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Certified Uzbek Name Change Document Translation
Certified translation of the documents that record a change of name in Uzbekistan, including the marginal annotations and registry endorsements that carry the legal effect and that a reader unfamiliar with the system will otherwise skip.
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ZAGS, and the Soviet inheritance
A change of name in Uzbekistan is registered with the ZAGS, the civil status registration office, in the Soviet-inherited pattern: an application, a decision, a certificate of the change and an annotation against the birth record.
The certificate of change of name is a standalone document, and a complete packet contains it alongside the reissued birth certificate. People routinely send one and not the other.
The alphabet changed, and the name did not
Uzbekistan has been moving from Cyrillic to the Latin alphabet and the transition is incomplete, so a 1998 birth certificate is in Cyrillic and a 2023 passport in Latin, with the same name spelled two different ways.
This produces more false name-change alarms than anything else in an Uzbek packet. It is one name in one language written in two alphabets, and we state that explicitly rather than letting the reader infer a change.
Patronymics, in two systems
Uzbek documents carry a patronymic, and it appears in either the Russian pattern — -ovich and -ovna — or the Uzbek one, o'g'li for "son of" and qizi for "daughter of". A person may hold an older document with one and a newer one with the other.
That is a change in the form of the record, not a change of name, and we say which pattern each document uses. The patronymic is not a middle name.
Russian in the file, and the ID
Russian remains widely used, so an Uzbek packet commonly contains documents in both languages. They are different languages, not variants, and each is translated; where the two versions of a name differ we flag it.
The personal identification number does not change with a name and is reproduced exactly. See our Uzbek and Russian pages.
Ordering, and what the certification covers
Upload the document, choose certified translation at $24.95 per page of up to 250 words, and it comes back typically within 24 hours as a PDF formatted to mirror the original, with a signed certificate of translation accuracy on letterhead. Marginal annotations are translated in place, in the margin, so the reader can see that the change was recorded against the original entry rather than written into a fresh document. See how we translate and certified versus standard.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a separate certificate of change of name?
Yes, alongside the reissued birth certificate. A complete packet has both.
Why is my name spelled two ways?
Uzbekistan is mid-transition from Cyrillic to Latin. One name, one language, two alphabets — not a change.
What is o'g'li?
Uzbek for "son of", the patronymic. The Russian pattern uses -ovich instead. Neither is a middle name.
Why is half my file in Russian?
Russian remains widely used. Each language is translated and we flag differences between versions.
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Upload the order, the resolution or the annotated certificate and receive the certified translation, typically within 24 hours.