Changing gender on birth certificate

What is it?

You can change the gender on your birth certificate. You can do this at the municipality where you were born.

Your birth certificate lists your gender. As a transgender person, you can have this changed. Changing your birth certificate does not require you to undergo surgery or hormone treatment first. You also do not need to be sterilized.

When communicating the gender change, you immediately specify which first name you want to use from now on.

After changing your birth certificate:

you can apply for new travel documents and a new driver's license;
stands the adjustment in various administrations of the government;
everyone on your personal list will be notified of the adjustment. These are your parents, any (former) partner and children. You can agree a deadline with the municipality for sending this notice.

How does it work?

The Requirements to change your gender on the birth certificate are:

You are 16 years of age or older
You have Dutch nationality or you have lived in the Netherlands for at least 1 year with a valid residence permit
You have an expert statement (not older than 6 months) from 1 of the following institutions and individuals:
- Knowledge and Care Center for Gender Dysphoria of the VU Medical Center (VUmc) in Amsterdam
- Gender team at the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) in Groningen
- Gender team from Curium and Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) in Leiden
- Psychologists from Transvision Health

What to do.

To change the gender on your birth certificate, you must make an appointment with a registrar by phone.

To do so, call the municipality at the general number 14 045.

What should I bring?

a valid ID;
An expert statement (not older than 6 months);
Were you born abroad? Then go to the municipality of The Hague.

Additional information

Information on the website of Transgender Network Netherlands

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