USCIS revised its policy guidance to clarify the availability of gender options on USCIS forms and secure documents. USCIS will include a third gender option denoted by “X,” which it defines as “Another Gender Identity,” in addition to the “Male (M)” and “Female (F)” options previously offered exclusively, starting with the Application for Naturalization, Form N-400. USCIS anticipates that the X option will become more broadly available upon each form’s revision, but in the meantime, the available gender options will depend on each form, and benefit requestors must continue to submit each form in accordance with that form’s instructions.
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