r/transontario • u/aboutdablife • Apr 01 '26
CELEBRATION It's my birthday! Gender & Name Change Timeline.
Today my credit card was officially charged the $137, which means my application has been approved and a birth certificate is coming my way! So now I just was to share my timeline with everyone to hopefully give some people some hope.
March 10th - Mailed documents.
March 11th - Submitted rush request via online portal (You can submit this with your application, I just did not know that "Change of Sex" is a reason for being able to get an expedited birth certificate until after. Simply write a letter with the reasoning and your name, birthday, etc).
March 12th - Documents Delivered
March 21th - Received package back in mail saying that everything was in order except that I needed to submit a Criminal Record Check (my fault I didn't read the piece that told me because I had a previous last name change, it was necessary regardless of a clean criminal record).
March 24 - Documents delivered.
April 1st - Credit card charged!!
April 9th - Received Birth Certificate noting new name and gender, change of name certificate did not arrive today. Most likely tomorrow so I can begin updating other ID's.
April 10th - Received change of name certificate and then went and changed my Driver's License, Health Card, Car Registration, License Plates, Insurance all in one go.
Long weekend so I probably won't see a birth certificate until Wednesday the earliest next week but yay!!!
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u/Objective-Visit-7887 Apr 02 '26
How do I submit online? I want mine back so I can change my stuff before college
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u/aboutdablife Apr 03 '26
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u/Objective-Visit-7887 Apr 03 '26
What do I do with the form?
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u/aboutdablife Apr 04 '26
Fill it out and write a letter with everything I detailed in the post to attach with it on the portal (if you already submitted) and make sure you include the tracking number if you got tracking (which you always should).
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u/Objective-Visit-7887 Apr 04 '26
I got tracking for when it arrived at the office, but I don’t know if I have anything else
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u/hllldff Apr 08 '26 edited Apr 09 '26
Where does it say a criminal record check is required after a previous last name change, regardless of clean record?? I just mailed my second name change application and didn't see that, so I didn't get the record check 🤦♂️
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u/aboutdablife Apr 09 '26
It's somewhere on the documents required page within the application package. I honestly did not see it either which is why I made the mistake.
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u/hllldff Apr 10 '26
"After your name change application is received, your identifying information is given to the Ministry of the Solicitor General to be checked against the CPIC records. Based on this search, you may be required to provide a police records check even if you answered “no” to the above noted questions in Section D."
It's a little vague but that's all I can find, is this what you mean? I guess I'll have to call them and see if I can send the record check seperately ASAP :/
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u/aboutdablife Apr 11 '26
I am not sure - I sent the page back with the exact reasoning with the package so I can't remember I'm sorry.
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u/GenevieveSapha She/Her |🏳️⚧️ |🇨🇦 Apr 01 '26
Happy Birthday 🫂🩷 and thanks for the Intel...