This has been a requirement for some years now.
"Local" birth certificates, or for example baptismal certificates cannot be used as I.D. for some years. Their authenticity cannot be verified.
"Local" birth certificates, or for example baptismal certificates cannot be used as I.D. for some years. Their authenticity cannot be verified.
"Barbara was born in a farmhouse in the 1970s in Leavenworth County. She had a birth certificate. Her father went to the courthouse days after she was born to certify her birth -- raised seal and all."
Furthermore, according to the state department website [1], one of the options for proving citizenship to get a passport is a Fully-valid, undamaged U.S. passport (may be expired). It seems like 100% BS to not accept that; regardless of the quality of the documentation provided for the first passport, it was provided and accepted many years ago (hence the renewal) and that should be allowed to stand.
Edit to add: the requirements for a birth certificate are listed as:
Issued by the city, county, or state of birth
Lists your full name, date of birth, and place of birth
Lists your parent(s)' full names
Has the date filed with registrar's office (must be within one year of birth)
Has the registrar's signature
Has the seal of the issuing authority
The image of the birth certificate from the article is heavily cropped and redacted, so I can't tell on most of these, but the document looks like a standard government document, and I can't imagine it would be missing any of those items, unless it was common practice for those to be missing in Kansas, in which case, Kansas passport officers would probably be aware of it.
[1] https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/apply-r...
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/require...
One of the "primary" forms of citizenship evidence is:
U.S. birth certificate that meets the following requirements:
Issued by the city, county, or state of birth
Lists applicant’s full name, date of birth, and place of birth
Lists parent(s)’ full names
Has the signature of the city, county, or state registrar
Has the date filed with registrar's office (must be within one year of birth)
Has the seal of issuing authority
One of the rules (added in late 2016) is that you cannot wear glasses in the photo. However, if "[...] you cannot remove your glasses for medical reasons, please include a signed note from your doctor with application".
I've never heard of nor can can hypothesize a medical condition that would not let you remove your glasses while sitting or standing still for a photo. Anyone have some examples?
I was trying to think of any other reason than photosensitivity, but that's all that comes to mind.
https://techcrunch.com/2012/07/16/augmented-reality-explorer...