I finally got my letter and have changed my marker with Social Security and DMV, but have a few more still to change. Based on what I have read, it appears I need to use a DS-11 and apply in person even though I already have a passport in my old name and gender? Will they want to keep my original Doctor's letter?

I submitted my DS-11. Hopefully all goes well.

Good luck!

Hugs, Devlyn

Thanks.

I wasn't sure if they would want to keep the letter (they did), so I corrected my other IDs first. Sure enough, they sent my letter off with the DS-11 and my amended (for name change) birth certificate. They indicated that I should receive my documents back whenever they're done with them.

Quote from: lisarenee on March 09, 2016, 09:14:19 AM
Thanks.

I wasn't sure if they would want to keep the letter (they did), so I corrected my other IDs first. Sure enough, they sent my letter off with the DS-11 and my amended (for name change) birth certificate. They indicated that I should receive my documents back whenever they're done with them.

I got all of my original documents back a few weeks after I received my new passport.

I had it sent to my parents place as I expected it to arrive next week when I would be visiting family for Easter. I just spoke to my mother and she said the passport book arrived today. It appears they issued a full 10 year passport  . Now, I'm just waiting on my documents and a passport card. That works out to 11 days door-to-door.

The Passport Card arrived a day or two later, followed by most of my documents a few days after that. They returned everything but the letter from my doctor. Thankfully, I took care of my licenses beforehand, so I probably won't need the letter anyways, especially with a full validity US Passport.

For those of us in Canada, to change your marker, you still need the letter from a surgeon stating you have undergone SRS. From what I hear, that has been challenged as discriminatory under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and is before the courts.

You will need 2 photographs, complete the passport application with documentation\references as indicated. I was told that they will do my passport at no charge unless I want the thing expedited at which case I need to pay the appropriate fee

If your passport is still valid for more than a year, you must also enclose a letter written by you indicating why your passport is being submitted.

I would suggest, if possible, you take everything down to a passport office so they can get the ball rolling sooner.

Love,
Clare.

Quote from: TG CLare on April 08, 2016, 10:50:31 AM
For those of us in Canada, to change your marker, you still need the letter from a surgeon stating you have undergone SRS.

I don't think this part is true.  I am in the middle of updating my Canadian passport at the moment, and as long as the gender marker on the Birth Certificate has been updated, they will take that to update the gender marker.  Some provinces require an SRS letter, for the Birth Certificate gender marker update, but some do not.  Without the Birth Certificate update, there are likely different requirements but I never fully looked into that.

One other thing I found out is that you cannot use the Simplified passport application form.  It needs to be the long one.

I was just going to make this comment Jessica! I spoke to the passport office yesterday and all I needed was my updated Birth Certificate and new Driver's Licence (with current photo). I am waiting for my new DL,just applied for the new one last Monday. And yes the long form is necessary. This is inconvenient as it means getting references and guarantor all over again.

Hello Jessica and Island Girl.

I am in the midst of updating my passport too and I am in Ontario. I could be running into different things as I wasn't born here but my citizenship card still says male and it's a 2 year wait I was told before I can get that changed but in the mean time, I still need my passport updated.

I need my gender to match on my licence and passport because I need to obtain a FAST card so I can get through the border faster as a truck driver. I had sent everything in and the Canadians had no problem but the Americans picked up on the difference at the last stage of my interview. I had been photographed, finger printed, everything and he caught the discrepancy. He recommended  to the Dep't of Homeland Security it be issued as female and it seems that has been done. Just waiting for it to arrive now.

I asked about changing the gender and I was asked for my GCS letter and handed a long form. Beats me why? I have a passport so I must have had someone to vouch for me and now I need to get 3 people, one who must have a Canadian passport that is either valid or not expired more than a year. My name is the same, my picture is there and the only change is gender and I have to jump through some hoops because of it.

Changing gender for the province is easy, the feds still like to make it hard.

Anyway, that was what they wanted from me the other day. Others might need more or less than I did.

Love,
Clare.