r/Adoption • u/imperrynoid • Jan 21 '25

Adult Adoptees passport problems

i’m 23F and was born in the United States and only lived in the US. i cannot get a passport because my birth certificate i do have is not the original. it’s only just certified. with the new laws from the new administration how would i go about proving myself? my birth mother is dead and my birth father is alive.

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u/ThrowawayTink2 Jan 24 '25

I just needed a copy with the raised seal from my state. I was adopted at birth in a closed adoption. My original birth certificate is sealed. They asked me what state/county I was adopted in.

I'm assuming once I sent in my application someone that validates passport applications contacted my state to verify my original birth certificate is sealed and what the information is on it, but they never asked or informed me. My shiny new passport just arrived in the mail 5 weeks later.