Comment by voidUpdate
9 months ago
As there is a genuine risk my passport could be confiscated at the border for the gender marker not matching that on my birth certificate, it would probably be unwise for me to try and travel to the US
9 months ago
As there is a genuine risk my passport could be confiscated at the border for the gender marker not matching that on my birth certificate, it would probably be unwise for me to try and travel to the US
Is it even possible to confiscate passports of other countries citizens? How do they even know what is on your birth certificate.
Ok, apologies, I got some of my facts mixed up. I believe a birth certificate can be part of the documents needed for a visa application, which the government may now deny if the gender marker on the birth certificate doesn't match the one on your passport. It was American citizens that may have their passports confiscated if there is a discrepancy there. Still makes me not want to even attempt to go though, even though I have friends there that I'd really like to see
If it helps, at least two of my relatives were denied US visa when trying to visit relatives in US (who are citizens), as understood on account of being cisgendered females, which US government of the day saw as a risk of staying in the country illegally (not enough attachment to the country of origin). That was neither in 1960ies nor in the fascist clown times. Nobody was detained, just missed a wedding and some amount of time and money, but who cares about that.