Request changes or corrections to the information on a registration or certificate issued by the Registry.
Learn how to change your surname after marriage in Australia for free.
You can take your spouse's surname or add it to your own, without paying the fee for registering an official name change.
We record official changes of name in NSW for adults and children (aged under 18 years). A name change includes amending any part of a name.
If your change of name was completed in NSW after 1 April 1996, you can apply for a replacement certificate.
Apply to correct an error on your certificate.
You can apply to add or remove a parent’s details on a child’s birth registration that occurred in NSW.
If you have had a sex affirmation procedure you can apply to register your sex as male, female or non-specific.
A simple way to find all the information you need to update government agencies about your change of name.