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Validity of unregistered British deed polls to other Anglophonic countries?
<p>Validity of unregistered British deed polls to other Anglophonic countries?</p>
<p>In Britain, instead of court orders, a system of self-executed deed polls is used. I was told that these are acceptable to US embassies for passport issuance purposes for instance on the principle that they are the legal procedure per the law of the land in which the change of identity took place. Unlike other countries, England speaks English so no translations would be needed. Could these be used at an American foreign Embassy, or domestic DMV or bank, even though they are not certified, registered, or officially issued by any particular body but simply executed by the subject?</p>

<p>The question is open-ended, making it just too much work to give a comprehensive answer. But if you look at State of New York Department of Motor Vehicles form <a href="https://dmv.ny.gov/forms/id44.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ID-44</a> you will see that an unregistered British deed poll has no value at all toward obtaining a New York driver license or state ID card. If you look at their <a href="https://dmv.ny.gov/address-change/how-change-information-dmv-documents" rel="nofollow noreferrer">web page about changing information on NY DMV records</a> you will see that the more desirable NY licenses and ID cards require that the name on the card match the name on the social security card, so you are also faced with whatever the name change hurdles are at the Social Security Administration.</p>
