"Rosalie B." wrote in message
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> Why? I got multiple copies of my son's birth certificate and it was no
> problem. You'd have to pay a small amount for each one, but it is not
> a problem to get another one. It is a COPY. They don't give you the
> original.
>
> Actually I used to keep all our birth certificates on file at one of
> the insurance companies (Navy Mutual Aid) in the 60s and 70s. They
> would send me the original certified copy when I needed it, after
> making a copy first for their files. I don't know if they do this
> service anymore, because getting certified copies (in whatever form -
> because notarized copies will also have an embossed seal) is so easy
> now that it may not be needed.
>>
>>Notarized is no longer accepted. It must be certified. Raised seal
>>and all that.
>>>
At the time I applied for my first passport I didn't have an "extra" copy &
though I would try a notarized copy just to see if it would suffice. I was
in no hurry & it didn't really matter if they rejected it or not.
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