Applicants in Gujarat often aren't sure whether to publish in the Gazette of India or the Gujarat State Gazette. Tell us where you'll mainly use it and we'll point you to the likely route — honestly, because acceptance always depends on the authority you present it to.
This is general guidance to help you plan, not a rule. Acceptance always depends on the individual authority's requirements — tell us your exact case and we'll confirm the right route before drafting.
As a Vadodara-based, government-approved documentation office, we handle both Central and Gujarat State Gazette cases and know which route each authority expects. Tell us where you'll use it and we'll advise the right one.
One of the most common — and most expensive — early mistakes is publishing in the wrong Gazette. The Gazette of India and the Gujarat State Gazette are different publications used for different purposes, and picking the wrong one can mean redoing the whole process. This decider points you to the one that fits your situation.
You tell it who needs the name change and what it is ultimately for — a passport, a state record, a job, an overseas requirement, and so on. It weighs your answers and suggests whether the Central or the Gujarat State Gazette is the sensible route, and flags the cases where either could work so you can confirm with us.
Use it at the very start, before any drafting, especially if an authority (a passport office, an employer, a foreign body) has asked for a "Gazette" without specifying which. Getting this right first saves both money and weeks.
Changing your name? We publish it in the Gujarat Gazette, start to finish — ₹3,000 all-inclusive (Express ₹5,500), published within 60 working days or a 100% refund.
Normal plan: your published Gujarat Gazette within 60 working days. Express: within 30 working days — counted from the working day after full payment is received and your application number is generated, and we confirm your exact end date in writing. Working days are days the Gazette Department, Rajkot is open; Sundays, 2nd and 4th Saturdays and Government of Gujarat public holidays are not counted. If we miss your window you get a 100% refund of your invoice within 24 hours — no deduction for the Government fee, e-stamp, notary or drafting — and we still deliver your Gazette at no further service charge. In practice most of our filed gazettes publish within about 15 days of filing. The full terms are sent with your quote, before you pay.
