Are Laminated Birth Certificates Valid

It would be unacceptable by embassies and schools hospitals etc that are up to international standard practices.

Are laminated birth certificates valid.

People do make copies and have the copy laminated. If you need to have it framed like a photo or for storage keep in plastic. Neither will the us passport agency. 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.

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. 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. Do not ever laminate your certificates birth certificates naturalization certificate or whatever. I laminated my original birth certificate a few years back due to the ageing paper and i recently obtained copies of the birth certificate which have been issued by the authorities laminated are these accepeted by the embassy.

Had to apply for a re issue. They are valid but they don t have to accepted by people requesting them. However see my first comment and it explains why the answer is no you can not laminate either documents. After going through lots of stress to get my original birth certificate i quickly laminated it to have it protected.

For instance the dmv won t accept a laminated birth certificate.