Adult Legal Name Recognition Timeline.

The Supreme Court held that the Aguascalientes judicial model is unconstitutional and recognition must be administrative, private and based on self-perception.

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

Ordered a sex entry change under article 8 ECHR, noting Aruba has no statutory regime.

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The Court of Justice of the European Union (C-43/24 Shipova, 12 March 2026) held that EU law precludes a legal framework that does not allow a citizen who has exercised free movement to change sex data.

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

Made the escritura and registry correction of the sex component free of charge once.

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

Held the adults-only limit unconstitutional in certain cases; adolescents need legal support and psychosocial reports, assessed individually.

The Justice Ministry circular of 8 January 2026 barred medical evidence requirements for trans people's first name changes and confirmed the demedicalised court route.

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The Supreme Court annulled the provisions limiting recognition to adults.

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

France: The Justice Ministry circular of 8 January 2026 barred medical evidence requirements for trans people's first name changes and confirmed the demedicalised court route.

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The 2026 amendment restated that a personal name or first name can be changed on the request of a Montenegrin citizen.

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

France: The Justice Ministry circular of 8 January 2026 barred medical evidence requirements for trans people's first name changes and confirmed the demedicalised court route.

The Registry's current service list (checked November 2026) offers administrative changes of name.

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The Supreme Court refused leave to proceed in a challenge to the circular, leaving the procedure in place.

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

The amendment removed the right to self-perceived gender identity, narrowed the definition of transgender person, made certificates depend on a medical board recommendation, and required a surgery certificate for a…

In 2025 Albania rejected a UPR recommendation on self-identification-based recognition and a trans activist began legal action against the civil registry's refusal to change her marker.

Law 012-2025/ALT of 1 September 2025 enacted a new Code des personnes et de la famille, signed on 25 September 2025, replacing the 1989 code; its commencement date is unclear.

The Supreme Court struck the requirement to show a voting credential to request the new act.

Allows rectification of the sex entry at the civil registry without surgery or court, with a CENESEX multidisciplinary report.

The Ministry of Health guideline in force from July 2025 lets a person whose sex change care has begun declare a neutral name at any registry office on a sexologist's confirmation.

Created an administrative procedure.

An adult can change their name once by affidavit at the General Register Office.

On 16 September 2025 the Constitutional Court declined a referral on the absence of gender change legislation, leaving courts to fill the gap.

The Supreme Court upheld a chancellor's refusal of a transgender minor's name change, citing the state's policy against transition for minors.

Lovvedtak 104 (2024-2025) moved appeals and children's applications with one parent to the State Administrator in Østfold, Buskerud, Oslo and Akershus.

The Act set up combined civil and identity registration, recording gender at birth and on the national identity card, with name changes by application to the Registrar-General.

Overturned a first-instance order recognising a trans woman's lived name, nine years after the case began.

The Supreme Court full bench (III CZP 6/24, 4 March 2025) moved recognition into non-contentious proceedings with only the applicant and spouse as participants.

Constitutional Act 255/2025, in force 1 November 2025, inserted Article 52a: the Slovak Republic recognises only the biologically determined sex of man and woman.

The new Civil Code Book 1 took effect, including first-name changes by the cantonal judge and the doubtful-sex entry at birth.

Lovvedtak 104 (2024-2025) moved appeals and children's applications with one parent to the State Administrator in Østfold, Buskerud, Oslo and Akershus.

Created an administrative procedure with no age requirement.

Found that the sex entry cannot be rectified to match gender identity in these countries.

The President vetoed Parliament's amendment allowing neutral first names, leaving the rule against names that raise doubts about sex in place.

The Self-Determination Act replaced the Transsexuellengesetz from 1 November 2024 with a declaration at the registry office.

Extended recognition to children, adolescents and non-binary people.

Added a procedure for under-18s through their tutors with the minor's express will, and allowed persona no binaria or any other gender identity.

The Self-Determination Act replaced the Transsexuellengesetz from 1 November 2024 with a declaration at the registry office.

Found that the sex entry cannot be rectified to match gender identity in these countries.

The Self-Determination Act replaced the Transsexuellengesetz from 1 November 2024 with a declaration at the registry office.

The Self-Determination Act replaced the Transsexuellengesetz from 1 November 2024 with a declaration at the registry office.

The Self-Determination Act replaced the Transsexuellengesetz from 1 November 2024 with a declaration at the registry office.

Created an administrative procedure.

Applications for change of name are published in the Official Gazette by the Deputy Registrar.

Adults can rectify the sex or gender entry by express declaration, once.

Interior Ministry directive No. 25/2024 reportedly made recognition conditional on forensic examinations, limiting it to intersex people.

The Law defines sex by hereditary genetic characteristics, forbids recording any other sex in civil status records, identity cards and other documents, and bars courts from recognising another sex.

Created an administrative procedure.

The Self-Determination Act replaced the Transsexuellengesetz from 1 November 2024 with a declaration at the registry office.

The Self-Determination Act replaced the Transsexuellengesetz from 1 November 2024 with a declaration at the registry office.

Found that the sex entry cannot be rectified to match gender identity in these countries.

The Self-Determination Act replaced the Transsexuellengesetz from 1 November 2024 with a declaration at the registry office.

The President vetoed Parliament's amendment allowing neutral first names, leaving the rule against names that raise doubts about sex in place.

Act XXV of 2024 amended the GIGESC Act, including registration as non-binary with X on all official documents, in force 12 September 2024.

Removed public notice for name changes by transgender, non-binary, gender-diverse and two-spirit people.

The Self-Determination Act replaced the Transsexuellengesetz from 1 November 2024 with a declaration at the registry office.

The Civil Registration and Identification Act 13 of 2024 was promulgated on 30 December 2024 but has not been brought into force.

The Self-Determination Act replaced the Transsexuellengesetz from 1 November 2024 with a declaration at the registry office.

The Supreme Court held that excluding children under 12 was unconstitutional.

Ordered RENIEC to change the sex and names of an intersex man on the evidence of a karyotype.

The President vetoed Parliament's amendment allowing neutral first names, leaving the rule against names that raise doubts about sex in place.

Names are changed by registration; deed polls are no longer used.

The Self-Determination Act replaced the Transsexuellengesetz from 1 November 2024 with a declaration at the registry office.

Law No. 71/2024 of 26 June 2024 governing persons and family replaced the 2016 law and sets the rules on names, sex and rectification.

The Self-Determination Act replaced the Transsexuellengesetz from 1 November 2024 with a declaration at the registry office.

The Self-Determination Act replaced the Transsexuellengesetz from 1 November 2024 with a declaration at the registry office.

The Self-Determination Act replaced the Transsexuellengesetz from 1 November 2024 with a declaration at the registry office.