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I was about to post that. I don’t know why it’s being suggested to go to San Francisco since there’s a passport office in LA - right next to UCLA.</p>
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<p>There are other pictures online of official LA birth certificates. Here’s an example that was shown on the Apostille Agents site as official.</p>
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<p>This reminds me of what I had to go through to get S a state photo id so that he could do a State Dept internship. (He didn’t have a driver’s license.) Drop everything and drive 3 hrs to college after classes, pick him up, and drive 3 hrs back home. In the AM, drive to local DMV and get picture taken, apply for id. Drive 2 hrs to state capitol to pick up ID same day. Drive 3 hrs back to college. Drive 3 hrs home. And we were lucky that a) we had the relevant documentation, and b) his school is only 3 hrs drive away.</p>
<p>Good luck, Shrinkwrap! I vote with Batlo, Seahorse, and Glad. The other system already failed. I would have the two of them on the road with originals/copies of all required documents and enough cash to pay for everything including the passport. I would have them to the passport in LA, since if–worst case scenario–there was again a problem with the BC they would still be able to address it. And when they apply for it, they should make sure to ask that it have your full names!</p>
<p>Shrinkrap-
Reread the thread and focused in on the problem with the documentation.
The reason for refusal was the bc had to have the full names of mother and father.
However, at the time your name was different and you, a single mom.
So the original document has your maiden name, solo.
Have you read if you need to get the bc amended?
Is there a form to amend and add parents’ names and when notarized becomes a permissible?
Googled amend birth certificate Los Angeles County
It is a pamphlet of instructions and forms.
But it is a time sucking task with getting affidavits and don’t know if that is what will correct the deficiency in the document you already have.
Why would you have to amend the bc, your d is an adult and applying for the passport on her own?
Curious and curiouser…</p>
<p>This is officially a level of government bureaucracy hell.
Yes, Shrinkrap, you need to talk to someone who can clarify the parents names needing to be on the document before your s and d drive south.
Keep us posted.</p>
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<p>It sounds like the problem is with the parents names. Does she have your maiden name? Was she adopted by your DH? In other words, it sounds like there’s an issue with the parents names, too. Maybe waiting until tomorrow am will allow you to find out the exact cause of the holdup with the passport office.</p>
<p>I would pull out your passport, or whatever showing you are American citizen, send daughter with that, copy of marriage license showing marriage was after birth, copy of any hospital medical records showing you were a single mom, whatever I could find. A copy of your birth certificate, social security card</p>
<p>I would also look online about California birth certificate and if it’s common no fathers name is listed</p>
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<p>[New</a> Requirement for U.S. Birth Certificates](<a href=“U.S. Passports”>U.S. Passports)</p>
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<p>Good morning from California, and thanks all. From what I can tell, the birth certificate lists mothers MAIDEN name, and that hasn’t changed. Daughter does not have my last name. </p>
<p>Oy vey. </p>
<p>The issue I would like to clarify before the drive, is why the OTHER supporting materials were not good enough for the rules for getting a passport without a certified birth certificate. I know I am repeating here, but in addition to the “certified copy” of the BC I had, I also sent a notarized affidavit (“D10”), baptismal certificate, perinatal records, etc. I would take all of this to San Francisco agency, but the passport folks still have them.</p>
<p>Yes, I would call first thing in the morning. I’d be worried that your kids would be driving to LA in vain.</p>
<p>Shrinkrap, there are hundreds of thousands of kids whose mothers kept their maiden name in the US. If not millions. (Including mine!) That alone cannot be the problem.</p>
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<p>This would indicate that the birth certificate you already have is perfectly adequate, and possibly a clerk going through a checklist just made a mistake. I think a call first thing tomorrow is in order, but your kids should be prepared to drive if necessary. (And if the passport people still have your supporting documents, the kids aren’t going to be able to get the passport done in LA, right?)</p>
<p>“Contact your Congressman. I had to do that five years ago when passports for my son and me were delayed. Got a call from one of his aides who tracked down all my information and got it sent overnight to us. Perhaps they can also help with this matter.”</p>
<p>I had to do this also (contacted both my Congressman and Senator Schumer.) This was right when they were inundated because of the new requirement for passport into Mexico and Canada. I had the added problem of my son being adopted from a overseas and all his original documents like his adoption papers, original visa, etc., had to be submitted and the Passport agency didn’t even know where his stuff was. All they could tell me was it was in a “lock box” somewhere. It was a horror. Both my representatives were fantastic in assisting us. It took about a week to get it after my “people” got involved (after submitting all the paper work months before) and it was sent Fed Ex overnight.</p>
<p>I look at birth certificate routinely as part of my job - for verifying eligibility for employment on the I-9. I don’t know if any birth certificate I’ve ever seen had anything BUT the mother’s maiden name. I don’t recall EVER seeing one with the mother’s married name on it anywhere. So I think you can stop worrying about that aspect of the problem. As long as it has both parents names on it, and is an official copy, I think you’re going to be fine.</p>
<p>Both parents names are not on it. And they barely have a week. Hence the drive. In order to get a certified copy in the amount of time required one needs to go to the county of birth. I even remember something from the la office that phone call requests will not be taken, either by mail, three weeks, or in person.</p>
<p>Phone calls of course, but if you want passportin hand by flight time next Tuesday…</p>
<p>If passport office, which one who knows still has original forms, that is something you need to find asap, if they have the forms, which office, if that office can share with San Francisco office etc. </p>
<p>Again before a kid goes to college get that passport. it’s so important.</p>
<p>And if you did get your kid a passport before college, make sure it’s not expiring anytime soon. The reason we got in a pickle with S was because we didn’t realize his passport was close to expiring. We all got passports in 2007, so they won’t expire until 2017 … EXCEPT for S, who was only 15 … due to his age, his passport was only good for 5 years. Not something I even noticed.</p>
<p>Kelsmom. thanks for the reminder!</p>
<p>So right now the plan is if calls to the passport folks confirm that they must have an additional copy of the birth certificate here in San Francisco. husband or I will cancel Wed patients, and fly down with D on Tuesday night, come back Wed, then head to San Fran for passport on Friday. The trip is a red eye Thursday 5/31, so that gives us a chance to go back to SF if we have to. </p>
<p>In the interim is my birthday, and a trip to the vet to put down my almost eight year old guinea pig, who has a mass in her kidney. Sigh. I don’t want to have that happen with my pig sitter, who was sitting for another one of my pigs when she (the pig, not the sitter) died seven years ago.</p>
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<p>Holy cow, shrinkrap, it never rains but it pours. Best of luck. This had better be a really, really good vacation!</p>
<p>Sending you positive thoughts when you get on the phone this morning. Just realized that Monday is Memorial Day and everything is closed so you HAVE to get it done this week!</p>
<p>Fingers crossed that everything falls into place and you have her passport by Friday or earlier.</p>
<p>Thank goodness for this thread. I have the same situation as kelsmom, even the same dates. My daughter is leaving July 1 and I never thought about her passport expiring in a couple of weeks, because she had hers with her at college and I just checked the date on mine since we got them the same day. We got her photo made a few minutes ago, and will head to the post office tomorrow. Since she has more than two weeks to work with, the expedited process should work. They won’t let me use the regional passport office since she has the extra time, and I am uncomfortable waiting until two weeks before to go in person.<br>
Without seeing this thread, I’m not sure when I would have thought to check her passport. Yikes.</p>
<p>Sorry you are having this problem, Shrinkrap. I think you have gotten good advice here, and I wish you the best of luck resolving this matter. Let us know how it all works out. I will be hoping you have a nice pina colada on the beach (virgin or with a kick to it) next week.</p>