Change your name in your passport
If you have changed your name and want your new name in your passport, you need to apply for a new passport.
The name in your passport must match the name on your travel tickets.
The name in your passport
The name in your passport can be:
- your registered birth name
- your married or civil union name
- the name on your New Zealand citizenship certificate
- your name changed by deed poll or statutory declaration.
The name in your passport cannot be an unregistered name, such as a nickname.
Details and documents you need to include
You need to tell us:
- your previous name and your new name
- the date of your name change, and
- the reason for your name change.
If you changed your name in New Zealand
You do not need to provide any supporting documents if you were born:
- in New Zealand, or
- outside of New Zealand and you registered your name change in New Zealand after 25 January 2009.
You will need to provide the document that shows detail of your name change if you:
- were born outside of New Zealand, and
- registered your name change in New Zealand before 25 January 2009.
If you apply online, you will need to upload a scanned copy of the document during the application process.
If you apply using a paper application form, you will need to send us the original document.
If you changed your name outside New Zealand
You need to provide us the official document confirming your name change. This document must be translated into English if it is in another language.
If you apply online, you will need to upload a scanned copy of the document during the application process.
If you apply using a paper application form, you will need to send us the original document.
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