On 24/08/2013 12:58, brightside S9 wrote: > I'll ask the question here first, and then try uk.legal > > I have a friend who's birth was registered as forename 1 (let's say > XXX) forname 2 (let's say YYY) and surname. (I know that it can > happen, my wife registred the birth of my first son in hospital as the > registrar came round the maternity ward and named him without my > presence). > > My friend *thinks / guesses* that some family disagrrements over > these registerd fornames led to him always being called with a > forename ZZZ. > > His his baptismal certificate, driving licence, passport, employment > records, bank account, credit and debit cards, NI records, and > marriage certificate are all shown with forename ZZZ. > > He has known that his birth certificate doesn't show the ZZZ forename > for some time but this has not raised any concerns for him until now. > > He has applied for a job which requires considerable security > checking. Needless to say this forname discrepancy on the birth > certificate aginst all the other documents listed above has resulted > in him failing the security check *unless* he can prove that > XXX-YYY-surname is the same person as ZZZ-surname. His parents are > long deceased and no living family member has any idea why his birth > registration forenames were unacceptable to either his mother, father > or other family member and who chose to call him by the ZZZ forename. > > ISTR that it is permissable to call oneself any name one chooses > provided it is not for nefarious purposes. But how could a neme change > be made 'official', after 55 years of being known as ZZZ surname'? > > Has any of the contributors to this newsgroup come across such a > situation as this before, and any ideas what he should do to prove > that XXX-YYY-surname is the same person as ZZZ-surname. Renia is not the name on my birth or baptism certificates, but it is the name I've always been known by. Same for my brother. However, the NHI, the Passport Office and the Taxman all know me by the name on my birth certificate. It is perfectly legal, in the UK, to be known by whatever name you like . . . but when it comes to officialdom, such as I mention above (Taxes, Passport) then they need to know the name on your birth certificate. If your friend has never applied for a passport, then he may need to to change his name by deed poll to the name by which is has been known all his life. (I thought I'd posted this, but it's been sitting here, waiting for me to click send!)

On Sun, 25 Aug 2013 00:54:00 +0100, Renia <renia@otenet.gr> wrote: >On 24/08/2013 12:58, brightside S9 wrote: >> I'll ask the question here first, and then try uk.legal >> >> I have a friend who's birth was registered as forename 1 (let's say >> XXX) forname 2 (let's say YYY) and surname. (I know that it can >> happen, my wife registred the birth of my first son in hospital as the >> registrar came round the maternity ward and named him without my >> presence). >> >> My friend *thinks / guesses* that some family disagrrements over >> these registerd fornames led to him always being called with a >> forename ZZZ. >> >> His his baptismal certificate, driving licence, passport, employment >> records, bank account, credit and debit cards, NI records, and >> marriage certificate are all shown with forename ZZZ. >> >> He has known that his birth certificate doesn't show the ZZZ forename >> for some time but this has not raised any concerns for him until now. >> >> He has applied for a job which requires considerable security >> checking. Needless to say this forname discrepancy on the birth >> certificate aginst all the other documents listed above has resulted >> in him failing the security check *unless* he can prove that >> XXX-YYY-surname is the same person as ZZZ-surname. His parents are >> long deceased and no living family member has any idea why his birth >> registration forenames were unacceptable to either his mother, father >> or other family member and who chose to call him by the ZZZ forename. >> >> ISTR that it is permissable to call oneself any name one chooses >> provided it is not for nefarious purposes. But how could a neme change >> be made 'official', after 55 years of being known as ZZZ surname'? >> >> Has any of the contributors to this newsgroup come across such a >> situation as this before, and any ideas what he should do to prove >> that XXX-YYY-surname is the same person as ZZZ-surname. > >Renia is not the name on my birth or baptism certificates, but it is the >name I've always been known by. Same for my brother. However, the NHI, >the Passport Office and the Taxman all know me by the name on my birth >certificate. > >It is perfectly legal, in the UK, to be known by whatever name you like >. . . >but > >when it comes to officialdom, such as I mention above (Taxes, Passport) >then they need to know the name on your birth certificate. > >If your friend has never applied for a passport, then he may need to to >change his name by deed poll to the name by which is has been known all >his life. > >(I thought I'd posted this, but it's been sitting here, waiting for me >to click send!)