Identification & Official Documents

Identification and Official Documents

Up to date, step by step information for changing your name and gender marker on your identity documents and other records.

Tip: If you simply want identification with your chosen name and gender marker, the easiest way is to:

1. Change the name on your birth certificate
2. Use the updated birth certificate to get a passport with your chosen name and gender marker

This is because you can choose the gender marker on a passport, whereas changing the gender marker on a birth certificate is a more complicated process. On your passport, you have three options for the gender marker – F, M, or X – unspecified.

Financial Assistance

If you are a sex worker, New Zealand Prostitutes’ Collective may be able to assist you, contact the national branch.
If you are a youth in the Wellington region, Naming New Zealand may be able to assist you.

NZQA

Process for amending name and gender changes on a student’s school records

Birth Certificate Name Change

To change your legal name by Statutory Declaration, you will need to fill out a name change statutory declaration form…

Driver’s Licence

To update your legal name and gender on your existing drivers licence, you will need to fill out two forms, the DL2 for changing your name and photo, and the DL25 statutory declaration of gender change…

Passports – the easy gender marker change

To apply for a new passport or update your existing passport, you will need to fill in the appropriate form with your personal details including your current legal name, and the gender you wish to have shown (choose from F, M, or X)…