Leskovac Municipality Announced: How is Gender Change Officially Registered?
Key Points
- Gender change can be officially recorded in the birth register with an approval document from an authorized health institution.
- An approval document requires at least one year of hormone therapy or gender-affirming surgery.
- At the end of the process, the person's identity number (JMBG) is changed, and an application for new identity documents can be made.
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The municipality of Leskovac in Serbia has announced the official procedures regarding how the status of citizens who undergo a gender change will be recorded in their birth registers. Accordingly, individuals who undergo a gender change can update their information by applying to the population directorate in the location where they are registered in the birth register.
For the process to begin, a gender change approval document issued by an authorized health institution must be submitted. This document can be signed by the relevant doctors after at least one year of hormone therapy is completed under the supervision of psychiatry and endocrinology specialists, or following gender-affirming surgery.
After the document reaches the population directorate, the municipality makes a decision and the civil registrar updates the records in the birth register. Upon completion of the procedure, the person's old identity number is deactivated, a new identity number is determined, and the individual gains the right to apply for new identity documents.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What document is required to register a gender change in birth records?
- A gender change approval document issued by an authorized health institution, following at least one year of hormone therapy or surgical intervention, is required.
- How does the process work if the gender change was performed abroad?
- Individuals who undergo procedures abroad must apply to the Expert Commission for Transsexual Conditions of the Republic of Serbia and have their foreign health documents approved.
- What step does the population directorate take in updating identity information?
- The population directorate updates the birth record, deactivates the person's old identity number, and notifies the Ministry of Internal Affairs to determine a new identity number.
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