I've always had multiple copies of my birth certificate. If I'd only had one, I'd have gotten a copy before sending it in with my passport application.
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This is actually a very real issue that is fucking me over hard now. For context, I'm a naturalized trans immigrant who fled the US. Unfortunately, my US passport is set to expire really soon and I am effectively unable to renew it. The US has been deliberately holding on to trans people's passports by effectively dropping us into bureaucratic limbo as a way to deny us freedom of movement. It's not even worth trying to renew for me since at best (if I'm lucky) I'd have a passport that misrepresents me, and at worst I'd be effectively stateless. The cruety is the point
Thankfully my OG birth country is coming in clutch right now. The consulate has been helping me get my non-US papers in order, but not everyone is so lucky
Edit: and the salt on the wound is that I still have to pay US taxes
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If the government wanted to, theoretically, they could "accidentally lose" the documents...
Already happened to more than a few. The solid water people have also reportedly been losing/damaging documents of people they've detained.
Everything is russian roulette on which person is handling your paperwork that day.
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Is that an American thing I am too European to understand or am I just still sleeping
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Isn't it an option to apply in person at a post office? Does your physical proof (birth or naturalization certificate) still need to leave your hands if you do it that way?
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I mean, I like that you're attempting to troll, but it kind of falls apart with a simple internet search for "state certified birth certificate copy," if that's the "physical document to prove your citizenship," you're talking about.
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