Name Change in Post Office Savings Account, NSC and KVP in Jharkhand
Almost every other record on this website is governed by an office's internal policy. Your post office savings account, your National Savings Certificate and your Kisan Vikas Patra are governed by an Act of 1873 and rules notified in the Gazette of India. That changes the question you should be asking. It is no longer what the counter will accept. It is what the rule actually allows. And the rule is unusually clear about one thing: a certificate may be transferred from one person to another on four listed grounds, and a wrong spelling is not among them. Which means most people walk in and ask for the wrong thing. This page tells you which request to make instead, and why the answer you get differs from counter to counter.
Do not ask the post office to transfer the account or the certificate into your corrected name. That is the request almost everybody makes and it is the wrong one. Under the National Savings Certificates (VIII Issue) Scheme, 2019, notified as G.S.R. 919(E) on 12 December 2019, a certificate passes from one individual to another on four grounds only: on the death of the holder or of all joint holders, to the legal heirs or nominees; on the order of a court; on pledging; and, where one joint holder dies, into the name of the survivor. A wrong spelling is not one of them. What you actually want is a correction of your own particulars on the same account, and here is the honest part: the Government Savings Promotion General Rules, 2018 do not spell out a name correction procedure at all. That silence is exactly why one post office asks for an affidavit, another asks for a gazette, and a third does it in ten minutes. In practice it is handled as a know your customer matter, and the rules do name the documents that identify you: Rule 6 requires the Aadhaar number and the Permanent Account Number or Form 60. So bring your name into line on Aadhaar first, then ask the post office for a correction of particulars, in writing, quoting your account number. There is also a deadline hiding here that has nothing to do with spelling: since the amendment notified on 31 March 2023, a depositor who has not given an Aadhaar number finds that the account shall cease to be operational until it is submitted. No gazette is needed to fix a spelling.
The Act and the Rules That Govern a Post Office Savings Account, NSC and KVP
This matters more than it sounds. When a broker or an insurer refuses something, you are arguing with a policy. When a post office refuses something, there is a written rule behind it that you can read. And where there is no rule, as with name corrections, you can say so.
| The instrument | What it settles for you |
|---|---|
| The Government Savings Promotion Act, 1873 | The parent Act. Post office savings deposits and savings certificates are statutory deposits under it, which is why the counter cannot simply invent a requirement and cannot simply waive one |
| The Government Savings Promotion General Rules, 2018 | The common rules for all of these schemes. Rule 6 names the Aadhaar number and the Permanent Account Number or Form 60. Rule 13(1) allows an account to be transferred from one Accounts Office to another, anywhere in India. Rule 14 deals with nomination. Rule 18(1) provides that on opening an account the depositor is issued a passbook, deposit receipt or statement of account |
| The National Savings Certificates (VIII Issue) Scheme, 2019, G.S.R. 919(E) of 12 December 2019 | The NSC scheme itself. Paragraph 8 lists the only grounds on which a certificate passes from one individual to another, and paragraph 6 deals with pledging on Form-3. This is the paragraph that decides what you should be asking for |
| The Kisan Vikas Patra Scheme, 2019 | The KVP equivalent, notified alongside the others in December 2019 and sitting under the same General Rules. Treat the approach on this page as applying to both |
| The amendment notified on 31 March 2023 | The Aadhaar and PAN tightening, with the consequence that an account ceases to be operational where they are not submitted. Set out in its own section below, because it catches people who had no name problem at all |
| The notification dated 2 April 2025 | Deleted the entry "(b) Cancellation or charge of nomination - Rs 50" from the General Rules, 2018, so changing a nomination no longer carries that charge |
Why a Post Office Transfer Request Is Refused: the Word Means Three Different Things
This is the section that saves the wasted trip. In a post office the word transfer covers three completely different operations, governed by different provisions, and people ask for the wrong one every day.
