Passports
Supreme Court allows Trump policy requiring sex-at-birth markers on U.S. passports to take effect
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In an unsigned emergency order on Nov. 6, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to enforce a rule requiring U.S. passports to list sex as assigned at birth, pausing a lower-court injunction. Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan dissented.
The Department of Immigration Services has made the recommending officer section optional on passport application forms. The change aims to streamline the process and reduce fraud risks. It was confirmed on Friday amid updates to the eCitizen platform.
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The Kenyan Embassy in Seoul has called on citizens to collect passports and police clearance certificates processed during its March mobile consular service.