Truename paperwork checklist: Tasmania

General information, not legal advice. Last checked 14 Nov 2026. To print, use your browser’s Print option (Ctrl+P, or Cmd+P on a Mac).

• Change my registered name with TAS Births, Deaths and Marriages (if needed)
• Update my sex or gender marker with TAS Births, Deaths and Marriages (if needed)
• Order the new certificate(s) and keep certified copies
• Update my TAS driver licence or photo card
• Update Medicare (name by phone; gender in myGov)
• Update Centrelink (if I use it)
• Update the ATO in myGov
• Apply for a new passport (if I have one)
• Update my electoral enrolment with the AEC
• Banks, super, insurance, utilities, work or study, GP and other health records

Official sources

• Tasmanian BDM: Adult (16 and older) registering your change of name online
• Tasmanian BDM: Gender registration
• Transport Tasmania: Changing your name and/or address
• Services Australia: Medicare
• Centrelink: name
• Centrelink: gender
• ATO: Update your name
• Australian Passport Office
• AEC: Update my details

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