embassies and consulates will not be able to offer emergency passports with X gender markers until all technological updates are complete in late 2023. Once they have completed their travel, they have up to one year from the date of issuance to apply for a free replacement routine passport with an X gender marker using Form DS-5504. In late 2023, after additional forms and IT systems are updated, X gender markers will be available on other documents we issue including passport cards, emergency passport books printed at our embassies and consulates, expedited and emergency passports issued at our passport agencies and centers, and Consular Reports of Birth Abroad (CRBAs).īefore late 2023, if a customer visits the public counter of a passport agency needing a passport for immediate travel, they will select a binary gender marker (M or F). If your limited-validity passport was issued more than two years ago, please use Form DS-11 and follow the steps on our Apply In Person page.Īt this time, you can select X as your gender marker only when applying for a routine passport book. Please note that expedited service is not yet available if you are applying for a passport book with an X gender marker. You do not have to pay fees unless you are requesting optional, expedited service. To use this form, you must apply within two years of your previous passport's issuance date. To replace a limited-validity passport with a full-validity passport in this situation, submit Form DS-5504. We no longer require medical documentation or a physician’s letter as evidence of a gender transition. Under our previous passport policies, if you were in the process of transitioning to a new gender when you applied for your passport, you may have received a limited-validity passport (issued for less than the full validity period of 10 years for those 16 and older and five years for children under 16). Note: You may use our Form Filler or download the PDF version of your passport form if you are requesting a passport with an X gender marker. Consular Reports of Birth Abroad (CRBAs).Emergency passports printed at embassies and consulates.You will also be able to request (X) for the following documents we issue: You can apply in-person at a passport acceptance facility or renew by mail.īeginning in late 2023, you will be able to select X as a marker if you are requesting expedited or urgent travel service. passport book and selecting routine service.
passport.Īt this time, you can select male (M), female (F), or unspecified or another gender identity (X) as your gender marker if you are applying for a U.S. We no longer require medical documentation to change the gender marker on your U.S. The gender you select does not need to match the gender on your supporting documentation such as a birth certificate, previous passport, or state ID.
You can select the gender marker you would like printed on your U.S.
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