A citizen's name change shall be handled in accordance with the following provisions:
1. When a person under the age of 18 needs to change his name, he or her parents or adopters shall apply to the household registration authority for registration of change;
2. When a person over the age of 18 needs to change his name, he or she shall apply to the household registration authority for registration of change.
The process is as follows:
1. The written application of the applicant (under 16 years old, the application is made by his guardian);
2. If the parents divorce and change the surname of a person under the age of 16, they need to provide divorce proof procedures, and both parents should write an agreement and sign it;
3. Household registration book and resident ID card;
4. If you are a staff member of an organ, a group, a school, an enterprise or institution, you must submit the certificate of approval of the unit and the personnel department of the school; if you are a student, you should submit the certificate of approval of the school;
5. If there is no unit, a certificate shall be issued by the neighborhood (village) committee where the household registration is located;
6. After being examined by the resident police of the police station where the household registration is located and approved by the director, it shall be reported to the public security bureau at the next higher level for approval and be changed; Change the name only once.
refusal to register the change of name
1. People who are sentenced to public surveillance, deprivation of political rights, probation, parole or temporary execution outside prison according to law.
2. People who are being imprisoned, re-educated through labor and taken criminal compulsory measures.
3. The mastered civil cases have not been concluded or executed.
4. For minor children whose parents are divorced, parents can't reach an agreement.
5. The changed name violates public order and good customs or is easy to cause major misunderstanding.
Legal basis:
Article 112 of the Civil Code of the People's Republic of China stipulates that natural persons have the right to name, and have the right to decide, use, change or permit others to use their own names according to law, but they shall not violate public order and good customs.
Article 115th A natural person shall take his father's surname or his mother's surname, but under any of the following circumstances, he may choose a surname other than his father's surname and his mother's surname:
(1) Choose the surnames of other lineal elders and blood relatives;
(2) choosing the surname of the supporter because of the support of someone other than the legal supporter;
(3) There are other legitimate reasons that do not violate public order and good customs. The surnames of natural persons of ethnic minorities can follow the cultural traditions and customs of their own nation.
Article 18 of the Regulations on the Registration of Household Registration of the People's Republic of China shall be handled in accordance with the following provisions:
(1) When a person under the age of 18 needs to change his name, he or her parents or adopters shall apply to the household registration authority for registration of change;
(2) When a person over the age of 18 needs to change his name, he or she shall apply to the household registration authority for registration of change.
"Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Registration of Household Registration" Article 1 If a citizen moves out of the jurisdiction of his household registration, he or she or the head of the household shall apply to the household registration authority for registration before moving out, get a certificate of migration and cancel the household registration. Citizens who move from rural areas to cities must hold the employment certificate of the urban labor department, the admission certificate of the school, or the certificate of permission to move in from the urban household registration authority, and apply to the household registration authority of the permanent residence for moving out. Citizens moving to border areas must be approved by the public security organs of the counties, cities and municipal districts where they live.