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Get a Passport Quickly Without a Birth Certificate

By Passport Editorial

It's important to keep a copy of your birth certificate around, just in case. However, it's also one of the easiest documents to loose since you don't need it very often.  Your desk can get shuffled around, it can get lost during a move...and unless you double-check its whereabouts periodically, you'll have no idea that it's lost until you actually need it. If you need a passport quick, not being able to find your birth certificate can be a significant…

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Missing Birth Certificate Found, Able to Apply for New Passport

By Passport Editorial

A Oregon woman is finally able to apply for a new passport after the US Air Force located a copy of her birth certificate. According to the Mail Tribune, 21-year-old Vanessa Driskell has been looking for her birth certificate for the past 4 years, ever since she was 16 and wanted to apply for a driver's license. For most of us, a lost birth certificate is nothing more than an inconvenience. All it means is that you'll have to order…

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Fast Passport? Puerto Ricans May Need New Birth Certificates

By Passport Editorial

When you apply for a fast passport, it's important that you have all of your paperwork in order before you send in the application. After all, if you don't have the right documents, your application will be delayed, and that's the last thing you want to happen if you're about to leave the country. One of the most common mistakes people make when applying for a fast passport is using the wrong birth certificate, like a hospital or other unofficial…

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Texas Woman Finally Receives New Passport

By Passport Editorial

As national security measures become ever more strict, even Americans who have lived here all of their lives sometimes have a hard time getting a new passport.  This is especially true of older Americans, born in a time when record-keeping was not as strict. For example, June Cloud was born 61 years ago at home in Kilgore, Texas, and the doctor who delivered her did not submit the necessary paperwork for her to be issued a birth certificate. According to…

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Indiana Man Waits 6 Months For Passport Services

By Passport Editorial

Jimmy Woodson had no idea it could take so long to get passport services.  According to the South Bend Tribune, the Niles, Indiana man applied for a new passport 6 months ago, at the same time as his wife and 11-year-old son. They got their passports a few weeks later, but Mr. Woodson is still waiting. The problem? He was born in Nacogdoches, Texas in 1951. Instead of going to the hospital to give birth, his mother chose to have…

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New Passport Arrives Too Late for Veteran to Attend Reunion

By Passport Editorial

Except for the time he spent fighting in the Philippines, Tony Lopez, a World War II veteran, has never left the United States. According to the Denver Post, that was supposed to change on February 16th, when a combat reunion will be held in the Philippines to mark the 65th anniversary of the Battle for the Recapture of Corregidor, which Mr. Lopez participated in. Mr. Lopez, who was awarded both a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star for his service,…

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Connecticut Congressman Helps 86-Year-Old Get Passport Service

By Passport Editorial

Usually, getting passport service is a fairly straightforward process. You fill out a passport application at a passport acceptance facility (often a post office, library, or County Clerk's office) and provide them with the following documents to send to the Department of State along with your application: Proof of US Citizenship (such as a previously issued passport, a birth certificate, a Certificate of Citizenship or a Naturalization Certificate) Proof of identity (such as a driver's license or state-issued ID) A…

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