Municipality of Montferland: changing your gender on official documents

Four steps must be taken:

1. Obtaining a certificate from an expert;
2. Making an appointment with the Civil Registry at your place of birth (or in The Hague);
3. Applying for a new identity card and/or new passport;
4. Informing other institutions.

Any institutions linked to the Personal Records Database (BRP) will be notified automatically about a change of gender and any possible change of first names. On the basis of this, they will change your details themselves. This applies to:

• Your healthcare insurer
• Your pension fund
• The Social Insurance Bank (SVB)
• The Dutch Tax Authorities (Belastingdienst)
• The Netherlands Vehicle Authority (RDW)
• The Netherlands Employee Insurance Agency (UWV)

You will need to notify institutions and companies that do not have access for the BRP that you want your personal data changed yourself. These include your:

• Bank
• Insurance companies
• Clubs and associations
• Subscriptions
• General practitioner
• Dentist
• Hospital
• Payroll administration

Please take note that certain businesses will require a copy of your new identity card or passport for this.

• Valid proof of identity;
• Statement (no older than 6 months) by a designated expert from one of the following bodies:
  • The Knowledge and Care Centre for Gender Dysforia at the VU Medical Centre in Amsterdam
  • The Gender Team at the Groningen University Medical Centre in Groningen
  • The Gender Team at the Curium Leiden University Medical Centre in Leiden

You will receive a print-out of the change immediately.

Registering a change of gender is free of charge. Please be aware that there are costs involved in replacing your passport, identity card and/or driving licence. After registering a change of gender these are no longer valid. 

Book an appointment

Make an appointment to change the gender registered on your birth certificate in the municipality where you were born. Were you born in Montferland? Please call the municipality. At this appointment you must indicate the first name(s) by which you want to be known from then onwards. From 16 years of age, this declaration can be made without the consent of your parent(s) or guardian(s).

You do not have Dutch nationality;

If you do not have Dutch nationality, you can only make this request if you have a valid residence permit and have lived in the Netherlands for at least one year. 
If your birth certificate is not in the Dutch civil registers, you must make a declaration to a civil registry officer in The Hague.

Registering a change of gender is free of charge. Please be aware that there are costs involved in replacing your passport, identity card and/or driving licence. After registering a change of gender these are no longer valid.

You will receive a print-out of the change immediately.