Guidance
Gender recognition: caseworker guidance
Tells HM Passport Office staff about customers who ask for a change of gender on their passport.
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This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff what we mean by gender recognition.
It also tells them:
- how a customer can ask for a change to the gender on their passport
- what evidence the customer must send
- how to examine an application
- how to deal with applications to change a child’s gender
- about the Gender Recognition Act
- what the gender recognition panel is and how to contact them
Updates to this page
Published 9 February 2010Last updated 10 April 2024 + show all updates
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Updates in line with new legislation, including a link to the Gender Recognition (Approved Countries and Territories and Saving Provision) Order 2024.
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This guidance has been updated to reflect the change in our sovereign from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to His Majesty King Charles III.
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Accessible version added.
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Updated guidance.
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First published.