1. Submit the request letter with the necessary documents to counter of Male Municipality Aabaadhee behey section.
2. If the applied name is not approved collect Nan faas kurumah dhookuraa slip from the counter. Fill the form and submit it to the counter.
3. Make the payment and obtain the payment slip. (The date and time at which to collect the name change birth certificate will be mentioned in this receipt.)
4. Go to Male Municipality on the date and time specified in the payment slip and submit it to the counter and obtain Birth Certificate with the changed name.

• Request letter (the letter must state the new name to be called, reason why you want to change the name of the child. The letter should be on the name of the childs father or mother or the guardian of the child)
• Childs birth certificate (original)
• Childs birth registry (original)
• Childs house registry (original)
• Rf 1 revenue stamp

Aabaadheeaai behey bai, Male Municipality

First Floor, Huravee building, Ameer Ahmed

Magu, Male

Phone: (+960) 3323902

The birth certificate for the child must be issued from Male Municipality.

• Rf 20 (to make the name changed birth certificate)
• Rf 20 (to make the name changed birth registry)

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Please attach documents which can be used by people who would like to follow this procedure.    

Please attach sample completed documents which would help other people who would like to follow this procedure.    

• Average time for service: 2 (two) days
• No. of visits required: 2 (two)

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications. 
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type="website">video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the "&" inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver, 
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M" Video ID is "Y0US7oR_t3M". 
	

Please provide instructions on obtaining the certificate/documents.
e.g. The state office holds birth records since january 1908.

A list which displays the kind of information which is required to complete the procedure.
e.g.
1. Date of Birth.
2. City or County of Birth.

If requiring to change the name of a child under 10 years after obtaining birth certificate can change from Male Municipality.

Enter other informations which might help

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

Place some external links which might help

More information which might help people.