Federal Agencies, Agency Memos & Announcements

USCIS Addresses Petitions/Applications for Transsexuals

4/16/04 AILA Doc. No. 04080367. Family Immigration, Family-Based Immigrants, LGBTQ
A 4/16/04 memo from William Yates, USCIS Associate Director for Operations, instructing the field not to recognize marriages in which a party is transsexual. If the gender of the person is not pertinent to the benefit, transsexuality is not to be taken into account.
Cite as AILA Doc. No. 04080367.
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