Married Women And NYSC: The Best Guide For Online Registration

Introduction

This article discusses NYSC Registration for Married Women, outlining the documents they must upload during online registration and the benefits accrued. By the end, married female PCMs will have a clear idea of the NYSC registration process.

The NYSC program mandates all eligible Nigerian graduates to fulfill one year of service to the nation. While the online registration process is uniform for everyone, additional requirements are in place for married women and foreign-trained graduates. This guide aims to elucidate the NYSC online registration process specifically for married women, streamlining the procedure for a more straightforward and less stressful experience.

NYSC online registration for married women

Provisions Regarding NYSC Registration for Married Women

NYSC seeks to build a united and integrated Nigeria by assigning graduates to serve in states different from their own. Despite this overarching goal, the program acknowledges that married women might have special situations requiring them to be closer to their spouses.

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To address this concern, married women are granted concessional deployment to their husbands’ state of residence. Nevertheless, to prevent the abuse of this privilege, the NYSC requires additional documents. These documents play a crucial role in confirming the marriage and the husband’s place of residence.

This necessity has led to the inclusion of specific document uploads during online registration, which are further subject to manual checks and approval.

NYSC Documents Required from Married PCMs

During online registration, you will be asked to select your gender. Opting for “Female” opens up additional options tied to marital status. Once you choose “Married,” specific required documents will be prompted for upload.

Below are the necessary requirements for married female PCMs, each of which must be clearly scanned:

  • Marriage Certificate
  • Change of name publication
  • Letter of domicile
  • Utility Bill
  • Husband’s ID Card
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1. Marriage Certificate

This legal document certifies the marriage between two individuals. Married female prospective corps members must upload a scanned copy of their marriage certificate during online registration.

2. Newspaper Publication

This publication demonstrates the change of name from the maiden name to the husband’s surname. A scanned copy of the newspaper publication is required during online registration.

3. Domicile Letter

This document, issued by the local government or another authority, confirms a person’s legal residence in a specific area. Married female PCMs must upload a valid domicile indicating where their husband stays and for how long.

4. Husband’s ID Card

The uploaded valid identification card should display the husband’s full name and photo. It can be a National ID Card, Voter’s Card, Driver’s License, or passport.

5. Utility Bill

The utility bill must bear the husband’s name and residence. It can be an electricity bill, water bill, phone bill, rent receipt, or any other proof of address. Alternatively, a letter of employment from the husband’s employer stating his position and location can be uploaded.

Benefits of Registering as a Married Woman

As mentioned earlier, married female prospective corps members are granted concessional deployment to their husband’s state of residence, but this is contingent on the approval of documents uploaded during online registration. Once approved, the system will automatically assign you to your husband’s state of residence.

Note: During the orientation course, NYSC officials will make efforts to assign you to a Primary Place of Assignment (PPA) within your husband’s local government, ensuring proximity for convenience.

However, it’s important to note that uploading the required documents doesn’t guarantee concessional deployment. In rare cases, unintentional errors by NYSC personnel may result in incorrect posting for married women.

To address this, married women are permitted to report to the NYSC orientation camp in their husband’s state of residence, even if their call-up letter indicates a different state. Ensure you bring along the documents uploaded during online registration for verification.

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While the above seems appealing to people who might want to benefit from concessional posting, it is important you are aware that your NYSC certificate will bear your husband’s surname or first name.

I’ve had people message me countless times about not wanting to have their husband’s name on their certificate but NYSC is strict in this regards especially for people who might want cook up marriage documents to be posted to the place they want.

If you would rather have your own maiden name on your NYSC certificate then the best thing to do is not to register as a married woman. It’s a matter of you can’t eat your cake and have it.

Conditions for NYSC Camp Exemption

The orientation camp is not ideal for pregnant and nursing mothers. To ensure the well-being of both mother and child, prospective corps members in this category will not be accommodated in camp. Consequently, these women will register at the camp and then return home to continue with their Primary Place of Assignment (PPA) after the three-week orientation course.

Conclusion

Remember, serving your nation is an honorable experience, and with the right preparation, you can make it a memorable one.

If you have any questions, feel free to drop them in the comment box below. We’re here to help you navigate your NYSC registration journey and ensure a successful and fulfilling service year.

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136 thoughts on “Married Women And NYSC: The Best Guide For Online Registration”

  1. Paulina Gozie obawunde

    Pls I did traditional marriage alone …now they are requesting for marriage certificate I don’t have any ..what can I do

  2. Good morning sir,
    Trust you’re fine
    I want to ask this question
    Can newspaper publication be done in any state? Reason for this question is that, my wife wants to serve in Ogun state and I want to do the newspapers publication in Lagos state. Hope it will not hinder her chances of serving in Ogun state.

