Recognition of Gender X for social security purposes

Australian Government Department of SocialYour ref. 17.02.2023 Services [email protected] Our ref. 27.02.2023 No 1.4-2/776-2 Recognition of Gender X for social security purposes in Australia from 2023 onwards Dear Mr Seebach Thank you for the letter. Estonia can ensure that individuals who identify as Gender X for Australian social security purposes can still claim and qualify for Estonian benefits under the Agreement. Our pension system is gender neutral, therefore all rights will be preserved irrespective or the gender. However, we would like to point out that we identify persons via identity code (ID). First number of this code relates to the sex of the person. Individuals who identify themselves as Gender X in Australia will continue to have the same ID code in our Social Security Register as before. Yours sincerely, Kristiina Selgis Head of Pension Policy and Cross Border Social Security Department Leili Eenlo +372 7153 478 [email protected] Suur-Ameerika 1 / 10122 Tallinn / ESTONIA / +372 626 9301 / [email protected] / www.sm.ee / Reg. no 70001952 Australian Government Department of SocialYour ref. 17.02.2023 Services [email protected] Our ref. 27.02.2023 No 1.4-2/776-2 Recognition of Gender X for social security purposes in Australia from 2023 onwards Dear Mr Seebach Thank you for the letter. Estonia can ensure that individuals who identify as Gender X for Australian social security purposes can still claim and qualify for Estonian benefits under the Agreement. Our pension system is gender neutral, therefore all rights will be preserved irrespective or the gender. However, we would like to point out that we identify persons via identity code (ID). First number of this code relates to the sex of the person. Individuals who identify themselves as Gender X in Australia will continue to have the same ID code in our Social Security Register as before. Yours sincerely, Kristiina Selgis Head of Pension Policy and Cross Border Social Security Department Leili Eenlo +372 7153 478 [email protected] Suur-Ameerika 1 / 10122 Tallinn / ESTONIA / +372 626 9301 / [email protected] / www.sm.ee / Reg. no 70001952