U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued a policy memorandum revising the treatment of gender designations for transgender people on their immigration documents, according to a press release from the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE).
The revision also makes clear that if a couple has married as a different-sex couple under state law, the federal government will continue to recognize the marriage for immigration purposes—even in the case of a person’s subsequent gender transition.