Do I really need a newspaper ad for my passport name change?

Yes. The passport rule requires publication in two newspapers — one English, one regional — after a name-change affidavit. Sandhya Times satisfies the English requirement.

Do I also need a Gazette notification?

For a passport, the affidavit + 2-newspaper ad is usually enough. A full Gazette of India notification is needed for some government records; the same affidavit + ad is its first step. Our desk can outline the gazette filing.

Both papers — can one be English and one Bengali/Hindi?

Exactly. One must be English (Sandhya Times) and the other in your regional language. You book both in one order; we set the regional-script wording for you.

Why does booking two papers cost more than one?

Each paper is a separate publication with its own rate, so the two are added — not doubled arbitrarily. The 2-paper set is shown as one transparent total before you pay.

What’s the cheapest compliant option?

From ₹100: a 3-line notice in the lowest-rate city edition, plus one regional paper. The calculator shows the cheapest valid combination for your case, GST included.

Is GST included in the price I see?

GST (5% on classifieds) is shown as a separate line and added to your total before payment — never a surprise afterwards.

Is an affidavit mandatory before the ad?

Yes — a notarised name-change affidavit comes first. We accept an existing affidavit (it needn’t be fresh) and provide a ready format if you don’t have one.

Can I change a minor child’s name?

Yes. It needs a parent’s declaration affidavit and the child’s birth certificate. Use the minor format above.

Can it appear in tomorrow’s paper?

Yes, if booked by 6 PM today. Passport appointment this week? Flag it and we prioritise the booking.

How do I get proof for the passport office?

After it publishes, view and save the exact page — date and edition visible — from the Sandhya Times e-paper. Prefer it emailed or a printed copy? Ask the desk, on request.

Sandhya Times Change of Name Ad — Classified Rates & Online Booking

Before you book

What a passport name change needs

A notarised name-change affidavit

We accept your existing one, or share a ready format

Publication in 2 newspapers — one English

Sandhya Times is your English paper

ST COVERS THIS

One regional-language paper

Add any regional daily in the same booking

Submit both tear-sheets with your form

View the published page in the Sandhya Times e-paper

Sandhya Times is the English-language daily accepted by every passport office and gazette department in India.

How it works · end to end

From name mismatch to a cleared passport file, in four steps.

Most first-time filers don’t know the sequence. Here it is — what comes before the ad, and what the ad unlocks.

1 Before the ad

Swear a name-change affidavit

A notary affidavit stating your old name, new name and reason. Don’t have one yet? Use our ready format, or we’ll guide you to a notary.

An existing affidavit is fine — it does not need to be fresh.
2 The ad

Publish in 2 papers — 1 English

Sandhya Times covers the English requirement. Add one regional-language daily for the second paper. Both booked together, one payment.
3 Print

Appears in the next edition

Book by 6 PM and your notice runs in tomorrow’s paper across the city editions you chose.
4 After

Use the tear-sheet for your file

Once it publishes, view and save your notice from the Sandhya Times e-paper — attach it to your passport, gazette or bank application as proof of publication. Need it emailed or a printed copy? Ask the desk, on request.

Going for a full Gazette of India notification too? The same affidavit + newspaper publication is the first step of that process — ask our desk and we’ll outline the gazette filing as well.

Before you book

What you’ll need — and what we handle for you

No need to leave and ‘figure it out’. Here’s the exact checklist, with formats you can download and fill in minutes.

Required Name-change affidavit

A notarised affidavit stating old name, new name and reason. We accept an existing affidavit, or use our ready format below.

Required ID with the new name

Aadhaar / passport / PAN — used only to compose the notice with the correct spelling. Nothing is stored.

We handle it Ready name-change format

Use our standard name-change format — English, plus the regional script for the second paper. Free to fill in; you supply the details.

Optional Minor child? Add parent's declaration

To change a child's name: a parent's affidavit plus the child's birth certificate. Format provided below.

