Uk Legal Name Change And Passport Change Info

[Guest jessica14]

firstly for your name change, all you need is to

1. Be Over 16
   
2. Have A Witness/Solicitor
   [*} Or if you are not using a solicitor then a Gosh darned good printer
   

now, once you have 1 and a solicitor or witness, we can continue. you only need this document signed by you in both your old name, your new name and a witness or solicitor. change everything in red to what is required, and remove the bits that say signature.

BY THIS DEED OF CHANGE OF NAME AND TITLE made by myself the undersigned <new name> of <resident address> formerly known as <old name>

HEREBY DECLARE AS FOLLOWS:

  1. I ABSOLUTELY and entirely renounce, relinquish and abandon the use of my former name of <old name> and assume, adopt and determine to take and use from the date hereof the name of <new name> in substitution for my former name of <old name>
  2. I SHALL AT ALL TIMES hereafter in all records, deeds, documents and other writing and in all actions and proceedings, as well as in all dealings and transactions and on all occasions whatsoever use and subscribe the said name of <new name> as my name, in substitution for my former name of <old name> so relinquished as aforesaid to the intent that I may hereafter be called, known or distinguished by the name of <new name> and not by my former name of <old name>
  3. I AUTHORISE and require all persons at all times to designate, describe and address me by the adopted name of <new name>


I FURTHER HEREBY DECLARE that I entirely renounce, relinquish and abandon the use of my former title of <old title> and assume, adopt and determine to take and use from the date hereof the title of <new title> in substitution for my former title of <old title>

IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto subscribed my adopted and substituted forenames of <new forenames> and my surname of <new surname> and also my said former name of <old name>

DATED THIS <date> DAY OF <month> IN THE YEAR <year>

SIGNED AS A DEED
by the above named
<new name>


<signature>
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Signed as <new name>



Formerly known as
<old name>


<signature>
-----------------------------
Signed as <old name>



In the presence of:

Name: <name of witness>
Address: <address of witness>
Occupation: <occupation of witness>

<signature>

now for the passport...

It is possible in the United Kingdom to apply for a new passport without a corrected birth certificate. The new passport will contain the correct gender marker, be valid for the full period of ten years, and will have no information on the passport itself to suggest that you are transsexual. It is not a temporary or lesser kind of passport.

You will need to fill in the passport application form as usual, include your original birth certificate, your change of name deed poll, a covering letter explaining your application (though this need be nothing much more than stating you are transsexual), and a letter from a medical professional whose care you are under. If you already have a passport you will need to return this also.

The letter from your doctor needs to state the following: your former name, your new name, your date of birth, that you have been diagnosed as transsexual and that your change in gender is permanent. (Please be aware that if you wish to have this letter returned, specifically request this on your covering letter, because they normally take digital copies before destroying the original.)

You do not have to attend the passport office in person, though it is fairly likely that somebody from the service will contact you in person to ask a few questions about your application. Also, I understand that passports for transsexual people who apply in this way are processed by a specific department, and not with the main body of applications. This makes it likely that you will receive your passport quite quickly. There is no minimum time limit on when you can apply for a passport. You can apply as soon as your doctor is willing to write you a letter, and you need not have received any form of hormonal or surgical treatment.

hopefully this can be useful to anyone transitioning in the UK

Jess

[Guest i is Sam :-)]

I have yet to get my first passport, since being too old to be on my mother's. I kept putting it off. And I noticed last years that the rules for first time passport applications now require you to attend an interview. This isn't specific to trans people, but I can't imagine them making an exception for us either. So if you specifically wanted to avoid having to appear in front of someone as trans, then you'd have to apply for your passport before you changed your name, and then get it updated afterwards.

[Flint]

Thanks for this. I didn't know much aboutr the passport thing....I've just recently got the files posted for my name change now just need to get a witness to sign it and date it and all of that. Thanks for this post it's been helpful and somewhat reasuring.

Has anyone here in the UK been to tthe bank to sort out all this name change stuff? and sorted it with docs yet? if so what were reactions like...This is one thing i'm terrified about, social implications and reactions when i go somewhere claiming to be Matt who is a 19 year old who sounds like 12 year old...or just sounds like a woman.....So if anyone could tell me their experiences on reactions around the UK it would be great, maybe reasuring? maybe not...Either way please be honest lol

[Guest i is Sam :-)]

Maybe we could just swap info lol? since the name I'm currently stuck with is Matthew.

Seriously tho, I changed my surname by deedpole a few years ago, and provided I gave people a copy I had no trouble getting bank accounts and everything else switched over. Obviously it's more daunting if you're changing to a different gendered name, but I'm not too worried about it, I mean it's a bank, regardless of the feelings of the clerk they've got to act professionally right, and you will ever rarely see them after that. You could probably request a form to do it by post.

As for changing gender markers on these things, I don't know, did the bank ever ask me if I was male or female when I made the account? Whether they easily have the ability to change it or not, they do have to be able to cos the data protection act requires that they have the ability to amended incorrect information, so they need ot be set up for the possiblity of a mistake. Not that it terribly bothers what sex the bank thinks I am, but from a perspective of credit check and what have you, it's probably a good idea to get it right.

[Guest julia_d]

All the bank ever asked me was some proof of ID .. I used my medical card which says Miss.

I changed my name and gender markers a long time ago, before the gender recognition act was even thought of, and it was easy to change everything over with HMRC and social security and the NHS. They never even questioned it.

I need a passport very soon, so I will have to check out the requirement for first timers to have an interview.. Seems stupid for somebody who was born here in all honesty.