Birth Certificate
"Notifications of Birth Registration" or "Birth Announcements," which do not meet the requirements outlined below, are not acceptable as evidence of citizenship.

For a Birth Certificate to be acceptable, it must:

• Be issued by the office of vital statistics of the state, county, or city where your birth occurred.
• Show your full name at birth.
• Indicate the date and place of your birth.
• Bear the embossed, impressed, multi-colored, or raised seal and signature of the issuing authority; and indicate a registration/file date within
  one year of your birth.