  3. I have done my change of name with the affidavit and news paper publication but I still have my maiden name on my NIB, please do you think it will pose any problem during my registration?

  4. Good afternoon sir/ma, pls do a pregnant woman has to report in camp or how do one do it in order to get uniform and other requirements done.

    1. Hi, during registration, I registered SINGLE but when I tried working out my relocation, they tried doing it under marital grounds but I cancelled it immediately, but my marital status is showing MARRIED and I’m being asked to upload some documents on my portal. So now, I’ve gotten approval for relocation on DG DIRECTIVES. What should I do please cos I’m not even married. Should I go ahead to the new state I’ve been relocated to, I hope the marital stuff won’t cause issues

  5. Pls I want to know if one can use local government identification letter irreplace of domicile letter, or is local government identification letter the same with domicile letter

  6. Pls am a married PCM and I’ve already done newspaper publication and Affidavit, but my maiden name is not in my NiN just my husband
    If I do modifications won’t it contradict other documents I have like my international passport

  7. Good evening am married and done the necessary documents but my concern is my NINdid not have my middle name and is on the jamb results I want to know if did registration will be successful or I need to visit NIN office

  8. Please, in newspaper publication for married PCM, will it shows my own full name, husband name and our date of marriage.
    Or
    It only my name, indicating from Miss to Mrs…
    I did newspaper publication for change of name, instead they should write Miss Ayobami Mary to Mrs Nwaogazi Mary, they just wrote my own full name(still Ayobami which is my maiden name) and my husband’s full name with our date of marriage.
    My question now is that, am I good to go or I need to do another newspaper publication? Please I need quick response on this

  9. Good morning

    Pls, my middle name on my marriage certificate is different from the one i used for Jamb, can i still submit the marriage certificate during NYSC registration?

  10. Plz sir,for the marriage certificate; which of them is it the one from church or the one from court that is used for registration

  11. Please I already change my NIN to my husband’s name and my name in the Senate list still bears my maiden name..i don’t know if it will be an issue

  12. Zakariyau ridwan Olayinka

    Please sir, I realised the state of origin of my jamb portal is not correct. What can I do about it?
    And I hope it won’t affect during registration?

  13. Please when is the call up letter going to change for married pcm for reprinting and registration we are still waiting thank u πŸ™

  14. Good day sir/ma
    As a married pcm, my first name is abbreviated on my o level results , hope I can successfully register or do I need an affidavit because waec don’t do correction of name anymore.

  15. Olawumi Josephine oyindamola

    Pls can I use a church marriage certificate for nysc registration? Or I should rather get a court own

  16. Anyanwu Judith Eberechi

    I was posted to Bauchi but I registered as a married woman and I went to my camp on 28th at Imo state. They told me to keep checking my dashboard, till now is still showing Bauchi. And tomorrow is swearing in , I heard the portal will be closed by 12 please what should I do am really worried

  17. I was posted to ondo state while during my online registration I register as a married woman, yesterday I went to my camp in imo state the told me to go and keep checking my dashboard for change,my question is how long will it stay to repost me thanks.

    1. Anyanwu Judith Eberechi

      Me too am just worried because tomorrow is swearing in and I heard they might not allow people πŸ₯ΉπŸ₯ΉπŸ˜ͺ
      I went on Wednesday, my dashboard is still showing Bauchi instead of Imo state because I registered as a married way.

  18. All my documents am using LAWAL TEMITOPE KEHINDE. So, have changed my name to QAMALDEEN HIDAYAH TEMITOPE on the newspaper and affidavit, am i good to use that name on my NIN and bank name? Or i should not change the name on my NIN and bank nameAll my documents am using LAWAL TEMITOPE KEHINDE. So, have changed my name to QAMALDEEN HIDAYAH TEMITOPE on the newspaper and affidavit, am i good to use that name on my NIN and bank name? Or i should not change the name on my NIN and bank name?

  19. I just got married, though my wife had did mobilisation before we got married but was unable to go camping when her call up letter came out, so after our marriage, she remoblized and was posted to some other state..

    Please, how can I get her to my state.. We have all the documents required for a married woman..

  20. Please I’m a Muslim married PCM, it’s not every Muslim that use their husband’s name after marriage and all my documents carry my father’s name including my marriage certificate, so how do I go about the newspaper publication when my surname didn’t change in any of my documents and I must register as a married woman, what can I do?

