diff --git a/apps/portal/src/app/features/profile/components/AddressFormContent.tsx b/apps/portal/src/app/features/profile/components/AddressFormContent.tsx
index a07c8aa49..33f5cd4ff 100644
--- a/apps/portal/src/app/features/profile/components/AddressFormContent.tsx
+++ b/apps/portal/src/app/features/profile/components/AddressFormContent.tsx
@@ -31,10 +31,13 @@ export const addressSchema = z.object({
 
 export type AddressValues = z.infer<typeof addressSchema>;
 
+// Backend rejects anything outside this set:
+// "idType must be one of the following values: NID, VITAL, PASSPORT, DRIVERS_LICENSE"
 export const ID_TYPES = [
-  { value: 'KEBELE_ID', label: 'Kebele Id' },
-  { value: 'PASSPORT', label: 'Passport' },
   { value: 'NID', label: 'National Id' },
+  { value: 'VITAL', label: 'Vital ID' },
+  { value: 'PASSPORT', label: 'Passport' },
+  { value: 'DRIVERS_LICENSE', label: "Driver's License" },
 ] as const;
 
 /**
diff --git a/apps/portal/src/app/features/profile/pages/ProfilePage.tsx b/apps/portal/src/app/features/profile/pages/ProfilePage.tsx
index 2ac740812..fa4373973 100644
--- a/apps/portal/src/app/features/profile/pages/ProfilePage.tsx
+++ b/apps/portal/src/app/features/profile/pages/ProfilePage.tsx
@@ -271,7 +271,11 @@ export function ProfilePage() {
   const onSavePersonal = async (values: PersonalValues) => {
     setIsSavingProfile(true);
     try {
-      await updateTrigger({
+      // The PATCH already returns the updated user — trusting it instead of
+      // an immediate follow-up GET avoids a read-after-write race where the
+      // GET can return pre-edit data and silently undo `setUser` below,
+      // which is why the change used to only show up after a re-login.
+      const updated = await updateTrigger({
         url: '/auth/update-profile',
         method: 'PATCH',
         body: {
@@ -282,9 +286,7 @@ export function ProfilePage() {
         },
       }).unwrap();
 
-      const me = await meTrigger({ url: '/auth/me', method: 'GET' }).unwrap();
-      dispatch(setUser(me));
-
+      dispatch(setUser(updated));
       notify.success(t('profile.profileUpdated'));
     } catch (e) {
       handleError(e);