Passport and Birth Certificate dilemma
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Anonymous
(Querist) 01 June 2011
This query is : Open
This is regarding my passport application for which I need my birth certificate. I was issued a birth certificate by Municipal Corporation of Nagercoil, Kanniyakumari district, Tamil Nadu. However, there is an error in my mother's name. This is due to name change she has undergone after marriage(Previous name: Kanaga, Present Name: Kanaka). My 10th marks card has my mother's present name. My birth certificate has the previous name. This is causing a problem for my passport application. We have got a gazette notification and deed poll for my mother's name change. The passport officer says since the notification and deed poll(2011) was drawn after the date of my 10th marks card(2005), its not valid proof. He insists that I must change my mother's name in my birth certificate to match the name in my marks card. However, the municipal corporation is refusing to make this change in spite of the proof. Please analyze my situation and let me know if there is a feasible solution as both parties are not willing to accept the proof. It seems like there is no way for me to get a passport. Because of this I have already missed one year of education for overseas studies. At this rate I can never leave the country. What are my options? Should I be filing a law suit against the municipal corporation? Your advice is most needed.
