Originally Posted by
cordelli
Yes, there are states and towns and cities that issue wallet sized birth certificates (or whatever the preferred name is, the state department is apparently wrong when they refer to them as the short version of a birth certificate) that have raised seals on them that do not require folding to fit into a wallet, they are the same size as a license or credit card.
Have you come across them being submitted for passport application purposes or being used at a US port of entry or pre-clearance facility?
Sounds like an alternative to combine with other government-issued photo ID without having to get a passport and/or passport card for land border crossings to/from Mexico and/or Canada.