certificates of live birth

[burntcopper]

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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[sheldrake.livejournal.com]

I'm lazy, so I'll just say mine looks like this too. It looks nice and shiny and new because it's a recent replacement copy of the original.