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Changing gender on car licence
Hi all,
Since changing my name last year, I have been trying to find out what was required to change my gender on my licence, although the gender does not show up on the actual licence, but it is still on record with MVR. When I first asked, the staff of the Alice Springs Motor Vehicle Registry, weren’t to sure, so I emailed Darwin, I did get a reply, but I lost it, and I couldn’t remember what it said, so I decided today ( 18/01/08 ), that seeing as how I had to renew my licence I would go and see if they could help me this time, and was told what was required. See quoted clause
“ 2.02.9 Evidence of Gender Reassignment
Full EO! (Category A and
original documents in the current or former name, and a new birth certificate (with change of name if applicable) issued by the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages is required from a person who has had a gender reassignment. “So to me this says that I need, some form of ID plus my new birth certificate with my new gender, which I cannot obtain until after I have had the operation.
Well this is what is required by the Northern Territory, It would be interesting to see what they other states require.
Hugs
Sharon -
4 Replies
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It was easy for me, just had to take in a letter from my psych, and they changed it there on the spot, and took a new photo …
once I changed my name too, they took another photo ..
Reason for change, I put M2F
Anee …
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I think you will find that all States and Territories in Australia have the same requirement as the Northern Territory – except The state of Queensland… In Queensland one requires a Change of name certificate for the name change to be put on a Drivers Licence, and in addition if one receives a letter from ones Psychiatrist stating one is on the Gender reassignment Program etc. QLD Transport will allow an ‘F’ to be placed on the licence, irrespective of what the gender is on the change of name certificate.
FYI New Zealand has the same policy as Queensland I understand.
I hope this information was useful.
~byes~
bambi -
latest from the shaky isles … looks like there are people that are taking transgender issues seriously. mind you, they did have the first elected transgenered politician in the world …
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http://www.gaynz.com/articles/publish/2/article_5479.php%5B/url%5Dand you can even download the government paper on the recommendations … very enlightening:
http://www.hrc.co.nz/home/hrc/introduction/transgenderinquiry/transgenderinquiry.php
so what does kevin ruff and his mates have to offer?
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VicRoads actually has all the details posted on its website http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au – just follow the licence renewal link. From memory it is fairly similar to the NT requirements which is not surprising. There is an organisation called COAG (Council of Australian Governments) where the states/territories get their heads together to try to get a bit of uniformity into legislation.
