Susan's Place Transgender Resources

Has anyone here needed to renew their passport and change name and gender? Do they need the gender recognition certificate? I can't afford both :(

I haven't done it myself but here's a link to a document about it: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/229992/Applying_for_a_passport_additional_information_WEB.PDF

I've only had a quick skim read, but you don't need a GRC (you can only get one after 2 years of living fulltime as male anyway), all you need is a letter from your doctor saying that your gender is permanent. You will need a deed poll but they're not so expensive. You can get them for free online, but personally I'd rather pay £15 or so for a paid one and get a handful of professionally printed ones. Just seems more formal to me.

had to renew mine when i got my deed poll, Gender no as you will need a gender recognition, and yeah passport cost a lot. (which i think is stupid.)

Thanks! It does say a docs letter and deed poll is needed! :D already got my deed poll doc :)

A deed poll or other official name change document is required, but no GRC. I changed mine with just a letter from my psychiatrist person who also wrote my testosterone letter. I had only just started testosterone at that point as well but had been living full time for over a year (I had changed my name a couple of years before, but was waiting until I could change my gender at the same time because of cost. I ended up waiting a few more years than I expected, hence the delay). It only took a week as well, but that can depend on what time of year you send it off at.

I put in my application a month ago and you definitely don't need any gender recognition stuff now, so you CAN get male on your passport. Not being able to get that would actually make it illegal for me to fly without faking a high voice and looking like a girl as you are not allowed to travel if you don't present as the gender on your passport in Canada! Obviously they're not picking out tomboys or effeminate men, but a deep voice and a packer could, theoretically, mean you'd not be allowed to fly. I don't know how often, if ever, this is upheld, but it is a law and it just takes one person to uphold it. So perhaps rules like that made the British passport folks buck up their ideas!

They didn't require anything beyond proof of name change, proof of using that name (I used a bill for health insurance) and a letter from a doctor. You can do the application online and it's easy as pie. The gov website has specific instructions for changing gender. It's honestly as simple as doing the renewed passport application and ticking male and writing your new name, indicating previous named and including change of name certificate or a deed poll thing, whatever you have for that.

FYI: anyone with a British passport that reads F, especially if taking T, if I were you I'd get that fixed to M before planning on visiting Canada and perhaps US. Just in case!!

Honestly didn't expect it to be that easy! Lol half expected them sending it back saying you need this, this, this and blood! Lol been putting it off for years! I can't now though, organising a holiday in June :)

I changed mine with a letter from my councillor from the local gender support group. The deed poll cost about £10 and was back in 2 days, the letter was free and got straight away and the passport was whatever they charge for passports. I paid I think it was £150 for within a few hours production.

June is ages away. Only took a little over 4 weeks for me and I'm in Canada! Lol.