{"id":1399,"date":"2023-08-02T12:05:40","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T09:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambtelaviv.esteri.it\/servizi-consolari-e-visti\/servizi-per-il-cittadino-italiano\/cambio-nome-e-o-cognome\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T16:04:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T13:04:06","slug":"cambio-nome-e-o-cognome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ambtelaviv.esteri.it\/en\/servizi-consolari-e-visti\/servizi-per-il-cittadino-italiano\/stato-civile\/cambio-nome-e-o-cognome\/","title":{"rendered":"Change of name and\/or surname"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can request recognition of the change of name and\/or surname by following these simple steps:<\/p>\n<p><strong>STEP 1 &#8211; Preparation of documents<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Collect the following documents:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Motivated request for recognition of the change or modification of one&#8217;s name and\/or surname addressed to the competent Prefect in Italy;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ambtelaviv.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2023_dichiarazione_sostitutiva_di_certificato-o-atto_di_notorieta.pdf\">Declaration of notary deed<\/a>\u00a0to confirm the non-existence of pending charges in Italy and the compliance of the procedure with local laws;<\/li>\n<li>Declaration of consent of any interested parties such as parents, spouses and adult children, accompanied by a photocopy of their identity document (only in the case of change or modification of the surname);<\/li>\n<li>Copy of your Italian passport;<\/li>\n<li>Copy of your Israeli passport or &#8220;teudat zeut&#8221;;<\/li>\n<li>Original certificate of change of name and\/or surname (in Hebrew &#8220;Teuda Ameida al Shenui Shem&#8221;) with Apostille\u00a0from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (for more information on how to obtain an Apostille\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.il\/mfa\/consularservices\/pages\/publicdocumentseng.aspx\">click here<\/a>);<\/li>\n<li>Translation into Italian of the certificate of change of name and\/or surname.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The application is processed upon payment by bank transfer of the &#8220;Imposta di bollo&#8221; to be made using the following bank details and with any associated fees borne by the payer:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>BENEFICIARY: Ministero dell\u2019Economia e delle Finanze<\/p>\n<p>IBAN: IT79Z0100003245BE00000000QK<\/p>\n<p>BIC: BITAITRRENT<\/p>\n<p>REASON FOR TRANSFER: &#8220;PLEASE INSERT HERE YOUR FISCAL CODE&#8221; \u2013 Bollo su istanza Prefettura \u2013 mese e anno di riferimento (INSERT HERE THE MONTH AND THE YEAR IN THE FORMAT MM\/YYYY)<\/p>\n<p>AMOUNT: 16 euros<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The payment has to be made before bringing the documents to the consulate. The Swift Message of the payment will be presented together with the other documents.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>STEP 2 &#8211; Verification of documents and sending to Italy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Verify personally with our Consulate staff that the above documents are complete by requesting an appointment at consolato.telaviv@esteri.it. The day of the appointment you will pay a fee for the consular stamp (see &#8220;Consular services&#8221; page). After that, the Consulate will send the application to the competent Prefecture in Italy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>STEP 3 &#8211; Appointment for the posting of the &#8220;Request for change of name or surname&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Once the authorization to post the change of name and\/or surname has been received from the competent Prefecture, the Consulate will contact you to make an appointment to fill in and sign a &#8220;Request for change of name or surname&#8221; and pay a consular stamp. The Consulate will then proceed to post the Request to the Consular Register to allow for any objections. The posting will last for thirty days.<\/p>\n<p><strong>STEP 4 &#8211; Issue of the &#8220;Authorization Decree&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the end of the 30 days, you will receive from the Consulate the original of the &#8220;Decree authorizing the change or modification of the name or surname&#8221;, stamped with a new consular stamp (see &#8220;Consular services&#8221; page). The Decree must be sent to your Municipality in Italy for the annotation of the change of name and\/or surname on all certificates of civil status.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Warning!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Consulate will be able to issue any documents with the new name only after the above mentioned annotation is notified to the Embassy by the Municipality.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You can request recognition of the change of name and\/or surname by following these simple steps: STEP 1 &#8211; Preparation of documents Collect the following documents: Motivated request for recognition of the change or modification of one&#8217;s name and\/or surname addressed to the competent Prefect in Italy; Declaration of notary deed\u00a0to confirm the non-existence of [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":319,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1399","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambtelaviv.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambtelaviv.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambtelaviv.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambtelaviv.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambtelaviv.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1399"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ambtelaviv.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6303,"href":"https:\/\/ambtelaviv.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1399\/revisions\/6303"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambtelaviv.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambtelaviv.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}