As of 1 July 2017 an individual personal identity number, starting with the digit “3” will be allocated to all persons, regarding whom information will be included in the Register of Natural Persons (initial registration of a person).
The personal identity number shall consist of eleven digits, ensuring non-repeating of personal identity numbers. The first digit of the personal identity number shall be “3”, the second digit is a random digit from "2" to "9" automatically generated by the system, but the rest of digits shall be digits from “0” to “9” automatically and casually generated by the system. The new personal identity number, starting with “3” will be permanent, except the case, when a person is being adopted.
From 1 July 2017, a person is entitled to change their personal identification code once in person (personal identification codes up to and including 30 June 2017) to a personal identification code that does not contain a date of birth. A personal identification code containing a date of birth can be changed throughout a person's life by submitting an application in person to any division of the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs or a representative office of the Republic of Latvia abroad.
Changing a personal identification code is free of charge.
It is not possible to choose a combination of numbers for a personal identification code and after changing a personal identification code, a person will no longer be able to change and recover the previous personal identification code, as it is automatically generated once in the Register of Natural Persons.