certificates of live birth
Aug. 11th, 2008 02:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Sparked by an entry over on
clothsprogs journal about ID stupidity.
You know how they always say they'll accept birth certificates?
What the hell does a 'normal' birth certificate look like? I wouldn't know one if you whacked me in the face with it. I've seen mine once and I doubt it would pass muster as ID, unless they were going with '....okay, no way would anyone take the trouble to forge *that*.' as their criteria. What does your look like?
For those interested, mine is a three-inch long bit of carbon-copy dot matrix paper with the hole-punch bits down the sides. It's severely tattered and creased. And says 'Certificate of Live Birth'. With... um... I think it had my parents' names, my name, 'girl' and the surgery on it.
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You know how they always say they'll accept birth certificates?
What the hell does a 'normal' birth certificate look like? I wouldn't know one if you whacked me in the face with it. I've seen mine once and I doubt it would pass muster as ID, unless they were going with '....okay, no way would anyone take the trouble to forge *that*.' as their criteria. What does your look like?
For those interested, mine is a three-inch long bit of carbon-copy dot matrix paper with the hole-punch bits down the sides. It's severely tattered and creased. And says 'Certificate of Live Birth'. With... um... I think it had my parents' names, my name, 'girl' and the surgery on it.
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Date: 2008-08-11 01:41 pm (UTC)Yours sounds more like something the doctor would give you than a certificate of birth registration.
ETA: Actually, mine looks rather like this but red instead of brown.
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Date: 2008-08-11 05:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-08-11 01:49 pm (UTC)