Is a laminated Birth Certificate copy acceptable for travel?
My mother and I have different surnames so immigration officers often ask for a birth certificate. When leaving Russia, on Russian passports, the officer made a fuss that the certificate was laminated and not an original. Is this acceptable to travel with a laminated non-original copy? Do I need to take the original just in case?
Best Answer
When issuing the birth certificate, the guidance used to be to laminate it. Now, this guidance has been changed.
If you are a child, beware as when applying for a Russian internal passport this needs to be stamped. I had this issue today. I had to cut a bit of the laminate off so it could be stamped. The need for the birth certificate is eliminated when you are granted your internal passport.
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Can I laminate my US birth certificate?
No, you shouldn't laminate your birth certificate if you're needing it for \u201cofficial\u201d use. The birth certificate is a \u201cvital statistic\u201d that you'll need throughout life. Lamination is irreversible on a paper document.Can you laminate Canadian birth certificate?
Can I laminate my Birth Certificate? No. You cannot laminate your Birth Certificate yourself because it will render it invalid. However some provinces, like Ontario, used to laminate certificates before the 1980s, and providing the provincial government laminated the document it remains valid.Are laminated certificates valid in Australia?
Order a standard birth certificate Important: Do not laminate your certificates. Identity documents must be kept in their original state to be accepted by Government agencies.Can you laminate birth certificate UK?
IPS regional offices have a very small percentage of applications supported by laminated documents. Documents that are laminated are usually birth certificates, marriage certificates and naturalisation/registration certificates.WATCH THIS BEFORE CRUISING WITH A BIRTH CERTIFICATE
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