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Title: Correcting Legal Documents (Issue Midway)
Post by: ChaoticTribe on April 10, 2013, 10:03:02 AM
Post by: ChaoticTribe on April 10, 2013, 10:03:02 AM
So I've run into a problem. In the state of Virginia, you can get a driver's license with your correct sex on it simply by having a doctor sign a form stating that your gender identity is ____ and will remain so for the foreseeable future. Excellent, driver's license in order.
I then got surgery and my doctor wrote me a letter stating when I had it done and that it changed my sex from female to male, as well as the date and signing it.
Now I need to get my social security documents changed as well as my birth certificate. From there, I will be able to get myself a passport. Issue is, the birth certificate is one from New Jersey. They say that I need a 'notarized' letter, with his license number on it. This will cost me 100$ and I am worried they will need a second one for social security, and I am also scared that they may possibly change the requirements and say "Oh it needed ____" as well, and then refuse to accept the letter.
Does anyone know if the DMV will take a letter which is signed and dated and states I had sex change surgery if it does not list the Dr's license number? Will social security? I could end up needing 3 of these and I am worried about spending 300$ if they will be deemed 'lacking' in some way.
I then got surgery and my doctor wrote me a letter stating when I had it done and that it changed my sex from female to male, as well as the date and signing it.
Now I need to get my social security documents changed as well as my birth certificate. From there, I will be able to get myself a passport. Issue is, the birth certificate is one from New Jersey. They say that I need a 'notarized' letter, with his license number on it. This will cost me 100$ and I am worried they will need a second one for social security, and I am also scared that they may possibly change the requirements and say "Oh it needed ____" as well, and then refuse to accept the letter.
Does anyone know if the DMV will take a letter which is signed and dated and states I had sex change surgery if it does not list the Dr's license number? Will social security? I could end up needing 3 of these and I am worried about spending 300$ if they will be deemed 'lacking' in some way.
Title: Re: Correcting Legal Documents (Issue Midway)
Post by: Flan on April 10, 2013, 10:43:06 PM
Post by: Flan on April 10, 2013, 10:43:06 PM
Certified copies are always cheaper. Can expect them to run about $20 a pop at a courthouse.
Title: Re: Correcting Legal Documents (Issue Midway)
Post by: Devlyn on April 10, 2013, 11:15:30 PM
Post by: Devlyn on April 10, 2013, 11:15:30 PM
There's info in here that might help:
https://www.susans.org/wiki/Changing_Social_Security_records (https://www.susans.org/wiki/Changing_Social_Security_records)
https://www.susans.org/wiki/Changing_Social_Security_records (https://www.susans.org/wiki/Changing_Social_Security_records)