After moving from home, my mother gave me my birth certificate which had been used to enroll me in school, get my drivers license, enroll in college and even get a replacement social security card when I lost mine. About 20 years ago, my brother in law was getting married in Cancun. I didn't have a passport so I used my birth certificate at the airport to fly international. No problems. Until I got to the airport in Cancun. I showed the clerk my bc and she informed me that it was not a valid form of ID and they couldn't let me in. After a bit of language barrier, come to find out, all I had wa