• Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    How do you change your name in Namibia?

    1. Change of Surname Change of Surname Forms.
    2. Police Clearance Certificate.
    3. Original Birth Certificate (including dependants’ certificates, if included in application)
    4. Certified copy of ID.
    5. Affidavit with Declaration Statement setting out why you are requesting a change of surname.
    6. Notices in Government Gazette

    It’s not that fucking hard to not be Adolf Hitler

    • trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      That’s assuming the original birth certificate still exists. I don’t know how well these things were archived in Namibia in the 1960s, but I wouldn’t just assume it could still be found.