Why?

If you’re in the US, you should know this because if you want to apply for a passport, you’ll be required to provide information about your parents such as birth dates and places. If you’re divorced, you will have to provide the same info along with marriage and divorce date, even if it was decades ago. So if you have access to that info, make sure you record it somewhere safe for Future use.

If you’re not in the US, you should know because this information can be difficult for people to get if they never knew one or both parents, or have a bad/non-relationship with them. Or if they had a contentious divorce or an abusive partner. Which is another reason why just leaving the country can be difficult for people who are already marginalized.

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    From an outsider’s perspective, I think the USA and Russia should just have sex and get it over with.

    We get it - you both love the military, you both hate minorities, you both want to restrict the rights and freedoms of your citizens.

    Just get a room, get it out of your systems, and maybe the rest of the world can finally get some much-needed peace this year.

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    Also, if you’re old like me (40+), your parents middle initials might not be on your birth certificate and they won’t accept it. You’ll have to go through getting a new birth certificate beforehand and run all around the city waiting in lines for an entire day. Ask me how I know.

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      My father was given a middle name at birth, which he changed when he got his Social Security card. I’ve already had a bit of legal difficulty with that one.

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    YSK this is another fine example of the need to label posts with “USA” when solely about USA in non-national communities.

    Edit for the Ameruskis: Us is a fucking word. [USA] that so the rest of US don’t need to deal with your fucking banana republic shit all the time.

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      Us is a fucking word

      Notice how the S is not capitalised? That’s how you can tell them apart!

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    It’s not an automatic denial either though. You can N/A those sections if you don’t have the information. They may ask you to fill out an extra form but if you’re an adult they may also just accept it if everything else is okay. What you shouldn’t do is lie on the form. So don’t N/A something where you do have the information.

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      I was hoping that would be the case, but everything I googled said “if you cant reach out to your ex-spouse, no problem, just get the info from their friends or family!” Like, thanks, anyone close enough to him to know that info hates my guts and will definitely tell him and give him my contact info.

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          Everything i posted is fact. You can download the application form yourself. If you use the auto filler, you are required to fill in that information. What i googled was for what would happen if you don’t use the auto filler and don’t provide that information.

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        source: everything okokimup googled said so

        Cmon, don’t post this misleading bullshit

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          Everything i posted is fact. You can download the application form yourself. If you use the auto filler, you are required to fill in that information. What i googled was for what would happen if you don’t use the auto filler and don’t provide that information.

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    All this info can probably be obtained through a country clerk / registrar depending on what you need to know.

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      If I live in new york, but I know that my parents were born somewhere on the west coast, would this still apply? Can I contact my county clerk for the info?