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I'm not sure how many have had babies born overseas, but I did and was told it was close to impossible to get a duplicate "born abroad" birth certificate if anything happens to the original. But HELLO, something always seems to get misplaced or lost during our frequent moves. I found this website that is very helpful with citizens born abroad.
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My first born was born here in Germany and soon to be my second one the best thing to do is go to the US Embassy or the Personnel office and ask the question. We got my son's birth certificate in two months and his Social Security number in 3-4 months. That's the downfall about being overseas but I know you can just talk to the people in the Embassy they actually know more than the people working in the Personnel Office.
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My husband was born in Spain and my Dss was born in Japan. We have had to get replacement birth certificates for both. There was a little more paperwork and it took a LOT longer to get them but it wasn't all that difficult. Gettting a new passport was another matter all together. That was much more difficult even though they were both US citizens born during military service.
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with important documents like that,, when you are in the u.s. take them to the local court house and have them put on file there,,, i did that with my dd214 cause they say that's a big problem if you lose it
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Originally Posted by mrs_teeee67
with important documents like that,, when you are in the u.s. take them to the local court house and have them put on file there,,, i did that with my dd214 cause they say that's a big problem if you lose it
I might do that right now ours get put in the fire prof box. I do need to make more copies of my dd214 though.