Ready-to-use formats

Download & fill in minutes

Name-change affidavit format PDF · English + Hindi Minor name-change declaration PDF · parent format

No affidavit ready yet? You can still see your exact price now and add the affidavit before we send it to print.

No surprises on price

Exactly how your ad is priced — before you pay a rupee

The single most common question we get is ‘how was this number calculated?’ So here it is, in full. The price you see is the price you pay.

How it’s measured

Charged per printed line

Classified text is priced by printed line, not by character. A line is one row as it appears in the newspaper column.
Most notices run 3–6 lines. Long words that wrap to a new line count as the line they fill — the live preview shows the exact wrap.
A contact number, name or address all sit inside your lines — there is no separate ‘per-number’ charge.

A worked example

What ₹100 actually buys

5-line classified · weekday ₹100

Composing, proof & corrections Free

GST @ 5% ₹5

Total you pay ₹105

Booking two dates means two insertions, so the rate applies twice — the calculator shows this clearly before payment, never as a surprise.

Ad types & how the cost is calculated

How are newspaper Change of Name ads priced?

Every change of name classified has two common formats. Choose the simple line ad for economical reach, or a display block when photos, colour and layout matter. These cards show how each format is measured; use the live calculator above for the exact city rate.

Format 01 Classified Text Most economical

Priced per line basic rate covers 5 printed lines From ₹100

In the paper

Plain running text in the change of name classifieds. No photo; charged by printed lines.

Best for Straightforward change of name listings in one edition.

Add a tick mark, border or bold heading to stand out.

What the paper measures 5 printed lines

CHANGE OF NAME - CHANGE OF NAME

Printed lines

01

Change of Name ad for Sandhya Times readers with the essential details.

BASIC

02

Location, timing or category detail that keeps the ad specific.

BASIC

03

One short printed line is easier to scan in the newspaper column.

BASIC

04

Contact number, response instruction or closing qualifier.

BASIC

05

Neighbourhood, role or family/business detail that avoids vague copy.

BASIC

06

A final line appears only when the wording runs beyond the base block.

EXTRA

The paper counts printed lines. The live preview shows the final billable count before payment.

Printed lines 5 printed lines

How it adds up

Base rate covers the first 5 printed lines in one Sandhya Times edition.

Base rate - first 5 printed lines ₹100

Extra printed lines - 1 × ₹20 ₹20

GST @ 5%₹5

Total payable ₹105

5 printed lines · one insertion · one edition

Book Classified Text Ad

Format 02 Classified Display More visibility

Priced per sq.cm minimum 3 × 5 cm From ₹750

In the paper

A boxed ad with photo, colour type and a custom layout. Great when the first glance matters.

Best for Photo, logo and custom-layout change of name ads.

Up to 200 sq.cm · photo + colour + your own layout.

What the paper measures 1 square = 1 sq.cm

Classified Display - Boxed 15 sq.cm minimum

CHANGE OF NAME

Premium change of name listing with photo/logo, highlight box and contact line.

3 cm wide

AD

5 cm tall

The shaded block is the paper's minimum size (3 × 5 cm). Anything beyond it is billed per additional sq.cm.

Width 3 cm

Height 5 cm

How it adds up

The smallest display ad this paper accepts is 3 × 5 cm, charged as one block.

Minimum size - 3 × 5 cm (15 sq.cm) ₹750

Extra space - 0 sq.cm × ₹50 —

GST @ 5%₹38

Total payable₹788

3 × 5 cm = 15 sq.cm · one insertion · one edition

Book Classified Display Ad

Units differ by paperThis paper bills by printed lines; other papers may use lines or words. Display uses sq.cm.

The minimum is a floorA shorter ad still bills at the newspaper’s minimum printed lines block.

Each edition is priced separatelyMulti-city ads add the selected editions together before discounts.

Which day should it run?

What is the best day to publish a Change of Name newspaper ad?

Recommended focus day(s) for Sandhya Times, Delhi: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday. This comes from the same live booking schedule used during date selection.

