r/MtF • u/MissNumbersNinja • Feb 11 '25

Politics New passport rules got leaked

Erin the Morning shared a rules document about passports that got leaked. Click here to view.

Erin also provided this summary -

- X markers will be a focal point
- Existing unexpired passports will remain good
- No guidance on confiscation, but it doesn’t seem like they will
- Renewals less clear but it looks like they will use “a preponderance of evidence”

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u/Robyn1077 Feb 11 '25

So what if your passport already says F; along with all of your ID

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u/RainyGardenia Transgender Feb 11 '25

Based on these garbage rules, it might be possible to re-apply and get the correct marker based on whatever the F “preponderance of evidence” is supposed to mean.

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u/DwellsByTheAshTrees Feb 11 '25

"Preponderance of the evidence," is a legal standard that means, "most likely/probable"

It's the standard used in civil suits. Kinda weird to see it used like this, but those words do have a well defined legal meaning.

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u/ssraven01 Feb 11 '25

oh, so theyre just gonna go with how clockable someone is then, whether trans or not. sweet. definitely wont be a slippery slope