      1. Adeoye Abisola Deborah

        If a married woman wanted to relocate with her husband within outside the country. What are the procedures to take

    1. Olawumi Josephine oyindamola

      U will have to go to court and do affidavit of changing of name from miss to Mrs,after that u go to newspaper for newspaper publication of name then ur husband name will appear on the affidavit and the newspaper after that u go to the local government where u reside….for example if u fall in the west local government u go there to get domicile letter and after that go to ur bank and change ur name on ur BVN that’s all

  21. What if the name on my statement of result, Olevel, jamb is different from my NIN bcos of change of name has a married woman

  22. Animasahun modupe adetoun

    Good evening please I’m having issues with registering for my NYSC with batch B,stream 2 I’m a married PCM so I already did a change of name on my NIN, tho I have my maiden name on my school senate list but while trying to register with the last batch it was bringing mismatch for and I already did change of name on newspaper publications, affidavit and all and I don’t know what went wrong or probably network issue.Thank you.

  23. Pls ooo, I uploaded all the requirements as requested for marriage, Yesterday I was seeing Mrs with my initial name which is Dike Favour Kelechi but it should have changed to my husband’s name that was uploaded. Now the name is Dike Favour Kelechi not Mrs Again . What will I do pls?

  24. Good morning
    I tried registering but the names on my NIN does not match the one on the senate list because I changed the name on my NIN to my husband’s name after I got married. I was told to go and change the name in my NIN again but doing that will invalidate some of my documents already bearing my husband’s name. Please how else can I resolve this issue

    1. They did same with me but i tried used my phone to register countless times and it went through, just keep registering from your phone, keep trying until it passes that stage. That what i did then gave them my email for further registrations.

  25. Akindejoye Nafisat

    My call up number still have my surname with Mrs added to it,is that how it will be or there is mistake,if it mistake can it be rectified?

  26. My marriage certificate has my middle name while my other school documents dose not. Will it pose a problem during registration as a married woman?

  27. Oguntoye Anuoluwapo

    Good day, I tried registering yesterday for the stream II exercise, the network was bad at first. Waited hours before getting a confirmation email. Then I tried the pre page registration, couldn’t register until I heard it was closed some hrs ago.
    Pls I’m a married woman and I’ve changed my surname to that of my husband on my nin, but it kept saying things like, my nin doesn’t exist and so on. I tried verifying my nin and it was active. What could have bin the issue, so I can rectify before next batch. Then my nin portal indicated my husbands surname but the marital status still showed, single. Pls what do I do, I’ve bin postponing this exercise.
    Thanks in anticipation

    1. Akindejoye Nafisat

      U need to go and change ur name on nin to the one ur school gave Nysc.
      I had the same issue toom

    2. Don’t change your name again, just register with your phone it will go, that’s what I did , i nearly went home until a guy who changed his name told me to just keep registering with my phone it will go, i did it countless times until it was successful.

  28. As a married lasy after uploading marital documents required for exemption letter,will my exemption certificate bear my marital surname or the surname used whike schooling

  29. Fayelu zainab dolapo

    Good morning, I have been trying to create profile on nysc portal, it keep saying details does not correspond with my jamb profile , I did change of name on my nin, my maiden is still on my jamb profile while my nin contain the new name,

  30. As a married woman and nursing mum do I need medical fitness and school I’d to apply for registerstion and during camp registration before leaving the camp? Cause I lost my school I’d and leave outside the state I school.

  31. I’m a married pcm who is currently staying in Abuja.. my husband just got transfered here but all his documents shows PH,
    All of my documents carry my maiden name including my result and NIN do I still need the change of name?
    And our utility bill bears the landlords name..
    Please help me, how do I go about it?

  32. Good pm, pls I’m a married pcm who stays in Ikorodu what state should I fill during nysc registration to get my PPA in Ikorodu and I have a 3yrs old child I’m i qualified to be a nursing mother for camp exemption?
    I look forward to your response. Thanks.

    1. Folasade Salmat

      I am a married woman the name on my dashboard after registration and on my green card is still my own surname instead of my husband’s surname but indicated on it that I’m married and I have uploaded all marital documents but they haven’t approved yet , however applied for name correction on my dashboard so I added my husband’s surname to it please will it still change or what am I to do please enlighten me

  33. Hy,gud day,am a married PCM who lives in zamfara going for this batch b2,but I heard that no camping in zamfara because of insecurity,pls where can I go for my camp registration?

  34. Please is original waec certificate compulsory for a married woman and can I use agreement of the apartment we live as utility bill???

    1. No, it isn’t but I advise you take your O’Level certificate along. Utility bill should be something like electricity, water, etc. I’m not so sure house rent applies but you use use it if that’s the only thing you have.

  35. My name is Ogbonna Joy, and my husband’s name is Excellence Samuel Ogbonna, so how should my name appear in the Newspepar Change of name publication?

