Birth Certificate Changes

Birth Certificate Changes

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Changing Your Name and Gender on Your Virginia Birth Certificate

If you are a transgender individual born in Virginia and you want to amend your birth certificate in order to correct your name and gender, you will need a court order to do so. Virginia courts provide forms to allow individuals to petition for a name change, and, very recently, have also created a separate form to allow individuals to petition to change their gender marker on their birth certificate. Click here to read more.

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