Overview

• Global Affairs Canada updated its U.S. travel advice to say it cannot guarantee entry or transit for Canadians whose passports list the gender marker X.
• Canada has allowed the X option since 2019 and has issued roughly 3,400 to 3,600 such passports.
• The U.S. State Department stopped issuing X markers under President Donald Trump, a step a federal appeals court invalidated in early September.
• Prior guidance flagged that NEXUS applicants can no longer select X, and reports caution that some Canadian permanent residents in the U.S. could face visa cancellation or status revocation.
• A U.S. embassy spokesperson in Canada declined to comment on the advisory, citing the federal government shutdown that began on October 1.