In India, legal gender change process involves a multi-step process that involves medical, social and legal changes. An important part of this process is the official notification of gender change in the Gazette of India, a weekly publication by the Publications Division of the Government of India. This notification serves as a legal record of the person's gender change and is required to update official documents and records. The process involves creating a gender change affidavit, advertising in a local newspaper, submitting an application to the Gazette office and finally publishing the notification in the government e-gazette after verification.