  36. Please am a married PCM the name in my NIN and the name in my result tally, do I need to add my husband name to the maiden name ??

      1. Please my name on jamb,NIN, School documents are the same and I only change my name on newspaper publication as married pcm hope it does not mean

  37. Hello, my nin bears my husband’s name which is different from the name in my result which is my maiden name, what do I do about this??

  38. My husband voters card has No 2,wura street,Ondo state.
    But on my affidavit of change of name,I have this address No, 5,sunshine street,ondo state.
    Please is it okay this way.

    1. Am a married PCM can I use my husband house rent receipt as utility bills and can I use NIN or passport as his identity

  39. I’m a married PCM but I did traditional marriage can I go to court to do the marriage certificate for NYSC?

    1. Oluwatumisile christianah

      What if I’m married and I’m not pregnant nor have babies yet would I still camp for that 3weeks?

  40. Olisa Ogechukwu Stellamaris

    Good day.. am a PCM and married I have all required documents. But my NIN is my father’s name do I have to change that to my husband name too

    1. I am a married pcm but mistakenly not registered as one none of my documents where uploaded, what advice will you give so as to be posted to my husband’s state of work.

  41. Good morning
    My matriculation name is jst two names while my nin and school name is three names
    I have followed all the jamb enquirer I fill the indemnity form and summited it to my institution which is signed and forwarded to my state jamb office and it is already sent to Abuja headquarters
    but I was resently told that it’s not approved without any explanation
    Since am married naw and am registering as a married pcm and the name am adding is the one am replacing with my husbands name is there need to change my jamb name
    please help me resolve this issue

  42. Please my nin Carrie’s my husband’s surname

    And I heard ur nin and ur results should have the same name to be able to register

    Please can’t I still register like that since I have my change of name

    1. Hi good evening I did traditional marriage which no certificate was given to us ..pls how do I register as a married woman. Which certificate can I upload

      1. Hello Sandra, you need a certificate from government recognized institution like marriage registry to register for NYSC. Even certificates given in churches cannot work for this purpose.

  43. Cordelia Ukamaka

    I am a PCM and also married. I have not done the change of name and the newspaper publication. I was thinking it is something I can do when registering for service.

    How long does it take to do change of name. Also is the change of name compulsory? Is it there a way to avoid it and still serve as a married woman

    1. You cannot avoid doing change of name and publication if you want to register as a married woman. Change of name is done at the court. Any newspaper vendor can help you with publication.

      1. Pls I did newspaper publication of change of name,and I have my church marriage certificate,do I stil need marriage Court certificate

  44. I registered married and uploaded all my documents my surname have even changed but I was posted to different state, I went to the orientation camp in my husband domicile state dey just wrote down some tinx gave me back my documents asked me to check my dashboard yesterday Tuesday 23)04)2024 against coming back today Wednesday that my dashboard will change…my dashboard is yet to change and they told me not to come till it changes….am confused n dnt know wat to do

      1. I’m among the next 2024 batch b pcm, pls i need a solution now before it too late,

        My husband name is Emmanuel olalekan joshua on all is documents while on our marriage certificate is Oyekan olalekan joshua giving to us at registry, oyekan is there family name while emmanuel is his father name my question is can we do affidavid to back this up during document uploading at nysc?

      2. Married pcm but posted to Ondo instead of the state I live.
        Have been to camp, they only did something on my portal and said i should keep checking my dashboard for another state of deployment. Have been waiting for state of deployment to change on my portal for 5 days now.

        What do you advice that i do

        1. Please I’m a married pcm,
          I have the following:

          Domicile letter
          Marriage certificate
          Affidavit of Change of name,
          My husbands international passport.

          With this,am I good to go?

    1. Good day Seraphina. What is the update when you went back to back to complain about no changes on your dashboard.

      I am having same issues for 5days now but was told to check back during swearing in.
      I will like to hear from you so I can know what next to do

      1. Please I am a Muslim married PCM. It’s not every Muslim that use their husband’s name after marriage. All my Documents carry my father’s name including my marriage certificate. Can I use it like that or is it under most I change my name? Please what can I do?

    2. Same thing happen to me here at lagos and I was told the same thing, the issue is that as at earlier today which is Wednesday am unable to check the call up later

  45. Please I registered as a married woman and I uploaded all documents needed to upload

    But my surname hasn’t changed to my husband surname and my call up number is ready

    Though the marital status approve is still showing pending

    Please hope no problem

        1. Ugwuoke Chinyere Gloria

          Please, what I have is affidavit of marriage, can I use it to register?

          Again, my husband’s ID card bears a different surname to what we have in the affidavit of marriage, can it be acceptable please