| What you might mean | What the rules call it, and whether it is allowed |
|---|---|
| Moving your account to a different post office, because you have shifted from Ranchi to Dhanbad or out of the state | Allowed, and routine. Rule 13(1) of the General Rules, 2018 provides that an account may be transferred from one Accounts Office to another, whether under the same Government Savings Bank or another, anywhere in India. Nothing to do with your name |
| Putting the certificate into somebody else's name | Allowed only on four grounds. Paragraph 8 of the NSC (VIII Issue) Scheme, 2019 permits it on the death of the holder or of all joint holders, to the legal heirs or nominees; on the order of a court; on pledging; and where one joint holder dies, into the name of the surviving holder or holders. That is the list |
| Correcting the spelling of your own name on your own account | Not a transfer at all, and this is the point. The account is not moving and the holder is not changing. It is a correction of particulars in the records of the same account, held by the same person. Ask for that, and the paragraph 8 list stops being your obstacle |
| Pledging the certificate as security for a loan | Paragraph 6 deals with it, on an application by the depositor in Form-3 with an acceptance letter from the pledgee, and the permitted pledgees are listed. Worth knowing so you do not confuse a pledge endorsement with a change of holder |
| Getting the money into a different person's hands after a death | Ground one of paragraph 8, and it is a claim rather than a name correction. Never attempt it as a spelling correction, because that is the wrong process and it will be refused, properly |
The Aadhaar and PAN Rule That Can Stop a Post Office Account
This has nothing to do with spelling, and it is the most serious thing on the page. It catches depositors who never had a name problem at all, and it is the reason we tell people to sort out Aadhaar before anything else.
| What the rule provides | What it means for you |
|---|---|
| Rule 6 of the General Rules, 2018 names the Aadhaar number issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India and the Permanent Account Number, or Form 60 as defined in the Income Tax Rules, 1962 | These are the two documents the rules themselves treat as identifying you. So the name you want on the account should already be the name on these, before you ask for anything |
| Under the amendment notified on 31 March 2023, an existing depositor who has not submitted the Aadhaar number must do so within six months with effect from 1 April 2023, failing which the account shall cease to be operational until it is submitted | Not a fine and not a warning. The account stops working. If you have an old post office account or certificate lying untouched in a Jharkhand village post office, this is the first thing to check, ahead of any spelling |
| A new applicant without Aadhaar may give proof of enrolment, with the number to follow within six months of opening | A grace period, not an exemption. Diarise it, because the same consequence follows |
| The PAN or Form 60 must be given within two months of whichever comes first: the balance exceeding Rs 50,000, credits in a year exceeding Rs 1 lakh, or withdrawals and transfers in a month exceeding Rs 10,000, failing which the account ceases to be operational until it is submitted | Three triggers, and ordinary savers cross them without noticing. A maturing NSC can push a balance past a trigger on its own |
| The consequence in both cases is expressed the same way | Operational, or not operational. There is no partial state to negotiate at the counter, which is why this is worth attending to before it happens rather than after |
There Is No Paper NSC or KVP Certificate Any More, and Why That Helps You
People still ring us asking how to get a name corrected on a certificate. Very often there is no certificate to correct, and that is a good thing rather than a bad one.
| What you are holding | What a name correction actually involves |
|---|---|
| A passbook, or an account in electronic form, which is what everything bought in recent years is | The pre-printed paper certificate for NSC and KVP was discontinued by notifications G.S.R. 353(E) and G.S.R. 354(E), both dated 29 March 2016, and replaced by an electronic mode holding, with a passbook used in the meantime. So there is no engraved certificate to reissue. The name is a field in a record, and a field in a record is a far easier thing to correct |
| An old pre-printed certificate from before 2016, in a steel almirah with the property papers | Still your holding, and still honoured. But treat it as two jobs: getting the record right, and physically producing the certificate at maturity. Ask the post office what its procedure is where a certificate cannot be produced, because one exists and it is theirs to state, not ours to guess |
| A passbook whose printed name differs from the record inside the system | Happens after a correction is made and the book is not reprinted. Ask for the passbook to be updated or reissued once the record is corrected, and check it at the counter before you leave |
| A savings account passbook with a cheque book or an ATM card | The card and the cheque book carry a name too. Once the account record is corrected, ask for them to be reissued rather than discovering the old name on them a year later |
| A recurring deposit, time deposit, monthly income scheme or senior citizen account | All sit under the same General Rules, 2018, so the approach on this page applies to them too. Correct the particulars once, for the depositor, rather than scheme by scheme |
Correcting a Nominee Name in a Post Office Scheme, Now Without a Fee
Short section, because the answer is short and almost nobody acts on it. This is the easiest job on the page and the one people put off for years.
