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Changing your Identity (Irish Style)

OK this page is to give you an idea of what you have to go about in order to get official documents changed here in Ireland. As ever there is little information readily available so I'll add info as I ferret it out. I've decided to lay it out as I actually went about it. I drew up a list of all the people who would have had reason to hold details on me and set about contacting them all. I then divided the list into those who needed to know I was changing gender as well as just name.

Because I had heard stories of people getting letters address to "Mr Female name" I made sure that in all cases I made sure to point out that my name was changing from Mr...... to Ms.....

Institution

Contacted

Confirmed

Notes

Name

Yes

Yes

Click here to see a copy of my deed poll

Passport

Yes

Yes

Click here to see the requirements from the passport office

Bank

Yes

Yes

 

Credit cards

Yes

Yes

All they needed was a copy of my deed poll and one phone call to make sure

Building Society

Yes

Yes

Again all they needed was a copy of the deed poll and the return of my old pass book

Shares

Yes

Yes

Copy of deed poll and returned old share certificates

Mail Order companies

Yes

Yes

Copy of deed poll

Opticians

Yes

Yes

Copy of deed poll

Tax Office

Yes

Yes

Click here for details

Employer

Yes

Yes

Copy of deed poll and numerous letters, not the easiest people to deal with...

Referees

Yes

Yes

Just a letter explaining the whys and wherefores

College

Yes

Yes

Click here for a more details

Local Authority

Yes

Yes

Click here for a more details

Also look at the Transgen Ireland Legal Page, as Judith is doing the same kind of thing on that page as well.

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