Gender Recognition Certificate: list of approved countries and territories
Updated 9 April 2024
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If you’ve had your gender previously recognised in one of the countries or territories in this list, you’re on the ‘overseas route’. This means you do not need to provide medical reports when applying for gender recognition in the UK.
If the country or territory is not on this list or you do not have a legal document showing your gender recognition, you’re on the ‘main route’ and must provide additional documents to apply.
Find out what documents you need to apply for gender recognition.
List of approved countries and territories:
- Australia – only includes the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia
- Belarus
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- China
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Republic of Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Estonia
- Georgia
- Germany
- India
- Iran
- Italy
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Namibia
- Panama
- Romania
- Slovakia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden
- Taiwan
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United States of America – only includes Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin