Municipality of Nijmegen: changing your gender on official documents

• You were born in Nijmegen.
• You are at least 16 years old.

• a valid identity document;
• a statement from a designated expert, not older than 6 months.

Designated experts

• Radboud UMC’s Centre of Expertise for Sex & Gender in Nijmegen;
• VU Medical Centre’s Kennis- en Zorgcentrum voor genderdysforie (knowledge and care centre for gender dysphoria) in Amsterdam;
• Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen – UMCG (University Medical Centre Groningen) gender team in Groningen;
• designated expert by the Minister of Security and Justice.

You must apply for the change in registration of gender on your birth certificate in person. It is not possible to ask someone else to do it for you.

To apply, make an appointment with the municipality: call +31 24 329 90 00.

Important information for after the change in registration

Once your birth certificate has been changed, the municipality will update the Basisregistratie Personen – BRP (Personal Records Database). Public organisations whose systems are connected to the BRP will receive the changes automatically. Those organisations include:

• the Belastingdienst (Tax and Customs Administration);
• pension funds;
• the Rijksdienst voor het wegverkeer – RDW (Netherlands Vehicle Authority);
• the Sociale Verzekeringsbank – SVB (social insurance bank);
• health insurers.

You must inform other organisations yourself that the registration of your gender and, if applicable, your first names have changed.

Amendment of the registration of your gender on your birth certificate is free of charge. You do have to pay for a new identity document (passport, identity card, driving licence). However, this will change from early 2023.