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Establish the third gender option when applying for United States citizenship

Foreigners applying for citizenship in U.S As of this Monday, they have a third option on the form where they must indicate their sex, according to the Naturalization and Citizenship Service (USCIS).

He form N-400revised provides, in addition to the options “Masculine” any “female“a de”x“, Defined as “other gender identity,” said a statement from the agency.

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Persons who submitted their application via form N-400 before this date “You can request an update of your gender“Added USCIS.

For all other forms, people have to wait until the USCIS Revise these forms to include the option to gender,” according to the statement.

And in the case of people who completed the process and received a citizenship certificate, the body offers the opportunity to analyze the form N-565with which the replacement of the certificate is requested, and the new form will include the option “X”.

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If you have other applications pending with USCIS and want to choose X as your gender, or want to change your USCIS-issued identification documents to reflect your gender, you will need to wait until we update the relevant forms to do so.”, explained the agency.

In fiscal year 2023, which ended last September, more than 878,500 people acquired US citizenship, according to USCIS data.

Source: Elcomercio

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