Birth Certificate for Mexico -- Photostatic Copy Allowed?

[FirstTimeDisCruiser]

Hi,

We're first time disney cruisers -- going on the west coast cruise in August. My wife has a photostatic copy of a birth certificate with an embossed seal (actually which dates back to the mid 1960's). Does anyone know whether this is accepted when going on the cruise?

Thanks, Ed

 

[Lew]

As long as the it's a photostatic copy of a birth certificate issued by a government agency...city, county, etc...you should be fine. If the certificate was issued by the hospital, that won't work.

 

[bcnb103]

Hi first time welcome!!! Which cruise in Aug. are you going on. We are o the Aug. 13th. to Mexico.

 

[tvguy]

Not sure I understand you.....is it a photocopy of a birth certificate with a seal...........or a photocopy of a birth certificate where the copy has a raised
seal of it's own?
They need to be able to feel the raise seal for it to be a legal copy, and it has to be the seal of the agency that issued it......some folks got it in their heads that they could get a notary to put THEIR seal on it to make it legal.

You need a certified copy of a birth certificate, not a copy of a certified copy. Older certified copies have a raised seal, many newer ones are printed on special certificate paper like a stock certificate. You need the original of the certified copy of the newer ones, not a photocopy.

 

[FirstTimeDisCruiser]

Hi TvGuy,

Thanks for your pointed feedback. So, this birth certificate is from the 1960's and the text says that it is a "photostatic" copy, but from the city of NY and signed by their register with a raised seal... so it sounds it would treated as an official version...

Thanks, Ed

 

[tvguy]

Hi TvGuy,

Thanks for your pointed feedback. So, this birth certificate is from the 1960's and the text says that it is a "photostatic" copy, but from the city of NY and signed by their register with a raised seal... so it sounds it would treated as an official version...

Thanks, Ed

Sounds like you've got a good birth certificate then. I dealt with this for several years while serving on a Little League board of directors. We are SUPPOSED to check birth certificates for all players before the season starts, we HAVE to check them if the player makes allstars.
You would not believe the poor condition of some of the birth certificates I have seen, for kids only 9 years old. Some are so beat up you can't tell if there is a raise seal on them. THAT is why I recommend every child has a passport, they are physically durable , and good for all those occasions (school registration, little league, soccer etc) where you have to have proof of a child's age.
I can just imagine the problems immigration officials have determining if birth certificates are legit.