What Texas gave me isn’t even a COLB. It’s a “Certification of Vital Record”. Has child’s name, sex, date of birth, county and state of birth (doesn’t name the city, much less the hospital), both parents’s names, file number, date filed, and date issued. That is all. I’ve never seen my kid’s “long form” and have no idea what it looks like or if one even exists.
Nevertheless, the kid got a US passport, recently, with only this one piece of paper as proof of citizenship. It’s hilarious if the state of Texas won’t allow its own certified documents to be used to get drivers’ licenses, but I bet they do. I certainly hope so, anyway.
I’d be willing to bet that the state of Texas will issue you a copy of your child’s LFBC, if you request it and pay the fee.
It’s very interesting that you were able to get your kid a US passport using the document you described. Many others on the forum have said that the State Department required them to produce a copy of their original LFBC to get their passports, and that they would not accept the short form.
I don’t know if we’ve got a case of arbitrary rules enforcement going on here, or what. I do know that the last time I needed a passport, I had to produce my long form to get it. That was twenty years ago, so my experience with obtaining a passport may or may not even be relevant to this conversation.
Quick question.... did you get your kid’s passport through the post office, or the State Department? I hear you can get one from either agency.