Are Laminated Birth Certificates Valid

They are valid but they don t have to accepted by people requesting them.

Are laminated birth certificates valid.

And when we went to the post office in buffalo ny we were told that the laminated birth certificate could be refused and the report of birth abroad not certificate only report for child born abroad to on usc couldn t transfer citizenship due to not living in the us for 5 yrs wouldn t support the passport application as it supposed to be a. Any response to my query is highly appreciated. Had to apply for a re issue. It would be unacceptable by embassies and schools hospitals etc that are up to international standard practices.

Do not ever laminate your certificates birth certificates naturalization certificate or whatever. An abstract birth certificate is not the same as an original or certified birth certificate regardless of whether it is accepted as valid identification for purposes other than getting a real id. Neither will the us passport agency. After going through lots of stress to get my original birth certificate i quickly laminated it to have it protected.

I would say laminating your social security card and birth certificate is a good way to keep them from getting damaged and is probably a smart thing to do. I got to one of our embassies only to have it rejected. However see my first comment and it explains why the answer is no you can not laminate either documents. For instance the dmv won t accept a laminated birth certificate.

People do make copies and have the copy laminated.