[pct-l] Birth Certificate vs Passport

[wandering_bob at comcast.net (Bob Bankhead)]

Just remember - a passport also serves as legal photo ID for travel (in hte 
USA). A birth certificate does not.  I always carry both my passport and 
driver's license when I travel across borders or out of town either by bus, 
rail or air as it is too easy to lose one, and I don't relish the idea of 
motel bills until a replacement can arrive  Yes, Greyhound requires photo ID 
just to buy a ticket, but not to board the bus. Try getting aboard a plane 
or Amtrack without photo ID - ain't happening!

Passports are not a big expense, given their ten year lifetime. Besides, you 
never know when you might suddenly have to travel beyond the borders of your 
country - relatives and friends get in trouble, last-minute business or 
pleasure travel, etc. IMHO - money well spent. Last-minute emergency 
passport requests in the USA are very expensive and stressful.

Wandering Bob


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marshall Karon" <m.karon@comcast.net>
To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 8:59 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Birth Certificate vs Passport


> 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
>