If you have the belief that the gender listed on your birth certificate does not match your internally experienced gender identity, you can apply to change your gender registration. This adjustment is recorded in a deed of adjustment of gender registration.
The deed states:
- the person's name, given names, date and place of birth
- the new sex of the person concerned.
Under certain conditions, you can request a copy or an extract of the deed of adjustment of gender registration:
- A transcript lists the original details of the deed and the history of the state of the person to whom the deed relates.
- An extract, on the other hand, mentions only the current data of the deed, without mentioning the history of the state of the person to whom the deed relates. An extract therefore only shows the current state of the data.
Target Group
- Burger
Conditions
Who can request a copy or extract?
For deeds of persons who have made an adjustment of their gender registration, the right to a copy (i.e. on which the adjustment of the gender registration is visible) is limited to:
- yourself
- your legal representative (e.g. parent, guardian, administrator)
- your heirs
- special authorised representatives such as a notary or lawyer.
Extracts, indicating only the current status, can also be requested by:
- the spouse, surviving spouse or legal cohabitant
- relatives in the ascending or descending line (not relatives and collaterals).
If the deed is more than 100 years old, everyone is entitled to a copy or extract.
Proof
If you collect the document yourself:
- your own identity card or residence permit.
If you request the document for someone else:
- a power of attorney from the person concerned and a copy of his or her identity card
- your own identity card.
Procedure
Procedure
You can request a copy or an extract of a deed of adjustment of gender registration in the municipality where the deed was transferred to the registers of civil status.
If you have an electronic identity card (eID), you can request a copy or extract of the deed online
- via your commune's e-desk
- or via the certificates page of 'My Citizen Profile'.
Those electronic copies and extracts bear an electronic seal of the Ministry of the Interior. They have the same legal value as those issued by the municipality. As long as the information on the certificate is correct, you can use it validly in any form (paper or digital).
Since 1 January 2019, civil status deeds have only been registered digitally. If your deed dates from before 1 January 2019, it may not yet be available in digital form. Some municipalities are digitising old records as copies or extracts of deeds are requested or amendments are made.