How Much It Cost To Change A Name In Uganda

How Much It Cost To Change A Name In Uganda

To change your name, you need to swear a Deed Poll through the following steps:

Find a lawyer to draft a Deed Poll stating the changes you are making to your name, sign it and swear an Affidavit in support of it.

Have the Deed Poll registered with the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB).

Publish the change of name in the Uganda Gazette at Uganda Printing and Publishing Corporation (UPPC) upon payment of a fee (UGX 300,000/=).

The Kampala Office is located at Plot 6 Kimathi Avenue, Airways House, Ground Floor.

Within 7 days of publication of the notice, you can then apply to the Registrar of births and deaths in the district in which your birth was registered; and pay the necessary fees.

Upon being satisfied that the requirements have been met, the Registrar shall amend the register accordingly, sign and date the amendment.

How do I change my name on my national ID card in Uganda?

HOW TO APPLY

  1. Visit the National Identification and Register Authority Office (NIRA) or Uganda Registration Services Bureau Office (URSB) with all the required documents and the recommended fees
  2. Request for an application form ,read through the instruction carefully and fill it correctly. Link of application form Notification of change
  3. Submit the required documents to the attending official, who will verify and process your documents if all the information are in order and send them to the commissioner for Oaths
  4. Upon acceptance of the application by the Commissioner for Oaths, the applicant is required to post legal notices in newspapers to announce the name change.
  5. Not less than seven days after the publication of the notice, the person intending to change his or her name may apply in the prescribed form to the registrar of the births and deaths registration district in which his or her birth is registered.
  6. The registrar shall, upon being satisfied that the requirements of this section have been carried out and upon payment of the prescribed fee, amend the register accordingly and shall sign and date the amendment.

Required Documents

  • A letter from a responsible person, such as a GP, solicitor, minister, priest or MP
  • An advertisement in a local or national newspaper.
  • A statutory declaration ( a statement, recording your intention to abandon your old name and adopt a new one)
  • Name Change Affidavit

Office Locations & Contacts

Uganda Registration Services Bureau Head Office
Plot 5 George Street, Georgian House,
P.O. Box 6848,
Kampala, Uganda.
Telephone: +256 414 233 219
Call centre: +256 417 338 100
Toll Free Line: 0800 100 006
Fax: +256 414 250 712