in the journey, split honestly.
- the Aadhaar update limit: the step genuinely worth care.
- how long it all takes: where PAN sits in the timeline.
- gazette time and fees: the expensive part, by comparison.
- problems and mistakes: what to do when something is refused.
- contact the office: Lucknow office, phone and WhatsApp.
Why We Tell You the Base Fee
A client who knows the government fee can judge any quote, ours included. We would rather be chosen by somebody who understands what they are paying for than by somebody who could not tell. On a PAN correction specifically, we often say do it yourself and call us about the gazette question instead. Vipin Chauhan, B.Tech LL.B, quotes government fees and service fees as separate lines, always.
- We separate government fees from ours: on every quote and every page.
- We tell people to do this form themselves: when that is the honest advice.
- We charge for the parts that carry risk: the gazette file, the Aadhaar step, the sequencing.
- We never bundle a gazette into a correction: which is where the large quotes come from.
Associate office at Chamber No. 19, Sadar Tehsil, Gomti Nagar Vistar, Lucknow, serving all 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh, Monday to Saturday, 10 AM to 6:30 PM. Call 9540003316 or WhatsApp 9540005002.
Send Us the Quote
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
Tell us what you have been quoted and what it covers. We will tell you which part is a government fee, even if you then go elsewhere.
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PAN Name Change Documents and Fees: FAQs
What does a PAN correction cost?
Around a hundred rupees for an Indian address, a little more for a physical card posted to you. Fees are revised periodically, so the payment screen is the authority.
What documents do I need?
Through the Aadhaar OTP route, none at all. The verification replaces the proof, which is why the whole thing takes twenty minutes.
When are documents needed?
Where the OTP route is unavailable. Then it is one identity proof, one address proof, and one supporting document for the change itself.
Do I need an affidavit?
Not usually for a PAN correction. An affidavit belongs to the gazette route, which is a different thing.
Is Protean or UTIITSL cheaper?
Neither meaningfully. Both are authorised intermediaries doing identical work. A noticeably higher quote usually means a lookalike website.
What do agents charge?
Anything from a few hundred to several thousand. The work is opening a website, typing a name and paying about a hundred rupees, so knowing the base fee is what lets you judge.
What is genuinely worth paying for?
The decision about whether you need a gazette, the Aadhaar step with its lifetime limit, the gazette filing itself, and sequencing the whole journey.
How long does it take?
About two weeks to process, with a physical card a few days more by post.
What if it gets rejected?
Diagnose, retype and reapply. One evening and the same small fee again, which is why mistakes are cheap here.
Is there a limit on corrections?
No. Unlike Aadhaar, PAN can be corrected as often as needed.
What should I ask anybody quoting me?
How much is the government fee and how much is yours. A straight answer lets you compare; "it is all included" is designed to stop you.
Do I need a gazette for a PAN correction?
No. Corrections need none, and where a genuine name change is involved the gazette belongs to the Aadhaar step rather than this one.
Official Sources
- Income Tax Department PAN services, delivered through Protean and UTIITSL as authorised intermediaries.
- PAN correction fee structure, which differs for e-PAN, physical dispatch and foreign addresses.
- Aadhaar-based e-KYC verification for PAN applications, which removes the need for document upload.
- The Department of Publication's fee structure for change of name notifications, for comparison.
Facts here are checked against these sources and our own casework. Fees are revised from time to time and should always be confirmed on the payment screen; the relative cheapness of this step compared with publication is the stable part.
The Short Version
A PAN correction costs around a hundred rupees for an Indian address, a little more if you want a physical card posted, and through the Aadhaar OTP route it needs no documents at all because the verification replaces the proof. That is the whole thing: twenty minutes, one small fee, about two weeks to process. Where documents are required it is one identity proof, one address proof and one supporting document, with no attestation and usually no affidavit. Knowing the base figure matters because this is the step where quotes vary most wildly, and the honest question to ask anybody, including us, is how much of a quote is the government fee and how much is theirs. There are parts of a name change genuinely worth paying for: deciding whether a gazette is needed at all, the Aadhaar update with its two-in-a-lifetime limit, and the gazette file itself. This form is not one of them.