Can I draw up my own deed poll is a question we often get asked here at Official-Deed Polls. The law in England and Wales says that a deed poll can be drawn up by anybody as it is not a reserved activity under the Legal Services Act 2007. Drafting
View ArticleDo I need to send my change of name deed back to you after I have executed it? No, you do not need to return your deed poll back to us once you have signed it, had it witnessed and dated the document. Once the deed poll has been executed,
View ArticleThe answer to whether you need a solicitor to change your name, is a very straight, no, you definitely do not under any circumstances need to instruct solicitor to change your name. A quick scout of solicitors websites show that the average price for a deed poll prepared by a
View ArticleYes, British nationals (ex pats) who live abroad, can change their name by deed poll, but they should be mindful of any knock on effect if they proceed to change their name in a passport. Your passport, airline tickets hotel reservations etc must always be in the same name — otherwise
View ArticleHow do you choose your new name if you are changing your gender? Not only have you made the life changing decision to change your sex and have gone through the emotional and physical roller coaster that comes with gender re assignment surgery, you also have the problem of choosing
View ArticleImmigrants in Britain are changing their names to make them easier to pronounce or changing them to everyday British ones according to a newly launched Deed Poll provider who says that 70% of the deed polls that have carried out since launching on September 1st have been from people from
View ArticleThis is a common question we are receiving on a daily basis. People seem to be under the misapprehension that a deed poll has to be witnessed by a professional person such as a Solicitor or Doctor, once it has been executed. This stems from people applying for passports where
View ArticleYou do not need to have any kind of official reason to change your name, so long as it is not for any fraudulent purpose, such as avoiding paying a debt or fulfilling a contracural obligation. you are in fact free to change your name at any time and any
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