You need nobody's permission
Rule 14 of the General Rules, 2018 provides for nomination, and a nomination may be varied by the depositor by making a fresh application. You are not proving anything to anybody.
The Rs 50 charge is gone
A notification dated 2 April 2025 deleted the entry "Cancellation or charge of nomination - Rs 50" from the General Rules, 2018. The Finance Minister said the change was made so no charge is levied on updating nominees.
Up to four nominees are allowed
Rule 14(1) provides that a depositor in a single account shall nominate one or more individuals, not exceeding four. So a family can be recorded properly rather than one name standing in for everybody.
A nominee's spelling is not your name problem
If the nominee's name is wrong, you are not correcting your own record. You are making a fresh nomination. Different request, far simpler, and now free.
A nomination can also stand cancelled by itself
Rule 14(6) sets out circumstances in which a nomination stands cancelled. So do not assume one made twenty years ago is still doing what you think. Ask what is recorded.
Do it in the same visit
You are already at the counter with the passbook and your identity. Ask for what is recorded, and if it is wrong or out of date, fill the form there. It takes minutes and it is the single most valuable free thing in this cluster.
How to Correct a Name in a Post Office Account, NSC or KVP, Step by Step
Settle the final form of your name
Letter by letter, with the spacing and the order you intend to keep everywhere. Decide it once, because Aadhaar limits how often a name may be updated and charges per attempt with no refund.
Fix Aadhaar before you go to the post office
Rule 6 names Aadhaar, so handing over an Aadhaar that carries the wrong spelling satisfies the rule and creates the mismatch in the same visit. Our Aadhaar name change page sets out that route.
Check the account is still operational
One question at the counter, and ask it before you raise the spelling. An account with no Aadhaar recorded may have ceased to be operational, and that is a different and bigger job.
Read the passbook against your documents
Both names on a joint holding, and the nominee's name too. Write down the entry exactly as it stands. You will be asked, and arriving with it settled changes how the request is handled.
Decide whether it is a correction or a change
A wrongly typed spelling is a correction. Taking a husband's surname after marriage is a change of name, and the whole chain moves. Our correction against change of name page gives the test.
Ask for a correction of particulars, not a transfer
In those words. You are the same holder and the account is not moving, so the four grounds in paragraph 8 are not your obstacle. This one sentence is the difference between being served and being refused.
Put it in writing, with the account number
The entry as it stands, the entry as it should read, the identity document it is being brought into line with, your account or certificate number and your Aadhaar. Keep a copy.
Ask what they need, and let that be your list
Requirements at the counter are not set out in the rules, which is why they vary. Ask your own post office, in writing where you can, rather than carrying a list from a website about a different office.
Ask for the refusal in writing if you are refused
One polite sentence, once. Addressed to you, saying what is refused and under which rule or instruction. Most refusals end at this request, because there is no instruction to produce.
Go one level up, in writing
The Postmaster, then the divisional level, and the Department's own public grievance route after that. A written refusal is the only thing any of them can act on, which is why step nine matters.
Get the passbook updated and the record checked
Once corrected, have the passbook reissued or updated and read it at the counter before you leave. Ask for the ATM card and cheque book to be reissued if the account has them.
Do the nomination while you are there
Ask what is recorded, and make a fresh nomination if it is wrong or out of date. It is free since April 2025 and you are already standing at the counter with your identity in hand.
Where a verification is already booked and time is short, read our name mismatch at document verification page. Where a whole family's records carry the same error, our one public notice for several certificates page explains how that is handled together.
Central Gazette Process for a Name From Jharkhand, and Where It Fits a Post Office Record
No district in Jharkhand has a gazette counter, so a genuine file goes from Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Dhanbad, Bokaro, Hazaribagh, Deoghar or anywhere else in the state to the Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi 110054, and the notice publishes in Part IV of the Gazette of India. As reported in July 2025 the Finance Department stopped personal name change notifications from the Jharkhand Government Press with immediate effect, so there is no state alternative to fall back on.
The Eight Steps of a Name File Sent From Jharkhand
Settle the final name first
Letter by letter, with the spacing you want, and then use exactly that everywhere, Aadhaar included. A corrigendum after publication is a second fee and a second wait.
Pick the category, then its proforma
A genuine change of name is change of Name Adult or Major. A wrongly typed spelling is the public notice for a wrongly written name. Twelve categories exist and only one is yours.
