If you want to change your marriage certificate with the new legal name: There are many cases where you can legally adopt a different name without having to go through the lengthy and expensive legal name change process. Residential school survivors and people who were part of the Sixties Scoop can retrieve their Aboriginal names for free. A person cannot apply for a name change if they: Birth certificates issued in Alberta will be replaced free of charge by new birth certificates in Alberta that reflect the new name. There are costs for a criminal record check or a police information check. All birth certificates in Alberta issued prior to the processing of a legal name change must be submitted with your name change application. This applies to anyone whose name is legally changed. Please note that legal name changes are usually published in the Alberta Gazette. If you do not wish your name to appear in this publication, you must apply for an order from the Alberta Court of Queen`s Bench. See the app for more information. Parents can change a child`s given (first name) if the child is under 10 years of age. This amendment can be treated as an amendment to the birth certificate.
Documents such as birth certificates submitted with an amendment will be cancelled and replaced free of charge with the indigenous name. If you used your spouse`s last name and now want to go back to your maiden name, you can do so by presenting your birth certificate or marriage certificate that includes your maiden name. We may use these supporting documents to change your Driver`s Licence, Id Card and Alberta Medicare Card. Find out how to legally change your name in Alberta. An Alberta resident may have their name legally changed under certain conditions. The criminal record check or a police information check must be submitted with the application to a registry representation within 30 days of its issuance before the date of commencement of the legislated change of name service. Legally changing your name in Alberta is a long process, but we`ve helped many people change their legal name, and we can help you too. 5. If you are legally married, you must present a marriage certificate. All original Canadian birth certificates must be presented. If you married in Alberta and do not have a marriage certificate, Vital Statistics accesses the marriage certificate and you do not need to present one.
If your marriage certificate is not in English, you must provide a notarized translation. Get electronic fingerprints for anyone 12 years of age or older who changes their name. If you`ve recently married, you don`t have to go through the legal name change process – just bring your marriage certificate and we can change the name on your driver`s license or ID card. If your marriage certificate is not in English, you must provide a certified translation. 6. If you have already legally changed your name, please be prepared to disclose and document any previous name. A government fee of $20 will be charged for each name change ordered. If you adopt a child under the age of 12, you can change the child`s last name at the same time. We recommend contacting Vital Statistics at 310-0000 and then 780-427-7013 (toll-free) if you have any questions about this process, as changing ancestry can be complicated. If you were born in Alberta, correcting an error in a birth certificate can be done through a change rather than a legal name change.
If you were not born in Alberta, you must apply for a change in the jurisdiction in which you were born. It may also be possible to change the birth certificate in cases where a biological father and a mother jointly request that the father`s name be included in the birth certificate, in which case the surname may be changed as a change. There is a $120 government fee for a legal name change. This fee applies to any name change included in an application form. Contact a fingerprint agency to confirm the cost and duration of permanent creation. Your new name must include a first and last name. He must use the English alphabet. It cannot contain numbers, characters other than letters (for example, $) or profanity. It can contain these non-episometric characters: period (.), hyphen (-), or apostrophe (`). A name may be rejected if it creates confusion, embarrasses the person, cheats or misleads the public, or causes insults for other reasons. In Alberta, you don`t have to legally change your name after you get married.
You can take a married surname. There is a fee for fingerprinting. Contact fingerprinting agencies to confirm the cost as fees vary. Contact Vital Statistics directly if you have any questions about retrieving an Indigenous name. If you change your parentage in your child`s Alberta birth certificate, you can change your child`s name at the same time if the child is under the age of 18. To find out the cost of a historical record by the Provincial Archives, contact the Provincial Archives of Alberta. Descendants such as children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and residential school spouses/partners and survivors in their sixties are also eligible for name changes. Not all name changes require a legal name change by the government. 4.
Electronic fingerprinting is required for all persons 12 years of age and older. We may make a recommendation to an agency to provide this service; The costs are additional. 2. You must also be able to present a valid government-issued ID with your full name, photo, and unique identification number. If the ID contains an expiration date, it must not have expired. If the document does not have an expiry date, it must have been issued within the last 5 years. Examples: driver`s licence, provincial identification card, contract status card, citizenship card, permanent residence card, passport, etc. Once your application is approved and processed, a name change certificate with the new name will be created for each person whose name has been changed.
Certificates will be mailed to you. The legal name change has the following requirements for name changes: There is only one type of name change document that you can order: If you were born in Alberta and do not have a birth certificate, you do not need to present one. If you were born in another province of Canada, you will need to submit your original Canadian birth certificate. The birth certificate will not be returned. Please note that in the event of a legal name change for a child, the parents` names must appear on the birth certificate. All certificates are certified extracts from the original legal name change. The government keeps records of all registered legal name changes that take place in Alberta and can only issue documents for them.