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Name mismatch holding up your passport? Publish a change-of-name notice in The Hindustan Times.

The newspaper notice your passport office, gazette or bank is asking for — composed, published and proof-delivered. Most filers are done in under five minutes.

STARTING FROM
₹250
3-line notice · Jaipur
TURNAROUND
Tomorrow
in print, if booked by 6 PM
Instant rate
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Official Hindustan Times rates, lowest-price guaranteed · all 7 editions
Before you book
What a passport name change needs
A notarised name-change affidavit
We accept your existing one, or share a ready format
Publication in 2 newspapers — one English
Hindustan Times is your English paper
HT COVERS THIS
One regional-language paper
Add any regional daily in the same booking
Submit both tear-sheets with your form
View the published page in the Hindustan Times e-paper
Hindustan Times is the English-language daily accepted by every passport office and gazette department in India.
Book by 6:00 PM today to appear in tomorrow’s edition
A change-of-name notice can appear in tomorrow’s edition. Passport appointment this week? Tell us — we prioritise deadline bookings.
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Change-of-name rates across HT city editions

A standard change-of-name notice is a short classified — usually 3 lines. Here’s the exact published rate per city, GST shown separately.

1 English + 1 regional — the two-paper passport set

Hindustan Times (English) + a regional daily of your choice — the exact two-paper requirement, booked together with one payment and one tear-sheet pack.

Rates are published classified rates and may vary by exact edition and date. The live calculator shows your final figure, inclusive of GST, before payment.
How it works · end to end

From name mismatch to a cleared passport file, in four steps.

Most first-time filers don’t know the sequence. Here it is — what comes before the ad, and what the ad unlocks.

  1. 1 Before the ad

    Swear a name-change affidavit

    A notary affidavit stating your old name, new name and reason. Don’t have one yet? Use our ready format, or we’ll guide you to a notary.

    An existing affidavit is fine — it does not need to be fresh.
  2. 2 The ad

    Publish in 2 papers — 1 English

    Hindustan Times covers the English requirement. Add one regional-language daily for the second paper. Both booked together, one payment.

  3. 3 Print

    Appears in the next edition

    Book by 6 PM and your notice runs in tomorrow’s paper across the city editions you chose.

  4. 4 After

    Use the tear-sheet for your file

    Once it publishes, view and save your notice from the Hindustan Times e-paper — attach it to your passport, gazette or bank application as proof of publication. Need it emailed or a printed copy? Ask the desk, on request.

Going for a full Gazette of India notification too? The same affidavit + newspaper publication is the first step of that process — ask our desk and we’ll outline the gazette filing as well.
Before you book

What you’ll need — and what we handle for you

No need to leave and ‘figure it out’. Here’s the exact checklist, with formats you can download and fill in minutes.

Required Name-change affidavit

A notarised affidavit stating old name, new name and reason. We accept an existing affidavit, or use our ready format below.

Required ID with the new name

Aadhaar / passport / PAN — used only to compose the notice with the correct spelling. Nothing is stored.

We handle it Ready name-change format

Use our standard name-change format — English, plus the regional script for the second paper. Free to fill in; you supply the details.

Optional Minor child? Add parent's declaration

To change a child's name: a parent's affidavit plus the child's birth certificate. Format provided below.

No affidavit ready yet? You can still see your exact price now and add the affidavit before we send it to print.
No surprises on price

Exactly how your ad is priced — before you pay a rupee

The single most common question we get is ‘how was this number calculated?’ So here it is, in full. The price you see is the price you pay.

How it’s measured

Charged per printed line

  • Classified text is priced by printed line, not by character. A line is one row as it appears in the newspaper column.
  • Most notices run 3–6 lines. Long words that wrap to a new line count as the line they fill — the live preview shows the exact wrap.
  • A contact number, name or address all sit inside your lines — there is no separate ‘per-number’ charge.
A worked example

What ₹250 actually buys

5-line classified · weekday ₹250
Composing, proof & corrections Free
GST @ 5% ₹13
Total you pay ₹263
Booking two dates means two insertions, so the rate applies twice — the calculator shows this clearly before payment, never as a surprise.
Don’t know what to write?

Start from a standard name-change format

These are the conventional wordings passport and gazette offices expect. Pick one, fill in your details, done.

Individual
Standard name change
I, [OLD NAME], holder of Aadhaar No. XXXX XXXX XXXX, R/o [address], have changed my name to [NEW NAME] with immediate effect. In future I shall be known as [New Name]. — [New Name]
3 lines · from ₹250
Married woman
After marriage
I, [NEW NAME] W/o [Husband’s Name], R/o [address], formerly known as [MAIDEN NAME], declare that my name has been changed after marriage. Both names refer to one & same person.
4 lines · from ₹250
Minor child
For a child
I, [Parent], parent of [CHILD, DOB], have changed my minor child’s name from [OLD] to [NEW]. Both names refer to the same minor. — [Parent]
4 lines · from ₹250
Hindustan Times tearsheet proof
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After it prints

Your tear-sheet, ready for the passport office

For a name change, the proof of publication is the actual deliverable — the thing the office files. We make sure it’s exactly what they accept.

Your published page
The exact Hindustan Times page your notice ran on — view and save it from the e-paper after publication.
Edition, date & page stamped
Shows the city edition, date and page number that the gazette / passport office needs to see.
Copy on request
Need it emailed, or a printed copy where an office insists on the physical paper? Ask the desk — available on request.
Accepted for: Passport (re-issue / name correction), Gazette of India notification, PAN & Aadhaar update, bank and property records.
The questions desk · change of name

The four things every name-change filer asks.

Specifically about a passport / gazette name change in Hindustan Times. Anything else — the desk replies on chat within 30 minutes.

Is the ad even required? 03 QUESTIONS
What the passport / gazette process actually mandates
Q. Do I really need a newspaper ad for my passport name change?

Yes. The passport rule requires publication in two newspapers — one English, one regional — after a name-change affidavit. Hindustan Times satisfies the English requirement.

Q. Do I also need a Gazette notification?

For a passport, the affidavit + 2-newspaper ad is usually enough. A full Gazette of India notification is needed for some government records; the same affidavit + ad is its first step. Our desk can outline the gazette filing.

Q. Both papers — can one be English and one Bengali/Hindi?

Exactly. One must be English (Hindustan Times) and the other in your regional language. You book both in one order; we set the regional-script wording for you.

What will it cost? 03 QUESTIONS
Rates, two papers and GST
Q. Why does booking two papers cost more than one?

Each paper is a separate publication with its own rate, so the two are added — not doubled arbitrarily. The 2-paper set is shown as one transparent total before you pay.

Q. What’s the cheapest compliant option?

From ₹250: a 3-line notice in the lowest-rate city edition, plus one regional paper. The calculator shows the cheapest valid combination for your case, GST included.

Q. Is GST included in the price I see?

GST (5% on classifieds) is shown as a separate line and added to your total before payment — never a surprise afterwards.

What do I need first? 02 QUESTIONS
Documents and eligibility
Q. Is an affidavit mandatory before the ad?

Yes — a notarised name-change affidavit comes first. We accept an existing affidavit (it needn’t be fresh) and provide a ready format if you don’t have one.

Q. Can I change a minor child’s name?

Yes. It needs a parent’s declaration affidavit and the child’s birth certificate. Use the minor format above.

On time, with proof? 02 QUESTIONS
Deadlines and the tear-sheet
Q. Can it appear in tomorrow’s paper?

Yes, if booked by 6 PM today. Passport appointment this week? Flag it and we prioritise the booking.

Q. How do I get proof for the passport office?

After it publishes, view and save the exact page — date and edition visible — from the Hindustan Times e-paper. Prefer it emailed or a printed copy? Ask the desk, on request.

Still have a question?
Chat with our name-change desk — replies within 30 minutes, 24×7.

Why publish your change-of-name notice in Hindustan Times?

A passport, gazette or bank name change requires public notice in a newspaper, and the office wants to see it in an established daily. Hindustan Times is an English-language newspaper accepted by passport offices and gazette departments across India — which is why most filers pair it with one regional paper to meet the two-newspaper rule.

Booking through releaseMyAd, the authorized online booking platform for Hindustan Times, means your notice runs at official Hindustan Times rates with a lowest-price guarantee, and you can view and save the exact page from the Hindustan Times e-paper to attach to your application — often in the next edition if booked before the cut-off.

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