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About Deed Polls
What is a Deed Poll?
Why is it
called a Deed Poll?
What is
the purpose of a Deed Poll?
Who can apply for a Deed
Poll?
Can I
change my children's names?
Are
there any restrictions on names?
Is a
Deed Poll registered anywhere?
Can a
birth certificate be changed?
Why do
people change their name?
Answers to other FAQs
Changing your
name by Deed Poll
How to apply
Services available and
fees
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previous clients
Apply for a copy of your archived Deed Poll
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replacement Deed Poll
General name
change information
Introduction
A woman's
rights upon marriage
A man's rights
upon marriage
A
couple's rights upon a civil partnership
A woman's
rights upon separation
A woman's
rights upon divorce
A
woman's rights upon being widowed
A child's rights
upon adoption
Adding a middle name
Changing
your name on your passport
Obtaining a
copy of your lost Deed Poll
Who to advise after
changing your name
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Example
letters of consent
After
submitting your child's Deed Poll application
you need to fax or post a letter of consent to us, examples of which are
given below.
If you
haven't already done so, please read our article about changing children's names, which
explains the meaning of parental responsibility and allows you to establish
whether you have sole or joint parental responsibility for your child.
Click here
to read the article.
Example letters
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on a letter number to see the example letter. |
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Letter 1 |
Sole parental responsibility
This letter is required if you have sole parental responsibility
i.e. you are the only person with parental responsibility for your
child. |
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Letter 2 |
Sole parental responsibility, spouse
deceased
This letter is required if you have sole parental responsibility
because your spouse is deceased (and no one was appointed a
legal guardian in your spouse's will). |
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Letter 3 |
Joint parental responsibility
This letter is required if you have parental responsibility with
someone else, for example, with your spouse, and you both consent to your
child's name change. |
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Letter 4 |
Joint parental responsibility, absent
father
This letter is required if you have joint parental responsibility
with the father but the father is absent and his whereabouts is
not known. |
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If you are changing
more than one child's name, please provide a separate letter for each
child.
If the
example letters do not suit your circumstances, please call our
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Where to fax or post your letter of consent
After
submitting your application, fax or post your letter of consent to us without delay because we cannot prepare your Deed Poll documentation
until it is received. You can fax your letter of consent to 0333
444 8486 (+44 333 444 8486 from overseas) or post it to either of the addresses below.
If you
are paying by cheque or postal order, or claiming a reduction for receiving
a qualifying benefit, we suggest you enclose your letter of consent with
your payment and/or benefit evidence.
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Freepost address
Using
our Freepost address costs you nothing but it takes about 3 working days
to reach us. If you want your letter to arrive sooner, use the address below
Full postal
address
Use
this address if you want
your letter to arrive sooner. Don't forget to affix a 1st class postage
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Write
FREEPOST DEED POLLS on the envelope:
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Letter 1
Sole parental responsibility
This letter has two paragraphs.
The first paragraph is always required. For the second paragraph,
select one of the six options listed according to when and where your
child's birth was registered in the UK. If your child's birth was
registered outside the UK, use the paragraph according to where you live in
the UK and when your child's birth was registered. If you live outside
the UK, use the paragraph according to where you lived in the UK before you
moved overseas.
If you are changing more than
one child's name, please provide a separate letter of consent for each child.
Letter 1 template
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[Your
home address] [Daytime
telephone number]
[Date]
To
whom it may concern.
Dear Sirs,
I,
the undersigned, having sole parental responsibility for [insert
child's current full name here] consent to [his/her]
name being changed to [insert new full name here].
Choose
ONE of the following six paragraphs:
1. If your
child's birth was registered in England or Wales on or after 1st December 2003,
use this paragraph:
I confirm I was not married to my [son's/daughter's]
father at birth or subsequently and no other person has acquired
parental responsibility by agreement or by court order. I also confirm
the father is not recorded on my [son's/daughter's] birth
certificate.
