To obtain a legal name change in the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI), an individual must petition the Superior Court of USVI in either St. Thomas/St. John or St. Croix for a legal name change. The petition should include the current legal name of the petitioner, the proposed name, the residence of the petitioner, the place of birth of the petitioner, and documents demonstrating the identification of the petitioner, including a birth certificate. Upon receipt of the petition, the court will send a list of requirements to the petitioner’s address detailing how to proceed. The requirements include two periods of public notice in a local newspaper. The first notice is referred to as the notice of intent, which will be published for four consecutive weeks. The notice of intent must include the petitioner’s current name, the proposed name, and the date of a hearing provided by the court. At the hearing the court may, in the absence of a compelling reason from the public, issue a tentative consent to the proposed name change. A final certificate of name change is issued upon receiving proof that a second public announcement of the name change is made in a local newspaper for an additional two consecutive weeks. The final certificate of name change is provided to the Bureau of Vital Statistics by the court. The fees for filing the petition are $75.