Type the proforma in duplicate
Two originals with two witnesses giving signature, full name, address and mobile number on both copies. A change of name is signed in the old name; a public notice is signed in your own name.
Fill the employment field if it is a change of name
The adult proforma asks for the post of the applicant and the office or company name, a field the public notice form does not have. Salaried applicants leave it blank and the file comes back.
Publish and keep the original paper
One of the daily local leading newspapers, carrying both names in full, the father or husband name and the residential address. The whole original paper goes in the file, not a cutting.
Pay only through BharatKosh
The Non Tax Receipt Portal and nowhere else since October 2018. Select the Department of Publication by name, read the amount the portal shows on the day, pay in your own name and print the e-receipt.
Check every date, then post it yourself
Nothing in the file older than one year. Personally or by post or courier only, never through an agent or advocate. Photocopy everything first, because nothing sent in comes back.
Read the notice, then update in the right order
Check every word the day it publishes, download the e-Gazette copy of that Part IV issue, and then work through Aadhaar first, and the post office record after it.
The Five Papers in the File, and What Is Checked in Each
| The paper | What is checked in it, clause by clause |
|---|---|
| 1. The proforma, in duplicate | That it is the right category format; the existing full name exactly as your documents carry it; the new full name exactly as settled; the father or husband name; the full address with pin code; the post and office or company name where it is a change of name; the signature in the right name for the category; two witnesses complete with signature, full name, address and mobile number |
| 2. The affidavit or undertaking | The same names and address as the proforma, word for word, with wording matching the category. On Rs 100 non-judicial stamp paper as our safe default |
| 3. The original newspaper | The original paper, not a cutting; the paper name and date of publication visible; both names carried; the father or husband name and residential address; dated within the last year |
| 4. Photographs, identity proof and any category paper | Two self attested passport photographs; self attested identity and address proof matching the proforma address; both witnesses proofs; and, in a public notice file, the attested photocopy of the connected document carrying the error |
| 5. The CD, its certificate and the BharatKosh receipt | MS Word, without the witness portion, with the name typed in place of the signature; the certificate that the hard copy and the soft copy are the same; the forwarding letter to the Controller of Publication with a telephone number and email; the e-receipt |
The posting detail is on the sending the file to Delhi page, the change of name wording on the proforma format page and the public notice wording on the public notice proforma page, the charge by category on the fee and undertaking page, the reasons files come back on the rejection reasons page, and the download on the download page.
What a Post Office, NSC and KVP Name Correction Costs in Jharkhand
| Item | Cost | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Asking whether the account is operational and whether Aadhaar is recorded | Nothing. Two questions at the counter, and the most valuable minutes on this page. Ask them before you raise the spelling | One visit |
| Changing or cancelling a nomination | No charge. A notification dated 2 April 2025 deleted the entry "Cancellation or charge of nomination - Rs 50" from the General Rules, 2018. This is the one figure on this table we can state with confidence, and it is zero | The same visit |
| Correction of the depositor's particulars | The General Rules, 2018 set out no name correction procedure, so we print no charge, because there is none we can verify. Ask your own post office what, if anything, is payable and under which entry | Set by the office. We do not print a timeline we have not verified |
| Correcting Aadhaar first, which is usually the real work | Aadhaar charges a fee per attempt with no refund, and limits how often a name may be updated. Decide the final form before you go, because a wasted attempt is money and an allowance both gone | Set by the centre |
| Transferring the account to a different post office, under Rule 13(1) | A separate operation from a name correction. Ask the office, because we have verified no charge for it and will not guess one | Set by the office |
| Affidavit, where the post office asks for one | Rs 100 non-judicial stamp paper and the notary charge. Two originals, because the office keeps one. Do not buy it before somebody asks, since some offices do not | The same day |
| Government printing charge, only in a genuine change of your own name | The guidelines print Rs 1,100 for an adult change of name and Rs 1,400 for a public notice, for FY 2016 to 2017, each with the caveat that the charge varies each financial year and from case to case. What BharatKosh shows on the payment screen the day you pay is the figure that counts | Part IV publishes weekly, so allow several weeks from posting |
| Our charge | Quoted on your papers before you pay anything, and confirmed in writing. We print no service price on any page of this site | |
Myths About Post Office, NSC and KVP Name Corrections
| What people are told | What is actually so |
|---|---|
| You need a gazette notification to correct a spelling in a passbook | You do not. Nothing here is ever published. A post office record is corrected by a written request to the office holding the account. A gazette belongs to the separate case where you are genuinely changing your own name across all your records |
