"sgallagher@rogers.com" wrote:
>On Jun 21, 7:31 am, "sgallag...@rogers.com"
>wrote:
>> On Jun 20, 9:36 pm, Sue and Kevin Mullen wrote:
>>
>> > sgallag...@rogers.com wrote:
>> > > So, for people who have not yet applied for a passport, or who have
>> > > applied for a renewal passport (where they don't have to send in proof
>> > > of citizenship), they don't have to worry.
>>,
>> > My passport has been my proof of citizenship for the past 9ish years,
>> > but I had to send it in to get it renewed. So people who have sent for a
>> > renewal do have to worry about what to use!!
>>
>> Why don't you use your birth certificate (if born in the US) or
>> certificate of naturalization (if you're a naturalized citizen)? That
>> is still acceptable for cruising passengers.
>
>How could you have gotten your first passport without havng an
>acceptable birth certificate?
>
HAVING a birth certificate is not the same as being able to FIND the
birth certificate. If you customarily use a passport as ID (like I do
and probably like Sue does also), you don't mess with the birth
certificate anymore. Also in the case of a married woman, the name on
your birth certificate is sometimes (often in the old days) not the
same name as would be on the travel documents so we would, in addition
to the birth certificate, need the marriage certificate.
I know for sure that I had a copy of my birth certificate at some
point, as I got my first single passport back in the early 60s (before
that my sister and I were on my mom's passport with her which is
something that probably isn't done any more). I have absolutely no
idea where that certificate is, and would have to go to Vital Records
and get another one if I really needed one.
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