The coming week

MON 31 FOCUS

TUE 1 FOCUS

WED 2 FOCUS

THU 3 PRINTS

FRI 4 FOCUS

SAT 5

SUN 6

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday - focus daysRecommended

Space on the page: This edition marks monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday & friday as the preferred release days for change of name ads.
Who is reading: Shown for Sandhya Times, Delhi from the live booking schedule that also drives the booking flow.
What you get back: Pick one of these dates when you want the paper's recommended category run.

Other release datesAllowed

Space on the page: If the focus day is not convenient, the booking flow can still move to the next open issue allowed for this edition.
Who is reading: Availability still depends on the paper's live schedule, blocked dates and booking lead time.
What you get back: Useful when speed matters more than the recommended focus day.

Free with every booking

Publish it in the language they actually read

Regional papers are read in the family language. We keep the intent intact and set the wording in a natural newspaper style, not word-for-word translation.

Hindi English Bengali Punjabi Marathi Gujarati Malayalam Tamil

What you send usAny language

SANDHYA TIMES - CHANGE OF NAME

Sample change of name details with name, city, contact and response instructions. We preserve meaning, tone and category conventions.

No typing in a script you do not use
We word it in the paper’s own classified style
You approve the final proof before it goes

What printsHindi

SANDHYA TIMES - SUNDAY CLASSIFIEDS

स्थानीय भाषा में वही विज्ञापन, साफ टाइपसेटिंग और सही श्रेणी के साथ प्रकाशित किया जाता है।

Rates by editionAssisted translationDelivery proof

The column is in that scriptThe printed classified appears in the language section readers expect.

The elders are the readersParents and relatives can read, compare and respond without a portal login.

Costs nothing extraTranslation, typesetting and proofing are handled inside the booking.

E-PAPER PAGE

View in the

e-paper

After it prints

Your tear-sheet, ready for the passport office

For a name change, the proof of publication is the actual deliverable — the thing the office files. We make sure it’s exactly what they accept.

Your published page

The exact Sandhya Times page your notice ran on — view and save it from the e-paper after publication.

Edition, date & page stamped

Shows the city edition, date and page number that the gazette / passport office needs to see.

Copy on request

Need it emailed, or a printed copy where an office insists on the physical paper? Ask the desk — available on request.

Accepted for: Passport (re-issue / name correction), Gazette of India notification, PAN & Aadhaar update, bank and property records.

Why publish your change-of-name notice in Sandhya Times?

A passport, gazette or bank name change requires public notice in a newspaper, and the office wants to see it in an established daily. Sandhya Times is an English-language newspaper accepted by passport offices and gazette departments across India — which is why most filers pair it with one regional paper to meet the two-newspaper rule.

Booking through releaseMyAd, the authorized online booking platform for Sandhya Times, means your notice runs at official Sandhya Times rates with a lowest-price guarantee, and you can view and save the exact page from the Sandhya Times e-paper to attach to your application — often in the next edition if booked before the cut-off.

Is this genuine? Yes — here’s the proof

You’re booking through the authorized online platform, not a reseller.

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Book Your Change of Name Newspaper Ad in The Sandhya Times

Change of Name rates in Sandhya Times city editions

Change of Name rates by city

From name mismatch to a cleared passport file, in four steps.

Swear a name-change affidavit

Publish in 2 papers — 1 English

Appears in the next edition

Use the tear-sheet for your file

What you’ll need — and what we handle for you

Exactly how your ad is priced — before you pay a rupee

Charged per printed line

What ₹100 actually buys

Start from a standard name-change format

How are newspaper Change of Name ads priced?

What is the best day to publish a Change of Name newspaper ad?

Publish it in the language they actually read

Your tear-sheet, ready for the passport office

Your tear-sheet, ready for the passport office

The four things every name-change filer asks.

Why publish your change-of-name notice in Sandhya Times?

You’re booking through the authorized online platform, not a reseller.