Price
Free
Execution deadline in working days
60
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Recipient
Individual person
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Receiving restrictions
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The Department of Families shall update - correct, supplement or cancel and update the records of birth, marriage and death and, if necessary, issue a document confirming the registration of civil status records repeatedly.
The civil status registration document is the wrong message, or correction of errors and correcting the register of civil status documents issued by the person on the basis for the entry on the birth, marriage or death certificates.
The civil registration documents padding is the missing message recording register of civil status documents and on the basis for the entry in the declaration by the person.
Cancellation of the civil registration documents shall be carried out if there are two registers on the same facts.
The renewal of the entry of the register of civil status records has been registered in advance, but the re-registration of a civil status deed that has died or disappeared. This service may be received in any division of the family lists in Latvia regardless of the declared place of residence.

Process description

  1. Service requests
    A person shall present a personal identification document and an educational document or other document attesting the proficiency of the official language corresponding to grade 3 if the person wishes to change the current nationality record against the nationality record 'Latvian'.
    Documents to be submitted:
    1. An application in which the reason for changing the name or surname or given name and surname or nationality record shall be indicated;
    2. Photograph;
    3. The minor person - the written consent of the parents, if the minor person is in custody - the written consent of the guardian and the decision of the Orphan's Court regarding the change of the name or surname, or the conformity of the change of the nationality record with the interests of the minor.

    The Family List Division shall, within ten days, request and receive an extract regarding the criminal record of a person.

  2. A service charge
    The State fee shall be charged for the receipt of the service. The amount of the fee is specified in the Law On the Change of Name, surname and Nationality Entry (see “Other Information” - “Legislative Acts”).

  3. Receipt of services
    Upon receipt of an application, the employee of the Dzimlets Division shall request and receive an extract regarding the criminal record of the person from the Sodi Register within 10 (ten) days.
    A decision regarding an authorisation or refusal to a person shall be notified in accordance with the procedures specified in the Administrative Procedure Law. With effect from the date of the entry into force of the decision on the authorisation, the name, name and surname of the person has been changed. The decision on the authorisation to change the nationality record confirms the rule of law of the change of nationality.