Process description
Application submission
A person may submit an application:
1) by post, sending to the address of Freedom Boulevard 36, Riga, LV-1536;
2) electronically by sending dzimts.dep@tm.gov.lv to e-mail;
3) by sending from the official electronic address (e-address) to the addressee “Ministry of Justice”;
4) in presence in any local government family list department;
5) in presence in a diplomatic and consular mission of the Republic of Latvia in a foreign state.
Another person has the right to request and receive a derivative of an authorisation or a decision on a change in the name, surname or nationality record or a statement on that permit or decision, if it justifies his or her legal interest, indicating the purpose of use or on the basis of a mandate.
The approximate time of completion of the application from 3 to 5 minutes.Document receipt
A permit or a decision on the change of the name, surname or nationality record in the form of a derivative or a paper statement may be obtained:
1) by post;
2) in the local government family list section selected in person or in the diplomatic and consular representation of the Republic of Latvia in a foreign state.
A statement of change in the name, surname or nationality record signed with a secure electronic signature shall be sent in the form of an electronic document.
The requested document shall be issued within a period of one month from the day of receipt of the application in the Department of Jimists of the Ministry of Justice, except for the procedures of urgency.