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.
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.
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I know that the documentation has to have certain information and that it has to be a CERTIFIED document from the state or city’s office of vital records. Perhaps those people’s short forms weren’t certified, legal documents. Such things exist, I have one for my kid from the hospital and I have one for me, too. Mine says “Birth Certificate” right on it but it’s not legal proof of anything because it doesn’t have a seal or signature from any official of the city or state I was born in.
It’s also possible that those short forms didn’t have all the information required by the State Department. I don’t think they’ll be accepted if they don’t have the parents’ FULL names, for example, or the filing date, (it’s been awhile since I’ve read the requirements, so I don’t remember them exactly).
I applied for her passport at the Post Office, but they just sent it on to the State Department and all passport applications go through there. You don’t get a passport FROM the Post Office, you just fill out your application there and they tell you if your documentation is good enough.
They can make mistakes, no doubt. If they’re wrong and it’s not good enough, the State Department will reject the application. If they tell you it’s not good enough, and it is, you never know it because you believe them and go off and get what they told you to get.