[potlatch]

[You do not need a birth certificate to get a passport. ]

I could not get a passport in my Texas town, of 70 thousand, without one.

I happily went to their office with my nice original Hospital birth certificate, little footprints, gold seal and all, and they laughed.

Told me I’d have to sent to Pennsylvania for an ‘official’ BC to get my passport.

[null and void]

Oh bother! Read the FRICKIN' State Department web site!

YOU DO NOT NEED A BIRTH CERTIFICATE TO GET A PASSPORT!

It's right there. Really. I'm not making it up.

Any idiot can check the facts and call me on it if I'm wrong.