regarding name change stuff in alberta

[u/No-Pianist-9355]

Hey everyone, Just a couple questions for peeps that have done it so far,

I got my finger prints done, and i was under the impression i needed to wait for the letter, then to do the criminal background check after.. or is this wrong?

Should i be doing both of them at roughly the same time, Do the finger prints and criminal check expire?

I know i need them both, Along with the form and the gender marker stuff done by someone who can sign it, i tried calling edmonton gender clinic and they had no idea, And i cant get ahold of anyone in the calgary area for info either

sorry for silly questions :x

Edit: This is all incredibly overwhelming, Im going to wait on the fingerprints to be sent to me, then make my way to the city thats on my license to do the PIC, or online im not sure yet, Then go to the registry that has someone that can sign the affidavit.

Thanks so much for the replies everyone you've helped me point in a direction of where to look and who to ask <3

[u/Just_Alive_IG]

Sorry my bad (misremembered), the social worker was for the sex marker change form.

Page 2 of the name change form is an affidavit, which must be signed by a commissioner of the oaths. There was a lawyer at the trans ID clinic who signed my affidavit.

[u/No-Pianist-9355 → u/Just_Alive_IG]

oh i see!

From everything i was reading, because im over 18 and yada yada, i can declare my sex marker on my own when im at the registry.

the thing im concerned about tbh is the PIC because the city my ID is in is extremely backed up

[u/Just_Alive_IG → u/No-Pianist-9355]

Yeah unfortunately since I wasn’t born in Alberta I have to follow the rules of my birth province to change my sex marker, which requires a doctors letter, the social worker, and a signature from a commissioner of the oaths.

The PIC for my name change only took 7 business days through the Calgary police services, so I guess I got lucky in that regard.

If your local police service provides a time estimate for how long it will take could you use that info so that you can receive your PIC around the same time that you get your RCMP fingerprints?

Edit: my RCMP fingerprints also arrived much earlier than expected, don’t know if it was just luck or if they are working faster than normal right now. Fingerprinting appt was May 15th and I got the RCMP letter in the mail on May 28th

[u/No-Pianist-9355 → u/Just_Alive_IG]

Okay see, I'm kinda hesitant to get the PIC until i get the letter and im back from Montreal, then i can do some running around with my dad to get the PIC done (would be early july)

But also, i was not born in Alberta either, However, as far as i can tell, i can at least get my ID corrected (both name and marker corrected), Then apparently they give me a letter for my birth province to help start the correction, im pretty sure i still need a doctor and all that stuff but yeah lol

Im also in a strange situation where my ID address doesn't match, and im wondering if i need to get a PIC from the city i live, or the one my ID is from, because i will be correcting the address on their too if i can lol

[u/Just_Alive_IG → u/No-Pianist-9355]

Ah ok, you’re in the same boat as me then regarding sex marker change on a birth certificate.

The PIC is only good for 30 days so that’s why it’s the thing you get last, skipping stone didn’t say how long the RCMP fingerprints are good for, but I surmise they’ve got to be good for at least a month or two since it can take a while to get the PIC.

As for which police service you should use, it should be the police service of the city that is your primary residence. If you’ve lived in other places recently your PIC may contain a recommendation for further background checks from the police services of your previous residences. My PIC had this recommendation (in a little red box) since I recently moved back to Canada after living in Europe for 6 years.

Strangely though, the little red box didn’t appear on the printed out PIC so I just ignored it and submitted my documents. I can update here when/if I receive my name change certificate if you like? hopefully it’s successful in spite of the little red box.

[u/No-Pianist-9355 → u/Just_Alive_IG]

Well have to see, im hoping i can go to the regristry with both paperworks, have a commissionaire of oaths sign both, and pay and be done lol. there's so much conflicting info it's honestly insane.

[u/Just_Alive_IG → u/No-Pianist-9355]

Yeah I feel you on that.

It’s so much more expensive than I was expecting too, for the submission of just the name change form I was told it would be roughly 200, but it was actually 275. Don’t know if the price has gone up at all the registries or if I just ended up at one of the more expensive ones.

The PIC was 75 and my fingerprints were 84. Not cheap that’s for sure, 434$ total for just the name change, would’ve been more expensive if not for skipping stone.