Legal Question in Administrative Law in India

Change name
respected sir,
My name is too long
Presently i don't have passport, I want to change my name in to small name legally.I already applied for affidavit(hydearbad).
could you please clarify.
1)will i apply for passport using new name.
2)By using new name will i go to abroad.My 10th,Intermediate(12th),B.E are in old name.
I am facing lot of problems with old name, I can't apply most of the application's online, if i expand my name it is approximately 160 characters.
I approched one person in S.S.E(10th) board in hyderabad for changing name,they replied not posible to change name in mark sheets, only you can use affidavit.
because next year i have to apply H1B.
In your site also just given first name and last name, by using this big name iam facing lot of problems
please give advice

Asked on 11/13/07, 2:15 am

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Homi Maratha N.N. Maratha & Co.-Advocates

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Re: Change name

Get an affidavit attested and then give the publication of the NAME CHANGE in daily local news papers one regional language and another english and then you can apply for passport with your new name.

Answered on 11/16/07, 4:33 am

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Homi Maratha N.N. Maratha & Co.-Advocates

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Get an affidavit attested and then give the publication of the NAME CHANGE in daily local news papers one regional language and another english and then you can apply for passport with your new name.

Answered on 11/16/07, 4:34 am

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Homi Maratha N.N. Maratha & Co.-Advocates

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Get an affidavit attested and then give the publication of the NAME CHANGE in daily local news papers one regional language and another english and then you can apply for passport with your new name.

Answered on 11/16/07, 4:34 am

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Gurpreet Singh

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Re: Change name

once you give attested affidavit along with publication of NAME CHANGE in two news papers one local and one english, your name is considered legally change and you can apply for the passport only with that new name. and that will appear in your passport as well as other legal documents. You do not need to change your name on your previous mark sheets.

Answered on 11/13/07, 3:01 am

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