Passport - Department of State- allow electgronic verification of birth records
I just applied for a passport for my son who was born in California and provided the birth certificate provided by the county he was born in. ...more »
I just applied for a passport for my son who was born in California and provided the birth certificate provided by the county he was born in. DOS wrote back that I needed to get "long form birth certificate" from the state. This is a 14 week process. Why can't secure technology be used by individual states to DOS (and other agencies)? I have no problem paying the same $14.00, but in this day and age requiring a "raised seal" is silly. I just had to get my signature notarized to get this data and the notary did not have a raised seal, explaining "this stamp is all we have."
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