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DEED OF NAME CHANGE
THIS DEED OF NAME CHANGE made the day of-----------by me the undersigned ---------------- aged over 18 years and lately called ------------------ , a citizen of the United Kingdom
WITNESSES AND DECLARES as follows:-
I absolutely renounce and abandon the use of my previous forename of-------------- and assume as from the date of this deed the forenames of------------------
2.I shall at all times from now on, in all records, deeds and instruments in writing and in all actions and proceedings and in all dealings and transactions as well private as public and on all occasions whatsoever use and sign the name of------------ as my forenames and surname instead of my forename and surname of------------- which are renounced.
3.I expressly authorise and request all persons at all times to designate and address me by the assumed forenames of-------- and the surname of------------------- accordingly.
IN WITNESS of which I have signed by my relinquished forename of ----------and my new forenames of----------
OLD SIGNATURE-------------------------------------------------------------
NEW SIGNATURE------------------------------------------------------------
SIGNED AS A DEED AND DELIVERED
By the above named
in the presence of :-
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That sounds so easy! So once you've got your form and persuaded your GP to sign three copies, who do you send them to and what happens next?
Hugs, Katie x
No need for the GP to sign it anybody will do. My best friend and adopted sister did mine. Works a treat ...
Indeed, (no pun intended) it costs nothing to legally change your name in the UK. Online companies that suggest you must pay them money are misleading you; all they do is provide the correct wording and maybe print it for you with some meaningless stamp on the paper. Deed Polls are not registered anywhere and do not require a solicitor to complete. It's a statement of intention by yourself, anyone can do it, it costs nothing.
You don't in fact have to get your GP to sign it, anyone can sign as a witness except a member of your own family. The wording above is fine, it's unambiguous, and legally sound.
In answer to Katie's question, once you have completed your Deed Poll (and yes, do 2 or 3 at the same time in case of loss or damage), you must send it to any company or institution that uses your name, otherwise how will they know?! So banks, credit cards, tax office, National Insurance (your NI number will remain the same), phone companies, TV licensing, electric, water, gas, catalogues, Ebay, Paypal, pension, internet provider... and so on.
Some will accept photocopies, the more "official" bodies will need to see the original, so in your covering letter politely ask them to send it back.
It's easy peasy and free, apart from the cost of several stamps and large envelopes!
Tracy, congratulations, it's official!
xx
Well that was pretty comprehensive. Thanks Lucy, for clarifying the situation. Maybe I'll change my name.... but to what?
Now, does anyone know how to go about changing their name in the US, Canada and in Australia?
Hugs, Katie x
You send it to whoever requires it. DMV, pensions,bank, GPs office, work, phone and credit cards Ect. Passports also requires a letter from your GP stating you are liveing full time in this gender. MAKE SURE YOU ASK FOR THE ORIGINAL TO BE RETURNED! (that's why I got 3 signed just in case you loose one!)!
Good point Tracy, the Passport Office is about the only place that will require anything other than your Deed Poll, as they need some official approval that you have also legitimately changed gender. In this case, you will need to get a letter stating that you are permanently living under your new gender, from your GP or gender clinic.
The DVLA didn't need anything like this from me, they and everyone else were happy to change my title to Miss, at my request. You will therefore have immediate official ID (driving licence/bank cards/utility bills) in your new name and gender.
I must stress though that anyone can change their name for any reason, and to pretty much anything they want (within reason and the bounds of common decency). Gender titles - Mr, Mrs, Miss... are nothing to do with a change of name Deed, so anyone can sign as a witness, it doesn't need to be your GP or gender specialist.
Cisgender people can change their name just as easily too!
> Gender titles - Mr, Mrs, Miss... are nothing to do with a change of name Deed
So, do you mean Lucy, that even if you change your name by deed poll to something like Katie Glover, you are still officially MR Katie Glover until you can also change your gender (officially)??
KT x
Yes and no, Katie.
Only the passport office requires a specific letter regarding your gender. Since you can easily and quickly get a new driving licence though, you will have official, photo ID in your new gender.
Official does not mean legal though. The only way to become "legally female" if it says male on your birth certificate, is to get a Gender Recognition Certificate. In the interim period, you can inform everyone you deal with, of your change of name and gender, purely on the strength of your Deed Poll, and get a new passport in your chosen gender if accompanied by a doctor's letter. To all intents and purposes, you are officially female, but techincally, legally male.
Assuming you Katie, have no intention of changing gender permanently, you could still do everything I've suggested, except your passport would say "Katie Glover... Sex: Male." You could be "officially female" in every single respect, except on your passport, so if you cross any borders you might have some explaining to do.
In short (almost), you are legally male, but not breaking any laws by calling yourself Ms. and you will be a Mr on your passport only.
Since no-one will be officially addressing you as Mr, you are officially Ms. As long as you stay in the UK!
Please note the wording of the Deed Poll above though. In it, you are formally stating that you will only use your new name from now on and you wish everyone to do the same, and that you entirely renounce and relinquish your old name.
If you intend to ever use your male name again, a Deed Poll is not appropriate.
xx
I would also like to agree that this is fabulous as I changed my identity using the statutory declaration as well and its brilliant. new driving license, passport and everything with this piece of paper all at the huge cost of NOTHING!
Up until the UK Gender recognition act was presentented and passed by Parliment it was not possible to change ones gender on their passport or birth certificate, although one could change their name by deed pole, ones passport was still endorsed male. I travelled a lot to the continent and had to carry a letter from a doctor and for some other legal doc***ents one had to swear an affidavit in front of a commisioner of oaths.
In 1970, April Ashley’s divorce made matters worse. Until then, post-surgery trans women had been able to change their birth certificates unofficially, to reflect their acquired gender. However, in the court case annulling her marriage to Arthur Corbett (Corbett v Corbett ), Justice Ormrod determined that trans people could not ever change sex, and therefore even after full gender reassignment, trans people remained legally in their birth gender. This made them unable to marry, and inhumanely treated in all legal matters, including imprisonment.
Goodwin v. UK and I v UK (2002)
The European Court of Human Rights held that the UK government’s failure to alter the birth certificates of transsexual people or to allow them to marry in their new gender role was a breach of the European Convention on Human Rights. This led directly to new legislation to once again clarify and restrict the extent of the judgement.
This eventually led to the UK being forced to draw up the Gender Recognition Act. in 2004 and which was presented to parliment and passed in 2005 after much wrangling and alterations demanded by the church.
http://gendersociety.com/forums/topic/7656/do***ents-and-other-related-info
Cristine, Jennifer Shye said:
"...one could change their name by deed pole..."
Now, see, Cristine, are you showing your past here?!
That would be "poll", not "pole"!
Freudian slip maybe?
xx
Definately freudian
urgh wich i had read this ages a go £55.00 from deed poll service....and the only form/card thats gender spacific is the medical card mr sabini loren oh nooooooo
xxooxx
I just had Rhonda Lynn changed as my legal name. Cost me $89.00
for court costs and included my birth certif. changed. But now im officially Rhonda Lynn
Congrats, Rhonda Lynn!
Thank You Melody, been nice to had it done for free, but glad to just see it changed.