2. If your
child's birth was registered in England or Wales before 1st December 2003,
use this paragraph:
I confirm I was not married to my [son's/daughter's]
father at birth or subsequently and no other person has acquired
parental responsibility by agreement or by court order.
3. If your
child's birth was registered in Scotland on or after 4th May 2006, use this paragraph:
I confirm I was not married to my [son's/daughter's]
father at the time of conception or subsequently and no other person has
acquired parental responsibility by agreement or by court order. I
also confirm the father is not recorded on my [son's/daughter's]
birth certificate.
4. If your
child's birth was registered in Scotland before 4th May 2006, use this paragraph:
I confirm I was not married to my [son's/daughter's]
father at the time of conception or subsequently and no other person has
acquired parental responsibility by agreement or by court order.
5. If your
child's birth was registered in Northern Ireland on or after 15th April 2002,
use this paragraph:
I confirm I was not married to my [son's/daughter's]
father at birth and the father is not recorded on the birth certificate.
I also confirm no other person has acquired parental responsibility
by agreement or by court order.
6. If your
child's birth was registered in Northern Ireland before 15th April
2002, use this paragraph:
I confirm I was not married to my [son's/daughter's]
father at birth and no other person has acquired parental responsibility
by agreement or by court order.
Yours faithfully,
[Mother's
signature]
[Mother's full name]
Mother |
Fully completed example of Letter 1
(for a child whose birth was registered in England or
Wales on or after 1st December 2003)
Letter 2
Sole parental responsibility
(spouse deceased)
To be
signed by the parent who has sole parental responsibility
because their spouse is deceased. If you are changing more than one
child's name, please provide a separate letter for each child.
Letter 2 template
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[Your
home address] [Daytime
telephone number]
[Date]
To
whom it may concern.
Dear Sirs,
I,
the undersigned, having sole parental responsibility for [insert
child's current full name here] consent to [his/her]
name being changed to [insert new full name here].
If the
father is deceased, use this paragraph:
Although I was married to my [son's/daughter's] father, sadly he passed away on [date]. Please find enclosed a copy of
his
death certificate.
If the
mother is deceased, use this paragraph:
Sadly,
my [son's/daughter's] mother
passed away on [date]. Please find enclosed a copy of her
death certificate.
Yours faithfully,
[Signature]
[Full name]
[Mother/Father] |
Fully completed example of Letter 2
Letter 3
Joint parental responsibility
To be
signed by everyone with parental responsibility
for your child. If you do not live with the other person who has
parental responsibility, the other
person's address should be printed underneath their signature (see the
second fully completed example letter below).
Alternatively, separate letters can be written and posted to us. If
you are changing more than one child's name, please provide a separate
letter for each child.
Letter 3 template
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[Your
home address]
[Daytime
telephone number]
[Date]
To
whom it may concern.
Dear Sirs,
We,
the undersigned, having parental responsibility for [insert child's
full name here] consent to [his/her] name being
changed to [insert new full name here].
Yours faithfully,
[Mother's
signature]
[Mother's full name]
Mother
[Father's
signature]
[Father's full name]
Father
[Father's address if living at a different address] |
Fully completed example of Letter 3
(parents living at same address)
Fully completed example of Letter 3
(father living at different address)
Letter 4
Joint parental responsibility
(father is absent and whereabouts is not known)
The
following letter is an example of what we require from a mother who has
joint parental responsibility with the father but the father's consent
cannot be obtained because he is absent and his whereabouts is not known. The example
letter below contains the minimum amount of information we require and it
includes details about the steps
taken to contact the absent father. This letter
cannot be too long. Please note, you are strongly advised to read section 5
of our article about changing children's names before you submit your
application.
Click here
to go directly to section 5 of the article.
If you are
changing more than one child's name, please provide a separate letter for
each child.
Example of Letter 4
Last
updated: 10 October 2007
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