

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).

