[pct-l] Birth Certificate vs Passport

[m.karon at comcast.net (Marshall Karon)]

Yup, you need a birth certificate to get a passport - the first one.

Or, you need a prior passport to get new one. Then, you don't need a birth 
certificate. So, I now have several passports (all expired except the last 
one), but no birth certificate. And it works when getting a new job, too. 
I'm set!

Of course, a birth certificate is smaller and lighter than a passport - and 
cheaper, too. So, one could just order one from where they were born. Every 
ounce counts!

Marshall Karon
Portland, OR
m.karon@comcast.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Vonhof" <johnvonhof@comcast.net>
To: "Ilja Friedel" <pctl@ilja.ws>; <Slyatpct@aol.com>
Cc: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 7:12 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Flying from Vancouver to So. Cal


> If anyone plans on getting a passport, start now. I got one last year and 
> it
> took almost two months. Check at your local post office. You need a 
> specific
> size photo and id. I think it ran about 60.00.
>
> John Vonhof
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> On 2/12/05 10:13 PM, "Ilja Friedel" <pctl@ilja.ws> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 Slyatpct@aol.com wrote:
>>> Hey, by the way, you NEED a birth certificate to get a passport!
>>
>> I never understood why Americans make such a fuzz of [not] having a
>> passport. Hey, get one! It is your ticket to freedom. A passport allows
>> you to travel to other places. You won't even need visas to get to many
>> other countries: you are privileged to be from a rich nation and trusted
>> to not cause illigal immigration. (Like EU nationals, Canadians, Aussies,
>> Japanese etc.)
>>
>> Ilja.
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