Ah. Well done. At least you learnt something new today XD ps. I lmao-ed @chimpy91 (#65)

it says right on the certificate that you aren't allowed to laminate it

I'm happy for you, you seem to have a very carefree life if you can complain about something like that. Just get a new one, it's not like you have to swim through an ocean and cross a desert to attain it. Drama queen much? Lamination hadn't reached my country when I was born, I think. Here it's an A4 sized paper, or was, not sure how it's now. I once got problems because I have 2 birth certificates with different last names on them, so I had to terminate my evil twin, but even that worked out, surprisingly. OP, good luck learning how to read before applying for a new one.

So buy a new one from the office of records. Are you really that stupid?

How do you void a birth certificate?! Does that mean no one will believe you exist anymore?

YDI... The back of the Ontario health card specifically says NOT to laminate it. You should have known this.

YDI !!!! have you never looked at the back of your birth certificate? it says "VOID IF ALTERED OR LAMINATED" duh

So go get a new one.

I'm surprised no one has said this yet. Perhaps the employee was also unaware that lamination would void it, and only read the VOID IF LAMINATED OR ALTERED after he had finished? Maybe he even saw it while checking to see if the job was done right so, y'know, the customer would be satisfied? Geez, so many people flip when an OP assumes a barista was a lazy jerk, but it's ok to do the same with a "copy-monkey"?

Uggghh. I HATE people who don't read. It says it on EVERY birth certificate in EVERY province not to Laminate or Alter. Here (Alberta, FTW ) t's $22-ish to get it replaced, so it's not even a HUUUGE amount.