Procedure for Applying for a Deed Poll (Change Name)

 Apply In-Person

1.      Visit the Registrar Generals Department and have a copy of the Deed Poll drafted.

2.      Complete a deed poll prescribed as ( Form 1 ) of the Regulations to the Act;

3.      Make an application for registration which is prescribed as Form A in the Registration of Documents (Forms) Regulations;

4.      The Deed Poll is accompanied by a birth certificate of the applicant.

5.      The application is also accompanied by a statutory declaration prescribed under the Act (Form 6). This declaration is sworn by a person resident in Kenya and who personally knows the applicant by the name they want to change.

6.      The documents are presented to the Registrar of Documents for registration

7.      Upon registration, the registrar causes the deed poll to be advertised in the Kenya Gazette. Name change is effected at this point.

Required Documents

Some of the documents which may be required depending on the nature of your application include the following:-

1.      Letter from the area chief

2.      Finger print printout

3.      Deed poll and affidavit to which shall be attached certain requisite documents

4.      An affidavit by a witness who has known you for at least 10 years

5.      Two Passport size photo.

6.      Birth certificate or Baptism certificate.

7.      Identity cards of you parents.

8.      Marriage Certificate

9.      School Leaving Certificate

10.    Sworn affidavits

11.    Copy of parents ID card

12.    Birth Certificate

13.    Divorce Certificate

14.    Parental consent to marriage