AFFIDAVIT FOR CHANGE OF NAME AFTER MARRIAGE BY A
WOMAN APPLICANT/ADDITION OF SPOUSES’ NAMES
(TO BE JOINTLY EXECUTED BY BOTH SPOUSES – ON PLAIN PAPER; WITH SIGNATURES, NAMES
AND ADDRESSES OF TWO WITNESSES; AND NOTARIZED BY NOTARY PUBLIC)
We
1 …………………………………………………………..
(Maiden name of wife)
2 .…………………………………………………………
(Name of husband)
Solemnly declare and affirm as under:
1.
That we are married under…..……………………….Marriage Act/Rights/Customs
and are living together as married couple
since……………………………………………(date of marriage)
2.
That ……………………………….. ……….. (Maiden name of wife) would henceforth
be known as ……………………………………. (Name of wife after marriage) by
virtue of our marriage).
3.
That our joint photograph is affixed below.
Date:
Place:
Signature & address of Deponents
Wife
………………………………………..
Husband ………………………………………..
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Witness 1
Signature:
______________________________________
Name:
______________________________________
Address:
______________________________________
______________________________________
______________________________________
Witness 2
Signature:
______________________________________
Name:
______________________________________
Address:
______________________________________
______________________________________
______________________________________
NOTE:
• The affidavit has to be sworn before a Notary Public.
• The joint photograph of the couple should be pasted on the affidavit and
attested by the Notary Public with his/her signature and rubber
stamps (half on the photograph and half on the affidavit.
• The affidavit is required when a passport is issued the first time with
the married name of a woman applicant.
• The affidavit is required the first time, when the names of the spouses
are to be endorsed in their respective passports.
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