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You are aware this thing you posted is not a legal BC? I bet it even says that on there somewhere. My kids' hospital souvenir BCs do. I posted the exact wording on some birther thread yesterday.
It does - it says "This is your family's heirloom record".
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Unfortunately Anthony, that's not an official birth certificate. It's a very nice hospital souvenir. The Donald made the same "oversight" the first time. Note that the very bottom of your certificate, which states that "the law requires that the original certificate (not this document) be filed with the Vital Statistics Office from which an official copy may be obtained."
I'm sorry that you don't respect the Tenth Amendment right of the state of Hawaii to devise its birth certificates as it sees fit.
Mine was enough to satisfy employers. And it has more info than Obama's has!
Obviously, the state keeps the original. Mine is a copy of the original.
He was born the same year as I was. It would be nice to see one with more info.
And the state of Hawaii has the right under the Tenth Amendment to tell you that they will design their birth certificates as they see fit so long as they meet the minimum federal guidelines for obtaining a passport.
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Mine was enough to satisfy employers.
Good for you, but your employers have accepted a non-official birth certificate.
Yes, it would be kind of silly for the hospital to give the parents an illegal document!
BTW, I am not an "official" birther; I was want to see something other than a SOLB.
It's more of a commemorative edition than an official document, that's the thing. Employers will accept them as proof that you were born in the US, but to get a passport and to do many other things, you need a certified copy. These days, a certified copy does not include extraneous information like what hospital you were born in. Relevant information is basically your full name at birth, when you were born, in what city/state you were born, your parents' full names, and when your birth was registered. The State Department does not care how cute your little footprints are, or how long you were, or how much you weighed. These are irrelevant to proving that you were born in the US.
Mine was enough to satisfy employers. And it has more info than Obama's has!
Obviously, the state keeps the original. Mine is a copy of the original.
No, it's not! I used to work in OB, I've made many of those BCs myself. Yours is a souvenir. "The law requires that the original certificate (not this document) be filed at the vital statistics office at (insert address) from which an official copy may be obtained." The form that goes to the dept. of vital statistics is much different. An employer might accept your certificate, and especially may have accepted it years ago, but it will NOT get you a passport. What's this stuff with employers anyway? I have worked for many employers, including government employers, and have NEVER been asked to show a BC. Lately, within the last few years, I've had to check a form that says I'm in the US legally due to being a US citizen, but that's IT!
I can't remember the last time an employer wanted to see my BC before I got hired.
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