Ghana - Apply for Change of Personal Name

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Procedure

Apply In-Person:

1. To Apply for Change of Personal Name, the applicant must go to the Register General Department.
2. Address and contact details can be found in the following Contact link
3. Applicant must obtain the application form from the relevant department.
4. Applicant has to enter all the information in the application form.
5. The applicant has to make sure that he or she has all the required documents that are required for this process to be successful and they can be found under the "Required Documents" section of this page.
6. A fee for this procedure has to be paid that can be found under the "Fees" section of this page.
7. The completed application must submit to the respective office.
8. Submit the required documents to the attending official, who will verify and process the documents if all the information is in order and send them to the commissioner for Oaths.
9. Upon acceptance of the application by the Commissioner for Oaths, the applicant is required to post legal notices in newspapers to announce the name change.
10. Not less than seven days after the publication of the notice, the person intending to change his or her name may apply in the prescribed form to the registrar of the births and deaths registration district in which his or her birth is registered.
11. The registrar shall, upon being satisfied that the requirements of this section have been carried out and upon payment of the prescribed fee, amend the register accordingly and shall sign and date the amendment.
12. Use the acknowledgment slip to obtain certificate from the office as per notified period within 15 days.

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Required Documents

• Application form
• Valid birth certificate
• Affidavit from local notary
• Address proof (Voter ID, Driving License etc.) of parents as per requirement
• Residential Proof.
• Ghana card of the applicant.
• A letter from a responsible person, such as a GP, solicitor, minister, priest or MP
• A statutory declaration ( a statement, recording your intention to abandon your old name and adopt a new one)
• Name Change Affidavit

Office Locations & Contacts

Location: Accra
Address: the register general department
Department of social services in Accra, Ghana. Kinbu Rd, Accra, Ghana.
HQ2X+4X Accra, Ghana
Contact number- +233 30 266 4691
Location link
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GREATER ACCRA REGION
P.O. Box 118 Accra
Tel: +233 302 664 691-93
Fax: +233 302 662043
Email: [email protected]
Digital address: GA-143-4647
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Eligibility

• Any Ghanaian citizen, being over the age of twenty-one years or a widower, widow, divorced person or a married person can change their names in person.

Fees

• A fee for this procedure is 5,000 GHS.

Validity

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Processing Time

• The processing time for this procedure takes 15 days.

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Instructions

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Required Information

• Name of the father
• Name of the mother
• Statistical information like name of city, district, village etc
• Birth given full name
• New Adopted names
• Date of birth
• Citizenship
• Residential Address/email address
• Phone number
• Occupation
• Reason for change of name

Need for the Document

• The certificate is required for one who wishes to legally change their names provided you do not intend to deceive or defraud another person.

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Other uses of the Document/Certificate

• The certificate is required for one to be able to change identity information on other identification document that he/she possesses e.g. birth certificate, marriage certificate, education certificate, property deeds, credit/debit cards, social security card, and insurance policies etc.

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