Does anyone know if it's ok to tape a birth certificate? Or even laminate it?
As in, does it make it somehow no longer valid for government purposes? I've moved so many times & had to drag out my papers (I was born in Italy on a US military base) that the poor things are rather worn.

@see_the_sus maybe make a copy and laminate it? That’s what my dad did and its just stuck in my head to keep the original as is but you can make a copy and laminate that. I could be totally wrong though haha

@Fiddies2 I'm going to go w/ the suggestions from others and get a new one from the State Dept, so I can leave my old one at home and also get some of those plastic folder sleeves.