Changing A Gender Marker
Michigan Birth Certificate
The Michigan Department of Health & Human Services (MDHHS) is the agency that processes applications to change birth certificates.
Filing Instructions
- Complete the Application to Correct or Change a Michigan Birth Record and the State of Michigan Sex Designation Form. (These forms do not require any medical treatment or surgical history to change your gender marker.)
- You will need to pay the $50 fee by check or money order payable to the “State of Michigan.”
- Mail both original forms, your payment, and include a photocopy of a form of photo identification such as a passport, driver’s license, or state identification card to the address listed on the application form. (The full list of documents that MDHHS accepts can be found on page two of the Application to Correct or Change a Michigan Birth Record.)
- You may request additional certified copies of your certificate for $16 each, in addition to the base fee. When MDHHS is finished processing your application, they will send you your copy/copies of the new certificate.
- It will take about six weeks for MDHHS to process the application. There is an option for faster processing that costs an additional $25 to shorten the processing to between two and three weeks.
Michigan Driver’s License
Filing Instructions
- Complete the Michigan Secretary of State Sex Designation Form. (This form does not require any medical treatment or surgical history to change your gender marker. When you sign the form, you are swearing the reason that you want to change the gender marker is so that your ID can accurately reflect your identity.)
- Visit a Secretary of State office to submit your form in person. Be sure to bring with you your current ID or license.
- Pay the $9 fee to correct your driver’s license and/or the $10 fee to correct your state ID. (Your new ID photo will be taken when you submit your form.)
- The Secretary of State should send you your new ID or license within two or three weeks, but it could take up to 30 days.
Passport
Filing Instructions
- Complete the appropriate form for your situation found on the U.S. Department of State’s Passport website.
