The UK Deed Poll Office

If you wish to change the name of a child and cannot obtain consent from one of the parents with Parental Responsibility, then you may be able to get a court order for permission to proceed. In such cases, the court order effectively replaces the consent of the other parent. You can apply for a court order yourself, however we can oversee the process for you, including completing the necessary paperwork.

Enrolling your Deed in the Royal Courts of Justice is not a legal requirement, however if you choose to do so then we can carry out the extra steps required on your behalf. For a child, enrolling the Deed is an alternative to our Court Order Acquisition option.

We make changing your name very easy, but we understand that some people would simply prefer to save time and have an expert oversee their name change, including updating their records. We will ensure that all the applicable forms for your new Passport, Driving Licence etc are correctly completed. These, along with original duplicates of your Deed and prefilled covering letters will be sent to you by Special Delivery. You simply sign and return the documents, deeds and letters to us, which we then send out on your behalf to the departments and companies concerned.

Following this, you will receive new documents (where applicable) in your new name, i.e. your Passport. This service is currently only available to British Citizens aged 18 years and over who are resident in the UK.

This service is commonly used in conjunction with our Court Order Acquisition option. For example, in cases whereby the whereabouts of one parent are unknown we will use several public records and databases to try and trace them. If we are able to track them down then we will write to them to request their consent. This option is also applicable to those looking for relatives who are missing.