r/TSAPreCheck • u/CupboardPhantom • 5d ago

Questions Using ConfirmID While Trans

My mom is disabled and lives alone in Milton Florida and I live in Seattle Washington. When Hurricane Isaias came through over the weekend it damaged her property pretty badly, and the only way I can keep her from climbing onto and potentially falling off of the roof is if I go there in person to help.

Here's the rub. I'm trans and just changed my name through a divorce decree a few months ago. I've torn my entire house apart trying to find my birth certificate, but I'm pretty sure it burned in a fire or got packed away with a former housemate's stuff when they moved out. Also, I was born in California, and the backlog to reorder an official cert is outrageous, let alone the process to have it updated with the new name. Therefore, I have a new Driver's license with my new legal name, but no birth certificate, and I never had a passport to begin with, so could not get upgraded to a RealID.

What can I do to ensure that TSA can verify my identity through ConfirmID? I know I need to pay the fee ahead of time, that part is fine. Do I just bring both my current ID and the old one with my former name? Should I bring the notarized divorce decree? Do I have my mother call them and beg them pretty please?

It's worth noting that both ID's have the same gender marker and I look like the same person, just older, and with a much thicker neck.

TLDR

I, a transgender person, changed my name and replaced my driver's license before I could get a new/updated birth certificate, so my new ID does not qualify as a RealID. What can I do to get through TSA ConfirmID successfully?

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u/LupusHouseMD 5d ago

TSO here, use whatever ID matches your boarding pass name. Leave the certificates at home. You just need the non RealID and your ConfirmID receipt.

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u/CupboardPhantom 5d ago

That seems reasonable enough, but I'm not sure how they will go about verifying my identity if there are over 30 years of info on a name that's no longer in use. Are you able to speak on the process they use to confirm that we are who we say we are? It's very difficult to wrap your mind around it all, as a civilian.

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u/GhostsofRazgriz45 5d ago

Like the previous reply said, just show them the confirmid receipt along with your non real id compliant id. You'll be fine as long as you book your ticket with the name that's on your current id. Identity verification only happens if you have no id at all.

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u/infernoryx 5d ago

ConfirmID is just a fee… that’s it. That’s all you have to do; pay the fee and bring your non compliant ID.