In 2005 when I finalized my emigration from the United Kingdom, one of the documents I had to supply was a formal birth certificate or certified copy thereof.
Not having particularly organized parents, we didn't have my original birth certificate. Somewhere in the many moves the family had made it had been lost. So I made the journey back to the parish of my birth, paid a fee, proved who I was and obtained a certified copy.
Seeing arcticshadow's diary about Birthers reminded me of a major hole in the entire conspiracy theory.
You don't have to have the original certificate to be a citizen.
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