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Inconvenience is an understatement. I tried to get my kid's birth certificate from our state's health department; waited three weeks for them to send it back because of a minor typo. Ended up spending one morning driving 1.5 hours (one way) to the capitol to get it in person.

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Let me tell you about my actual birth date and the birth date the social security administration has on file being different.

I have spent at least a decade trying to get them to correct it but as far as they are concerned I was born one month earlier than the date on my birth certificate.

I gave up and when I retire will enjoy one extra month of social security benefits courtesy of the federal tax payers.

Have you contacted your member of Congress? They have constituent services that help with these kinds of things.

You could also submit a Privacy Act correction request.

> I gave up and when I retire will enjoy one extra month of social security benefits courtesy of the federal tax payers.

$10 says that they finally fix the error after you collect your first check, and then prosecute you for fraud.

Not quite the same but my father misspelled my name on my birth certificate, but spelled it correctly on my as ss application. Didn't find out until it was flagged when I was 16 and getting my driver's license. It has caused me problems several times in background checks and the like.

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