Laws and Found

Originally published: March 14, 2014 | Last updated: October 13, 2026 I know many people have problems with misspellings or typo errors in their birth certificates, and I feel your pain. The horror of finding out my surname is misspelled in my record of birth was enough to ruin my day and make me skip my winged eyeliner. Seriously though, it has caused me several problems when I was processing my official documents like a passport, which made me decide to do something about it. I'm not gonna give any lawyerly advice on the subject because I am not a lawyer. I'd simply be sharing what I've gone through in this process so you will have an idea if you are in a similar predicament. A Missing Letter and a Cascade of Headaches I never thought missing a single letter from a family name can bring me such an unfortunate series of events. Imagine having to deal with it in your passport and then even bar applications. I've been using my real (correct) family name all my life. ...