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International travel with un-updated passport?

Started by FTMax, June 07, 2015, 02:32:52 PM

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FTMax

Looking for some advice here. I do not travel regularly, so not sure on the best possible procedure.

I'm trying to visit a friend in Canada sometime in the next few weeks. I have legally changed my name and gender on my driver's license, but haven't had a day to go update my passport yet. It still has me listed as my birth name and female gender.

Would I be able to fly internationally if I booked the flight in my birth name? I'm fine dealing with being gendered as female and being referred to as Miss while going through the airport, as long as I can get where I need to go.
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AnonyMs

I travel quite a bit, but I'm not sure on what the answer to this is. I'm pretty sure that you have to get it right or you can't fly. As in they will let you pay for the ticket, but they won't let you on the plane. I'd guess you need to use the name on the passport, but not sure.
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Tysilio

According to the State Dept. web page on processing times, routine applications are currently taking 4-6 weeks. If you're able and willing to pay the $60 fee to "expedite" the process:

Quote from: State Dept.As of (today), our expedited service commitment is to process your passport application within 8 business days from the time your application is received by a passport agency. This means you should receive your passport or denial letter within 3 weeks door-to-door**.

*Please note that expedited service is an additional fee of $60.
** Applies when the applicant chooses two-way Express Delivery.

It might be worth doing this and adjusting your travel plans accordingly. It could save you some aggravation, and you'd get to travel as you.

Here's the number to make an appointment at a passport agency: 877-487-2778.
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iKate


Quote from: ftmax on June 07, 2015, 02:32:52 PM
Looking for some advice here. I do not travel regularly, so not sure on the best possible procedure.

I'm trying to visit a friend in Canada sometime in the next few weeks. I have legally changed my name and gender on my driver's license, but haven't had a day to go update my passport yet. It still has me listed as my birth name and female gender.

Would I be able to fly internationally if I booked the flight in my birth name? I'm fine dealing with being gendered as female and being referred to as Miss while going through the airport, as long as I can get where I need to go.

I'm in the same boat sadly as I have changed no documents. My therapist said she will give me a travel letter.

I believe that as long as the secure flight data matches your passport and your ticket matches you should be fine.

Bear in mind if you do change your documents and already bought airline tickets it may be difficult to get the name changed on the tickets.
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RomeoEcho

If you don't have time to update your passport, then your documents only need to match. They won't ask for your driver's license, they'll ask for your passport. Your ticket and passport must match exactly. Book the ticket in your birth name and gender and you should be fine. The only possible glitch is if you've changed a lot since your picture. If you really dramatically look different from your picture, they could ask for additional ID. At which point you would need something with your birth name and a current photo. But honestly, I think it's pretty rare. The advantage you would have here is that everyone will speak English and you can probably explain why you look different. I travel on a female passport and get sir'd right up until I hand over my passport, sometimes no one bats an eye, sometimes they look a little closer and then let me go. If you're on T, I'd try and dress as female as you think you can handle for the time in the airport and then go back to your normal self after. For what it's worth, I normally go back to being sir'd on the airplane even though my name is female on the manifest.

I hate to have to say this, but if you are a race that tends to be profiled by either your home country or the one you are traveling to, you may have more scrutiny.

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iKate

They don't need to match exactly exactly, they (TSA) do allow for middle name/initials to vary.
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ToniB

Hi iKate  I just travelled to spain and back on my male name and passport but presenting female and had absolutely no problem whatsoever .Using the new e-passport gates was as easy as Pie .And the checkout and flight crews did not bat an eyelid when I presented my documents and even gendered me correctly after seeing my male name on the ticket .I also had no problems with bathrooms in the Uk or spain :)
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FTMax

Thanks everyone! Most of our post offices here do walk-in passport acceptance for the first X number of people per day, so I'm going to try to get out to one of them within the week. I'm 99% sure I'd have no problem so long as the ticket was in the right name, but $600+ is a lot of money to spend and be wrong. I suppose I can wait another few weeks to go abroad, though it's less than ideal.
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