Application for a Gender Recognition Certificate (Overseas legal recognition application) (Gender Recognition Act 2004)
| Published date | 21 March 2018 |
| Subject Matter | Gender Recognition Panel forms |
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T454
Guidance on completing the Overseas application
form for a Gender Recognition Certificate
Only for applicants who have formally changed their gender under the law
of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom
This document is designed to assist applicants for a Gender Recognition Certificate who are
applying on the basis that their acquired gender has been recognised under the law of an
‘approved country or territory’.
Applicants must demonstrate that their acquired gender has been recognised under the law
of an approved country or territory (in some countries, such as the USA, recognition of an
acquired gender is done by the different states rather than by the country as a whole). If you
can do this, you will automatically be eligible for a Gender Recognition Certificate in the UK.
If your birth was registered in the UK you will also be eligible for a new birth certificate.
If you have been recognised under the law of a country that is not on the list of approved
countries and territories you cannot apply under this procedure. There is a different form
for those applications.
Before completing the form, we recommend that you should read the document T455
‘The General Guide for All Users’ (The General Guide) so that you are aware of the
consequences of applying for a Gender Recognition Certificate and the options open to
you, particularly if you are married or in a civil partnership.
Each section of these Guidance Notes indicates what information you should include in the
corresponding section on the form. These notes should answer most of the questions you
may have regarding the application form. We recommend that you read the relevant notes
before completing each section of the form. If you do find the application form difficult to
complete on your own, you could ask a friend or someone from a support organisation to
help you, or you can telephone the Gender Recognition Panel (GRP) administrative team
on 0300 123 4503.
T454 - Guidance on completing the Overseas application form for a Gender Recognition Certificate (01.20) © Crown copyright 2020
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The information in this publication is available in alternative formats on request. Please
contact the GRP administrative team on 0300 123 4503 or grpenquiries@justice.gov.uk
You must complete sections 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11 and EITHER section 3 OR section 4,
whichever applies, and sections 7 or 8, if married or in a civil partnership.
1. Your contact details
This section asks you to provide the basic information the Gender Recognition Panel (GRP
or Panel) and the Registrar General (responsible for the registration of births and marriages
and the issue of birth and marriage certificates) will need in order to correspond with you
about the progress of your application. The GRP administrative team will only contact you
when necessary: to acknowledge your application, inform you of a decision and, if necessary,
to ask for more information.
We ask you to tell us how you would like us to contact you should we have any questions
(e.g. by post, email or telephone). However, even if you choose to be contacted by email
or telephone, we will still need a postal address as we will need to return your original
documents and to send you a Gender Recognition Certificate if your application is
successful. Also, if we do need to contact you about your application and we have difficulties
reaching you using your preferred option, we will write to you at your postal address.
Questions Notes
1.1
Preferred title (Mr, Mrs,
Miss, Ms, Dr etc).
Please tell us the title you would like us to use.
1.2
Full name you would like
us to use when contacting
you.
Tell us the name you would like us to use in all
correspondence.
1.3
Postal address (for all
written correspondence).
This postal address will be used for all correspondence where
we need to send original or official documents to you (e.g.
to return your driving licence or to send you the Panel’s
decision, including a Gender Recognition Certificate if you are
successful). If you wish, it can be used for all correspondence.
This address does not have to be your home address. You
can use any address for postal correspondence, you just need
to make sure it is secure and that you will be able to pick up
your post regularly.
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