| Ask the post office to transfer the certificate into your correct name | The most common wrong request on this page. A transfer from one individual to another is allowed on four grounds only under paragraph 8 of the NSC (VIII Issue) Scheme, 2019, and a spelling is not one of them. Ask for a correction of particulars for the same holder instead |
| The rules say exactly what documents a name correction needs | They do not, and we will not pretend otherwise. The General Rules, 2018 contain no name correction procedure. That is precisely why one office asks for an affidavit and another does not. Ask your own office and let its answer be your list |
| Surrender the certificate and buy a fresh one in the correct name | Expensive and unnecessary. The pre-printed paper certificate was discontinued by G.S.R. 353(E) and 354(E) of 29 March 2016, so the holding is a record. Closing a fixed term deposit early can cost you the rate, the term and the original date of investment |
| An old account sitting untouched in a village post office is safe | Check it. Since the amendment notified on 31 March 2023, a depositor who has not submitted an Aadhaar number finds that the account shall cease to be operational until it is. That has nothing to do with spelling and it is the more urgent problem |
| Fix the post office record first, since that is where the mismatch showed up | Backwards. Rule 6 names Aadhaar and PAN as the identifying documents, so handing over an Aadhaar with the wrong spelling satisfies the rule and creates the mismatch in one visit. Aadhaar first, post office after |
| Changing a nominee costs Rs 50 | Not any more. A notification dated 2 April 2025 deleted that entry from the General Rules, 2018, and the Finance Minister said the change was made so no charge is levied on updating nominees. It is free, and a nomination may be varied by a fresh application |
| One correction fixes every scheme you hold there | Do not assume it. Recurring deposits, time deposits, monthly income schemes, senior citizen accounts, NSC and KVP all sit under the same General Rules, but each is its own account record. List every holding you have at that office and name them all in one request |
| A joint certificate is fine if the first name is right | Each holder is a separate person in the record with their own Aadhaar and PAN position. A joint holding can carry a correct first name and a wrong second one, and it will surface at maturity |
| The counter's refusal is the end of it | It is not. Ask for the refusal in writing, saying what is refused and under which rule. Most refusals end at that request, because there is no instruction to produce. Above the counter sit the Postmaster, the divisional level and the Department's public grievance route |
Key Terms in a Post Office, NSC and KVP Name Correction
| Term | What it means in practice |
|---|---|
| Government Savings Promotion Act, 1873 | The parent Act under which post office savings deposits and savings certificates are held. The reason a counter cannot simply invent or waive a requirement |
| General Rules, 2018 | The Government Savings Promotion General Rules, 2018, the common rules for all these schemes. Contains Rule 6 on Aadhaar and PAN, Rule 13 on transfer between offices, Rule 14 on nomination and Rule 18 on the passbook |
| Accounts Office | The post office or bank branch where the account is held. What Rule 13(1) allows you to move the account between, anywhere in India |
| Correction of particulars | The request you should actually be making. Correcting a detail in the record of the same account held by the same person, as against moving the holding to somebody else |
| Transfer | Used in the rules for two different things: moving an account between Accounts Offices, and passing a certificate from one individual to another. Never a word to use loosely at the counter |
| Paragraph 8 | The paragraph of the NSC (VIII Issue) Scheme, 2019 listing the only grounds on which a certificate passes to another individual: death, a court order, pledging, and the death of one joint holder |
| Pledging | Offering the certificate as security for a loan, under paragraph 6, on an application in Form-3 with an acceptance letter from the pledgee. Not a change of holder |
| E-mode | The electronic form in which NSC and KVP are now held, after pre-printed certificates were discontinued in 2016. Why there is usually nothing to reissue |
| Passbook | The book recording the account. Rule 18(1) provides for a passbook, deposit receipt or statement of account on opening. It can be reissued once a record is corrected |
| Ceases to be operational | The phrase the rules use for an account that stops working for want of Aadhaar or PAN. Not a fine and not negotiable at the counter |
| Form 60 | The declaration under the Income Tax Rules, 1962 that Rule 6 allows in place of a PAN. Worth knowing before somebody tells you a PAN is compulsory in every case |
| Nomination and variation | Who receives the holding, and changing that. Up to four nominees in a single account under Rule 14(1), varied by a fresh application, and free of charge since April 2025 |
Post Office Savings Name Correction Help Across Jharkhand
This is the most local record on the whole site. Jharkhand is served by head post offices, sub post offices and a very large number of branch post offices, and a small branch may not have handled a correction of particulars in years. That is not obstruction and it is not unusual. Reading the passbook, deciding whether you have a correction, a change of name or a stopped account, and drafting the written request in the words the rules use is done on your scans over WhatsApp, for every district.
