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U.S. Virgin Islands birth certificates

Update your name
YesAfter your legal name change
Gender markerThe sex or gender field (M, F, or X) printed on an ID document or stored in an agency's record.
UnclearNo written policy; see details

If you were born in the Virgin Islands, Vital Records will reissue your birth certificate with a court-ordered name change. No law bans a sex marker change, but there is no known procedure or legal standard for one. The only possible route would be a court order, and no such petition is known to have been filed.

Main cost
$15
Apply
By mail or in person

Draft from official sources, September 24, 2026. Not yet checked by a person. How we verify

This applies only if you were born here. Birth certificates follow your birth state, not where you live now. Choose your birth state

On this page
  1. How it works
  2. Steps
  3. Costs and fee waivers
  4. Forms
  5. After you finish
  6. Laws and other guides
  7. Sources

How it works

Birth records are kept by the Office of Vital Records and Statistics of the Virgin Islands Department of Health, which has one office for the St. Thomas/St. John district and one for the St. Croix district.

  • Name: after the Superior Court issues your name change, Vital Records can issue a birth certificate showing the new name. Advocates were told you can request it in person with a government ID about five to seven business days after the order. The certificate is noted as amended but does not say what was changed.
  • Sex marker: no statute bans the change, but no protocol exists. You would likely need a court order, and there is no known case of one being requested.

If you were born elsewhere, your birth state's or country's rules apply.

Steps

  1. Get your name change order[3]

    Complete your Superior Court name change (see the USVI name change guide). The court sends the final certificate to Vital Statistics.

  2. Request the new birth certificate[3][2]

    About five to seven business days after the order, go in person with government photo ID to the Vital Records office for the district where you were born. St. Thomas/St. John district, 340-774-9000 ext. 4685. St. Croix district, 340-712-0117.

    Cost
    $15 certified birth certificate (per copy)

  3. Or order copies by mail[1]

    If you live off-island, mail a notarized application, a copy of your photo ID, and a U.S. Postal money order ($15 per certificate, two per year at most) to the district office where you were born. St. Thomas/St. John, 1303 Hospital Ground, Suite 10, St. Thomas, VI 00802. St. Croix, 4006 Estate Diamond, Suite 104, St. Croix, VI 00820. Personal checks are not accepted.

    Cost
    $15 certified birth certificate (per copy)

Costs and fee waivers

WhatCostNotes
Certified birth certificate (per copy)[1]$15A birth verification, which shows only name and date of birth, costs $6. The amendment fee is not published.

More detail

Forms1 form

Open a form for tips on filling it out.

Application for Certified Copy of Birth Record (for requests by mail)Sometimes required: To order certified copies by mail.

To order certified copies by mail. The application must be notarized.

Open the form[1]

After you finishUse the new certificate to update your BMV record.

Use the new certificate to update your BMV record. For your passport and Social Security, see the federal guides.

Laws and other guides1 other guide

Other trusted guides

Sources

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  1. Application for Certified Copy of Birth RecordVirgin Islands Department of Health, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, Form. accessed
    “Birth Verification Fee $6.00. Birth Certificate Fee $15.00. United States Postal Money Order of $15.00 each (Maximum of 2 per year)”
  2. Vital Records & StatisticsVirgin Islands Department of Health, Official page. accessed
  3. US Virgin Islands Identity DocumentsAdvocates for Trans Equality, Organization. accessed
    “There exist no statutory bans on changing a gender marker on a birth certificate however no protocol or legal standard is known to exist to do so.”