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Change your name or gender

  • Change your name in your passport
  • Change your gender in your passport

Change your name or gender

  • Change your name in your passport
  • Change your gender in your passport

Change your name or gender

You can have your passport issued in your preferred name and gender.

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Change your name in your passport

If you have changed your name and want your new name in your passport, you need to apply for a new passport.

Change your gender in your passport

Your New Zealand passport can be issued in your preferred gender without you needing to change these details on your birth or citizenship record.

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Page last updated: 28 June 2022

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