Legally Changing Your Name

rdogg12794

I really want to change my last name, it's 10 letters long and hard as hell to pronounce.

It always been causing me problems.

I know they have a deed poll service in the high court in dublin, is that the only way to do it ?

I heard you can get a lawyer to do it, is that true ?

How hard is it to transition to a new surname, and what institutions do you need to tell besides:

Banks
Utility Providers
Passport
Driving License
Employer

Thanks

Ken.

http://www.courts.ie/offices.nsf/0/B43B2E45023B633B802573D10045B030?OpenDocument
Procedure

You can get a solicitor to do the deed poll for you or you can do it yourself, in which case the only cost would be stamp duty.

If you are doing it yourself, you will have to call in person* to collect the necessary documents from the Judgments Section of the Central Office of the High Court.

You must bring your original birth certificate, and marriage certificate if applicable, together with photo I.D. such as your driving licence or passport.

You will have to bring the affidavit to a Commissioner for Oaths or a practising solicitor. There may be a small charge. You must then bring these documents back in person to the Judgments Section in the Central Office of the High Court where you will have to pay stamp duty.

Details of the stamp duty applicable are available in the Supreme Court and High Court Fees Order under Part L Enrolment, paragraph 47.

Documents cannot be posted and you must call back in person with the completed documents to the the Central Office of the High Court.

Cushie Butterfield

rdogg12794 wrote: »

Banks
Utility Providers
Passport
Driving License
Employer

Revenue - enter your PPS number in the box to find your specific tax office details:
https://www.ros.ie/wiclo/details.jsp

Also:
Client Identity Services,
Department of Social Protection,
Social Welfare Services,
Shannon Lodge,
Carrick-on-Shannon,
County Leitrim

Telephone: Lo Call 1890 927999
Email: cis@welfare.ie

Register of Electors
Insurance Policies
Motor Vehicle documentation
GP
Hospital Records

Fred Swanson

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Cushie Butterfield

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You'd need to do more than just writing to them & pointing it out. They'd need to see documentary evidence.

Fred Swanson

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the_syco

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If you were renamed by deed poll, as opposed to by marriage, did you get any sort of official confirmation stating that your name was changed?

Fred Swanson

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Holsten

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Did you not have to wait two years?

Fred Swanson

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