Name-change documents we translate.
Premium Lingua translates the official document actually used to establish the change, whether that is a Home Affairs record, a deed poll, an administrative certificate, a declaration or a court-issued document.
- Change-of-name certificates
- Home Affairs amendment records
- Foreign deed polls
- Change-of-surname records
- Name-change court orders
- Statutory declarations relating to name changes
- Administrative civil-status records
Forename and surname changes in South Africa.
Home Affairs permits applications to alter a forename, alter the surname of a minor, assume a different surname, and correct or amend certain other particulars in the population register.
The translation reflects the precise amendment recorded on the official source document, rather than a general statement that a name was changed.
What if your documents show different names?
A name-change document is often submitted precisely because two otherwise valid records do not show exactly the same name. The translation may therefore be compared with a passport, an identity document, a birth certificate, a marriage certificate, a qualification or an immigration record.
Provide copies of the relevant supporting documents where possible, so established spellings, previous surnames and transliterations stay consistent. This matters for:
- Maiden surnames
- Married surnames
- Previous surnames
- Double surnames
- Spelling variations
- Transliteration from Arabic, Cyrillic, Chinese and other scripts
Foreign documents
Deed poll translation.
In some countries a deed poll is the formal instrument used to evidence a change of name. Premium Lingua can translate foreign deed polls for submission where an English or other-language translation is requested.
Using the document abroad
Name-change documents for overseas use.
Translation and legalisation are separate processes. A name-change document being used abroad may need a translation, an Apostille or authentication, or both, depending on the destination country and the authority receiving it. Confirm those requirements before submitting.
What should you send us?
- The complete name-change document
- The passport or ID spelling, if relevant
- The previous supporting record, if relevant
- The source language
- The language you need it translated into
- The destination country and authority
- Your deadline
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Need a name-change document translated?
Send us the official name-change document, and any supporting record showing the name spelling that should be followed, and tell us where it will be submitted.