According to the law, a woman has the right to return her premarital surname in case of divorce, death of her spouse, or at her personal request. If, for example, after marriage, the husband's surname, for some reason, did not like it.
Necessary
- - statement;
- - your birth certificate;
- - certificate of divorce or death certificate of a spouse;
- - birth certificates of children under the age of majority.
Instructions
Step 1
To return your maiden name, contact the registry office where the marriage was registered and write a statement in which you indicate: - last name, first name, patronymic, date and place of birth, citizenship, nationality, place of residence, marital status; - last name, first name, patronymic, date of birth of all children under the age of majority; - data of marriage or divorce certificates that were issued earlier; - data of birth certificates of children; - surname you want to take; - reason for changing the surname.
Step 2
In order for your application to be considered, provide the following documents: - your birth certificate; - certificate of divorce or death certificate of your spouse; - birth certificates of children under the age of majority.
Step 3
Employees of the registry office must consider your application within 30 calendar days. If there are valid reasons, this period can be increased to 2 months. In addition, if you submitted an application for a change of surname not to the registry office that issued the marriage certificate to you, but to another, then this period, according to the law, can be increased to 3 months. This is due to the fact that employees must first make a request to the registry office in which you registered the marriage, and only after receiving confirmation from them, they can begin to consider your application.
Step 4
After the expiration of the specified period, you will be issued a certificate of surname change. Your surname will also be changed on birth certificates for minor children.
Step 5
After receiving a certificate of surname change, contact the passport office at the place of registration to replace your general civil passport. On its basis, change all other documents: TIN, pension insurance certificate, medical policy, driver's license, foreign passport, and so on.