District pages are linked from the services page.
Send the passbook and we will draft the right request
Send the first page of the passbook, which carries the account number and the name as recorded, along with your Aadhaar and your PAN. If you hold more than one scheme at the same post office, list them all, because they should go in one request. If you are holding an old pre-printed NSC or KVP certificate from before 2016, send a photograph of it too. Tell us which post office it is and whether it is a head, sub or branch office. Our first reply tells you whether your case is a correction of particulars or a genuine change of name, whether Aadhaar has to be fixed before you go, whether the account may have ceased to be operational for want of Aadhaar, and the exact wording of the written request to hand over the counter. Details on the contact page.
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Post Office, NSC and KVP Name Change: Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need a gazette notification to correct my name in a post office account, NSC or KVP?
Can the post office transfer my certificate into my corrected name?
What documents does a post office name correction need?
Which should I fix first, Aadhaar or the post office record?
Can my post office account stop working because of a missing Aadhaar?
My NSC is a paper certificate from years ago. Is that a problem?
Should I close the certificate and buy a new one in the correct name?
Does one request cover every scheme I hold at that post office?
What if only the second name on a joint certificate is wrong?
Does it cost anything to change the nominee?
The post office refused. What do I do next?
Can you get this done at the post office for me?
Official Sources on Post Office Savings, NSC and KVP Records
- National Savings Institute, the Government Savings Promotion General Rules, 2018The common rules for all these schemes, including Rule 6 on Aadhaar and PAN, Rule 13 on transfer between Accounts Offices, Rule 14 on nomination and Rule 18 on the passbook.
- National Savings Institute, the National Savings Certificates (VIII Issue) Scheme, 2019The NSC scheme itself, including paragraph 6 on pledging and paragraph 8 listing the only grounds on which a certificate passes to another individual.
- Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of FinanceThe department that notifies these rules and schemes, and where amendments to them are published.
- India PostFor post office savings schemes, the forms used at the counter and the office that actually holds your account.
- India CodeFor the Government Savings Promotion Act, 1873 itself, the parent Act under which these deposits and certificates are held.
- The Gazette of India, e-GazetteWhere the G.S.R. notifications cited on this page are published, including those of 29 March 2016 and 12 December 2019.
- Unique Identification Authority of IndiaFor the Aadhaar name update route and the limits on how often a name may be updated, which is the step that comes before the post office.
- Income Tax DepartmentFor PAN, and for Form 60 under the Income Tax Rules, 1962, both named in Rule 6.
- Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring SystemThe Government's public grievance route, for the stage after a written refusal and the levels above the counter.
- Department of PublicationFor the twelve gazette categories and their proformas, in the separate case where your own name is genuinely being changed.
- BharatKosh, the Non Tax Receipt PortalThe only route for the Government printing charge since October 2018, and the only place the amount of the day can be read.
A Post Office and Certificate Name Correction in Eight Lines
The short version
- These holdings sit under an Act of 1873 and notified rules.
- A certificate passes to another person on four grounds only.
- A wrong spelling is not one of those four grounds.
- So ask for a correction of particulars, not a transfer.
- The rules set out no name correction procedure, and we say so.
- Rule 6 names Aadhaar and PAN, so fix Aadhaar first.
- Without Aadhaar the account can cease to be operational.
- Changing a nominee has been free since April 2025.
Send the passbook and we will tell you which of the three requests to make.
Most people ask the post office to transfer the certificate into the correct name. The rules allow a transfer on four grounds and a spelling is not one of them, which is why the request is refused and the wording is the whole problem.