I just remembered we never ordered her's! Opps! I always forget I have to get a money order.
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yep - we needed them to sign up for insurance!
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omg! you have to do it before 1st birthday, no? haha.
I have both birth certificates in our safe. -
I ordered it online and received it very quickly.
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yep in our safe
ours was online with google pay?...it was quick!
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@chopsuey: What? It didn't say that in the letter. We have to get it through the county.
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Yep! We have 3 copies of it!
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I'm pretty sure I had to mail a check in before LO was even born!
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Yep, for both girls I got them ASAP! Need a birth certificate to cross into the US and shop.
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Yes, I just got mine back for DD. We had to send in a check.
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.... Now I need to check our safe. I never paid for one?!?
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@Smurfette: Maybe I'm just making it up
haha.
I do know that changes to birth certificates before the kid turns 1 are super easy and free though!
I think I went to usps for the money orders! -
Yep, we dropped the application for it off at the hospital once we left and we wired the money.
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@chopsuey: uh oh! what happens if you don't do it before 1? you're kid isn't legit?! hahaha
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I don't remember having to do a money order or anything like that. We just went to the town clerk's office and gave them a check. But yes, we have it.
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Yep. It's in our safe under our bed.
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Yep. Her British one and her certificate of birth abroad.
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We ordered three copies immediately after birth. We've used it many times since, most often when flying.
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A money order? That's annoying. Our hospital brought me the forms and I just wrote them a check. They took care of it all for me. It's a good thing, because I didn't realize until last minute that I needed it for flying!
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Yup. We need it to fly.
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@Adira: @swurlygurl: Seriously? Why can't I mail a check? So stupid.
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Yup. The first copy was $5 I think?
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yeah I had to have it for insurance purposes. Funny story. I actually got mailed someone else's birth certificate. Someone born in 2002 or something. The name wasn't anywhere close to LOs. What a complete screw up on their part!
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@Smurfette: Nope, he's almost 2 1/2. you have to pick them up in person at City Hall.
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Yup! Got it immediately for passport application and an extra one for good measure.
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Yes, had to get it right away for insurance purposes. We had to go to the county office because it wouldn't arrive in the mail soon enough. It was ridiculous.
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Yep, we have 2.
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No... she is almost 2
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Nope! We haven't needed one yet so I keep forgetting.
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Yep! I was able to order it before we left the hospital.
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Yes, and we needed it recently to process my DS's passport!
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No! I didn't know we didn't have DS's until I had dd. The hospital gave you a certificate with all the details and a gold seal on it and I (along with many others apparently) thought it was the birth certificate. They told us when I had dd that's why they stopped. Need to get both kids!
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Nope! I really need to get on that. And her passport. And her citizenship papers and second passport. Gah.
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I got it when she was around three months old? They let me pay with a debit card.
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I have DS's. Gonna get M's soon. His ss card came in the mail today.
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Yep, we have hers! We had to send it in when we applied for her passport!
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Crap. Nope. Thanks for the reminder!
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I walked into the Clerk's Office during my lunch hour - after my maternity leave - and picked up 2 copies. 10 minutes total.
The orginals are filed away, but I keep a copy handy for flights, etc.
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I went to the local Health Department 30 days after she was born- paid 30 dollars w my cc and got it right there.
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Yup, the hospital took care of it all for us.
haha.
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