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Municipality of Weert: changing your gender on official documents

Please note: you can only change the registration of your gender if you live in the Netherlands and are registered with a municipality.

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 of Weert.

Phone
Tel. +31 (0)495 575 000

Online
www.weert.nl/contact

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 your gender on your birth certificate is free of charge. However, you do have to pay for a new identity document (passport, identity card, driving licence).

It takes approximately one day for the details on your birth certificate to be changed.

Questions about this topic?

Contact the Municipality of Weert

Visiting addresses

Mariastraat 1

6039AW Stramproy

Opening hours
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
14.00 - 17.00
Wednesday
Closed
Thursday
Closed
Friday
14.00 - 17.00
Saturday
Closed
Sunday
Closed

Wilhelminasingel 101

6001GS Weert

Opening hours
Monday
08.30 - 19.30
Tuesday
08.30 - 17.00
Wednesday
08.30 - 17.00
Thursday
08.30 - 19.30
Friday
08.30 - 12.30
Saturday
Closed
Sunday
Closed
Last updated on 10 February 2025