How do I Perform a Legal Name Change?

Overview

The purpose of this article is to assist individuals in performing a legal name change in the University of Alaska (UA) system. A request to change your legal name with the UA System may be done in person, by email, or by mail with the appropriate Registrar's Office (UAA Registrar’s Office, UAF Registrar’s Office, UAS Registrar’s Office).

In this article:

• What materials do I need?
• How do I perform the change?
  • Employees
  • Students
• Next Steps
• Is there any additional information I should know about?
• Need additional help or have issues

What materials do I need?

• Computer application capable of signing a PDF document, or printer to print the PDF document
• Government-issued photo ID
• Legal documents
• UA ID number

How do I perform the change?

Employees

Current and former university employees (faculty, staff, or student employees) must submit the following documents to UA Human Resources:

• Change_Form.pdf
• A copy of a government-issued photo ID (driver's license, passport, ID card) or a copy of the Social Security Card.
• Contact ua-hr@alaska.edu with questions about other legal documents that may be accepted for name change verification.

Students

Current and former UAA students (never employed within the UA system) must submit a Change of Personal Information Form to the UAA Registrar’s Office.

For non-UAA current and former students, please reach out to your local Registrar's Office:

• UAF Registrar’s Office
• UAS Registrar’s Office

Next Steps

Students and employees can also enter a chosen/preferred first name at any time, even if their legal first name has not changed. To do so, please visit the following Knowledge Base article, Set up a Preferred First Name. It may take up to the next day for Chosen/Preferred First Name changes to update across all UA systems. For more information about Preferred Names, please visit UA's page here: Use of Preferred Names