hiya, can't answer your question, my surgery wz not with him, but wanted to say congratulations.
Stardust
Quote from: JessicaR on February 01, 2011, 07:40:54 PM
Hi all,
I'm scheduled for SRS with Dr. Suporn for May 31. (yayyy)
I was wondering if any of you who have had SRS with Suporn had any trouble with the notarization requirement that some states have to change one's birth certificate.
My state's requirements:
You will need a notarized statement from the physician that performed the complete surgery. The statement must be on the official letterhead of the hospital or clinic, and must declare that the "complete" surgery was performed and state the correct sex of the patient. The statement must also include the date and place of birth of the patient.
Did your letter meet these requirements?
It's my understanding that, for an additional price, you can be driven to Bangkok and have the letter notarized at the U.S. embassy. Did anyone do this? Did anyone have their state give them a hard time. I'm concerned.
Thanks!
Jessica R
Hi Jessica,
Congratulations on your upcoming SRS. I had my SRS with Dr Suporn this past December, I am very pleased with my
results. I wish you the best with your procedure, you are in great hands. I feel that my experience matched up with
my expectations and the reputation of Dr Suporn and his clinic staff.
I can't speak to having any troubles with changing my birth certificate as I have not started the process. I can give you
insight into what the clinic's "default" SRS certificate says. During the initial consult before surgery you will be asked how
many letters you need and if you want them notarized. The notarization was done by The Medical Council of The Thai Ministry of Health. This seems to be the standard procedure for US citizens. I didn't press for a lot of details, Utah, my current state's
requirements are pretty minimal. I was born in Indiana which requires a judge in Utah to write an order to Indiana to change
my birth certificate. I have to convince the Utah judge that he or she has the power to write that order. I decided that I would have one copy of my letter notarized just in case. You don't have to go to Bangkok yourself, the clinic will make the arrangements and have a courrier go to the Medical Council on your behalf. Their is a charge for each notarized copy and also a charge for the courrier. The clinic will try to arrange for the courrier to take documents for a couple patients, if that can be
arranged you split the cost of the courrier.
I am looking at my letter right now. I call it the "default" because I didn't ask to see the letter before it was written. And to be
honest I don't remember if they showed me the letter initially. In your case you may want to have it modified slightly. I'll try to
answer each of your questions.
Letterhead: Yes
Declare complete surgery: Yes. The verbiage covers this in a couple manners. It describes the operation's procedures,
orchiectomy, vaginoplasty, clitoroplasty, and labiaplasty. It describes patient is permanently and irrevocably infertile in
all aspects. It says by all legal and medical definitions patient's sex has been permanently and irrevocably changed from
male to female.
State correct sex of patient: The document doesn't have a field where it says "birth sex: male". But it does have the verbiage
mentioned above. As well as another sentence describing the appearance of external genitalia, which is very clearly stated
male to female.
Date of Birth: Yes
Place of Birth: Default letter just says "Nationality: USA" and lists your Passport Number.
I hope this information helps. If you have any other questions I would be glad to share anything I can.
Best Wishes,
Elaina