Fiona  Apr 2, 2025
My Mom just picked up my new high-school diploma. 😊

It sadly says “Neuausstellung für das Original-Abiturzeugnis vom 31. Mai 2011” (≈that it is a reprint) at the top, but other than that, this really means that the only remaining documents that I have to replace for my #legalTransition are my university degrees (bachelor and master of computer science). Other than that I think I’m actually done with everything that I really want to bother with! 😊

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Fiona  Mar 6, 2025
So, I just received an email from my bank that they need both sides of my identification document and therefore set up a request to do it with the functionality in the app, which I completed just now.

If that’s all it takes and they will now change it, I’ll be reasonably chill about it. Making sure that it is really me who makes that request is what I would consider fair. Ideally they should also do it before it changes legally, but since I didn’t ask back then, that’s purely hypothetical in my case and I won’t hold it against them.

Now if they make further issues, and it’s not just bureaucratic stuff that’s easy to perform and can be done quickly, I may change my opinion, but so far it looks like I’ll still be fine with staying there.

And for the record, since I like to employ a name and shame or praise policy: I’m with Rabobank.

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Fiona  Mar 5, 2025
Just sent my bank an email with a copy of the front of my driver’s license; let’s see how much trouble they make with regards to changing those data.

(I tried to use the chat in their app. Initially they had a chatbot that had no fucking clue whatsoever on the topic, so I quickly told it that I want to talk to a human, which he understood. That human then told me to send them an email with proof, so let’s see how that goes…)

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Fiona  Mar 5, 2025
And now I finally have my new ID! 😊

The only remaining steps at this point are replacing my university and high school diplomas and telling my bank, neither of which has high priority right now. ☺️

(My bank uses initials everywhere, and those didn't change, so it doesn't affect anything in practice. Still: It might be useful to get this over with as well.)

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Fiona  Mar 5, 2025
Soo...

After learning this morning that I need a blood test by Friday morning and that it has to be taken in Rotterdam, I'm now done with that...

Perfectly in time to take a detour through Amsterdam on the way back and pick up my ID...

Since this effectively saves me one half-Trip (essentially combining my trips from Rotterdam and to Amsterdam), I guess this means that I complete my #legaltransition today...

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Fiona  Feb 13, 2025
And with that I now have a passport in my actual name and as a bonus the “Dr.” being listed (though they’ve really hidden that one away at this point).

It’s not quite as big of a milestone as when my name actually changed, but it is more a feeling of this now really being the beginning of the end of my #legaltransition.

The photo on it is ghastly though (made to meet both Dutch and German regulations so I could use it on both documents and maybe I shouldn’t have done it that way.

Anyways, I can now proof under all necessary circumstances with a proper identity document that every country on Earth will accept, that I am who I am and that that even includes being a doctor. 😊

(I might post a picture later, but first I’ll have to take one and censor it.)

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Show threadFiona  Feb 13, 2025
@PurpleStephyr Looks like it, though technically you still have a chance with my actual ID, beause that one will take a few more weeks.

(Yes, we have separate driver’s license, passport and ID here, though the passport is also a valid ID, but less convenient to carry and I like to have both; driver’s license is separate and country dependent: The German one is never an identity document, whereas the Dutch one that I now have is one, but only in the Netherlands, not in any other (even EU) country.)

But yeah, after this it’s pretty much just down to getting new high school and university diplomas and since my PhD is already on my new name, it’s not like that is super critical.

Once those are done, I believe I will actually have completed my #LegalTransition. 😊

Anyways, good luck with your own!
Fiona  Feb 12, 2025
In other news I just received an email from the general consulate in Amsterdam that my passport is ready for pick-up and an okay from my boss that I can go there tomorrow and do so. 😊

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Show threadFiona  Feb 3, 2025
This also has a consequence for my #legaltransition: Because I got to request my new passport so close to the defense, and because you can add a doctoral degree to your passport and ID in Germany, I’ve actually elected to put that request on hold until I have my certificate. Which I received right at the end of the defense and submitted before we even went to eat. So with this I should be able to pick up my passport in 2 to 4 weeks in Amsterdam. 😊

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Fiona  Jan 30, 2025
I now have a driver's license on my actual name. ☺️

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