[Fantasywriter]

“I was told to get lost, and not to come back without an official, raised-seal copy of my original long form BC. I was told that that ***alone*** would be accepted.”

That is a quote from my post at 86. I guess you either didn’t bother even to read it, or you read it but couldn’t understand it. The supervisor backed the clerk to the hilt, and confirmed that this was the ONLY documentation I could return with if I wanted a GA driver’s license.

[Ha Ha Thats Very Logical]

The supervisor backed the clerk to the hilt, and confirmed that this was the ONLY documentation I could return with if I wanted a GA driver’s license.

So how do you explain the fact that the Georgia DDS website says something different?

Here's what I think: they told you that you needed a raised-seal copy of your birth certificate, and you assumed they meant the long-form one, when in fact a short form (if official and with a seal) would do as well.

So what happened, anyway? Do you have a Georgia driver's license now? What did Massachusetts send you?

[Tex-Con-Man]

Darn the luck...you happen to run into a couple of birthers at the Georgia DMV.

[The Pack Knight]

I did read it and understand it, but I believe that either what you said isn't entirely accurate or that the people at the DMV don't know what they're talking about. I believe that they said "official" and even "raised-seal" - those traits are consistent with a certified copy. Frankly, I doubt that they actually used the term "long form". If the clerk at the DMV actually said they would not accept a certified copy of your birth certificate, he's wrong. If the supervisor "backed the clerk to the hilt" on that point, then he's wrong too. They would hardly be the first government functionaries to be mistaken about the actual laws and rules they're supposed to be enforcing.

The Georgia Department of Driver Services website says that they accept a certified copy of a birth certificate issued by a United States jurisdiction as proof of citizenship. The Georgia Driver's manual published by the Department of Driver Services says that they accept a birth certificate issued by a United States jurisdiction as proof of citizenship. The very text of Department of Driver Services Rule 375-3-1-.02(6)(a) states that:

In order to prove United States citizenship, an applicant for an initial Georgia driver's license, permit or identification card shall furnish one of the following as proof thereof:

1. Original birth certificate issued by a United States jurisdiction;
2. Certified copy of birth certificate issued by a United States jurisdiction;
3. Valid United States passport;
4. Original certificate of citizenship (Form N560);
5. Certified copy of certificate of citizenship (Form N560);
6. Original certificate of naturalization (Form N550);
7. Certified copy of certificate of naturalization (Form N550).

So, I can believe either A) what you say a DMV clerk told you after you apparently showed up without any type of birth certificate or proof of citizenship, or B) what I'm reading with my own eyes from the Georgia DDS website, driver's manual, and rules and regulations. Sorry, but I think I'm going to have to go with B.