Help needed in registering a surname change in Poland

So to make a long story short, my mum got married to my stepdad in 2010 and changed my surname from my polish one to an English one using a deepoll and never registered it in Poland so once I turned 18 and went to update my passport in the polish embassy in London I had a right telling off for using a false surname due to me being my old surname in Poland and my new surname in the UK. They haven't even explained how I meant to sort this out so I'm very confused.

So I don't even know where to start with this, I have translated my deepoll into polish, and I don't know what else to do.

How am I meant to register my surname change in poland?

Doing a deepoll back into my old surname would not work as I have everything and I mean EVERYTHING in my new surname, from my rented house, bank, car details, my driving licence and my university etc etc.

Which country`s passport is it? Which surname is it to?

First, do you have Polish or Polish and British passport?

In any case you need to use a sworn translator to translate the deed poll into Polish and then go to the USC (urząd stanu cywilnego) in the place where you used to live and fill out an application for the name change. You need to have your British paperwork (passport if possible, but the driving licence etc will do too) with you as a proof you are, indeed, using your surname. It may take a week or five but eventually you will be given an updated birth certificate which you will have to use when applying for new Polish passport.

It is quite important you state here your citizenship status, or if you are (legally) British citizen or "just" Polish

@RubasznyRumcajs
I have a polish passport as I'm a polish citizen and have been living in the UK ever since I was 6 years old. Sorry about not stating it, I completely forgotten.

Yep I've already used a translator for the deepoll. Okay brilliant thank you. Only issue I will have with that, is how am I meant to travel back to UK from Poland and then back without a passport as there's no way I can take off 5 or so weeks off work and university to sort this out.

@RubasznyRumcajs
I have a polish passport as I'm a polish citizen and have been living in the UK ever since I was 6 years old. Sorry about not stating it, I completely forgotten.

Yep I've already used a translator for the deepoll. Okay brilliant thank you. Only issue I will have with that, is how am I meant to travel back to UK from Poland and then back without a passport as there's no way I can take off 5 or so weeks off work and university to sort this out.

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Name change procedure in Poland

i live in the UK and want to change my name through a dead poll. but i have a Polish passport and unsure whether it would be possible. what is the procedure to change your name in Poland like? if i ever go to Poland would my name legally be changed there?

*deed poll

Yes it is possible.


You'd have to do it separately there if you wanted to have your new name on Polish documents.

deedpolloffice.com/change-name/who-can-change-their-name#foreign-national

In the UK, you don't even need a deed poll: you can use any name you like. If you want documents changing though, it's best to get one. They aren't expensive and are very quick to do. It's just a declaration witnessed by a solicitor.