Reply #57: It can be really hard for some. [View All]

[2peaches2]

My sister was born in Panama at the Canal Zone Military Hospital while my father was stationed there in the Navy in 1955. Since we don't control or have a presence there anymore, it took her almost 8 months, many, many calls and letter to everyone including the State Department before she could get a new copy of hers. And she only had to go through this crap because someone at Social Security Department put the wrong date on her papers years ago and they wouldn't/couldn/t "depend" on the validity of any of her other paper work. So she had to go through all this nonsence for an up to date birth certificate. Many people wouldn't go through all this crap for another piece of paper that shows what you already know.