I found on the http://www.nctequality.org/Issues/federal_documents.html#passport_gender (http://www.nctequality.org/Issues/federal_documents.html#passport_gender) site about changing your gender pre-op. I was wondering if anyone followed those instructions. Not that I doubt them, but the forms I have tell me to send them to a different address.
Does anyone have experience with this? Should I send them to the NCTE listed address, or should I send them to the address on the passport documentation.
Please let me know.
Valerie
I don't know. I sent a DS-82 (Application for a U.S. Passport by Mail) post-op to Philadelphia,
received my old documents from New Hampshire and my new passport from New Mexico.
Go figure.
I don't know how big a problem it could be traveling on a passport that says "Male".
I couldn't be bothered changing my passport beforehand and went through 4 borders.
I had no problem.
I'd stick with what travel.state.gov says.
After I had my name change done (pre-GRS) I went to the Post Office and had them change my name and replace my photo. It was pretty easy.
Julie
Well, I want to do the Gender Change. Says I can change it 1 year prior to SRS. I have the letter from my surgeon. It's under one year. Just wondering if anyone did that as well?
The US passport service requires a surgeon's affidavit stating GRS was performed or they will not change the gender. Same with social security.
Gender Change
You must submit:
1. Evidence of citizenship and proof of identity (for example, a driver's license or birth certificate).
2. A photo that is a good likeness of current appearance.
3. A fee of $85 to have a new passport issued.
4. Medical documentation stating that you have had or are planning on having surgery.
For Post Op transpeople, this documentation consists of a letter from a surgeon or hospital that performed surgery, a detailed statement from a medical surgeon regarding the surgery and name change evidence, if applicable (for example, a certified copy of a court document).
For Pre Op transpeople, this documentation consists of a detailed statement from a surgeon with whom you have plans to undergo surgery. This statement must outline the plans for your surgery. If you are traveling to undergo it, the passport agency will issue a temporary passport valid for one year.
I sent mine in to the address provided and it went through in no time but then I let it expire after surgery so will have to go through it again sometime soon.
Make sure to make copies of everything and keep a notebook and note everything that you do and who you talked to, etc, etc.
Quote from: Syne on September 16, 2009, 09:48:35 PM
I sent mine in to the address provided and it went through in no time but then I let it expire after surgery so will have to go through it again sometime soon.
Make sure to make copies of everything and keep a notebook and note everything that you do and who you talked to, etc, etc.
Provided at the website or on the paperwork?
Paperwork as I did not follow any websites except the one the .gov has out there.
Quote from: Valerie Elizabeth on September 16, 2009, 08:47:00 PM
Gender Change
You must submit:
1. Evidence of citizenship and proof of identity (for example, a driver's license or birth certificate).
2. A photo that is a good likeness of current appearance.
3. A fee of $85 to have a new passport issued.
4. Medical documentation stating that you have had or are planning on having surgery.
For Post Op transpeople, this documentation consists of a letter from a surgeon or hospital that performed surgery, a detailed statement from a medical surgeon regarding the surgery and name change evidence, if applicable (for example, a certified copy of a court document).
For Pre Op transpeople, this documentation consists of a detailed statement from a surgeon with whom you have plans to undergo surgery. This statement must outline the plans for your surgery. If you are traveling to undergo it, the passport agency will issue a temporary passport valid for one year.
I tried that but the USPS said they needed a surgeon's affidavit that the surgery already had been performed. Both Julie and I went to Montreal with that "M" on our passport. More power to you if they accept a pre letter.
Julie
I applied for my passort in June. All I did was put "Female" on my application, though my BC still said male. I got a phone call from the Boston passport office, asking me about the discrepency. I explained that I was transgender and applying for the passport to travel to Thailand for surgery. He replied that he thought that might be the case, then said he was going to mail a letter to me with instructions on how to get a temporary passport (good for a year) with Female on it. In four days I had the letter and all I had to do was mail a copy of the letter back along with documentation from my therapists verifying that I was truly transgender and my plans for Thailand. I got the passport with my F about two weeks later.
Now that I'm post-op, all I have to do is send a copy of the letter from my surgeon in order to get that F permanent and a 10 year passport. I already changed Social Security and the BC is in the works.
~Ceili
Quote from: Julie Marie on September 17, 2009, 07:20:49 PM
I tried that but the USPS said they needed a surgeon's affidavit that the surgery already had been performed. Both Julie and I went to Montreal with that "M" on our passport. More power to you if they accept a pre letter.
Julie
I think the USPS didn't know the policy. I would have mailed it anyway. But, you are post op now, so it doesn't matter.
I just wanted to update this.
I decided to go ahead with applying for the passport. I sent it to the address on the NTCE website. I followed their instructions to the T. I submitted the paperwork via USPS Priority Mail with delivery confirmation. I did this on Thursday the 17th of September. I recieved my new passport along with a voided (hole punched) old passport today. That was an 11 day turnaround (including weekends, wow).
The passport is valid for 1 year, and everything is correct on it. No hassles.
Easy as can be.
Valerie
Post Merge: September 28, 2009, 01:29:45 PM
It says on the last page of the passport.
-This passport expires on SEP 23 2010. It cannot be replaced without the express authorization of the department of state.
-A full validity passport book and card may be authorized upon receipt of required documentation.