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[quote=Anonymous]Weird birth certificate issue and trying to understand the path of least resistance. DH is 1st gen American and was born and raised in Silver Spring. Parents were very low literacy to “someone” at the hospital filled out the birth registration document with his nickname as his middle name. Similar to being named Robert Rob Smith. He’s had a passport pretty much his whole life and has always used it as his ID (for Real ID, I-9 etc.). I saw his birth certificate probably over 30 years ago at his parent’s house and it looked odd as the middle name was struck out (did not look like a handwritten strike out though).

Fast forward, in laws passed away and due to inheritance stuff, he is obtaining citizenship in their home country. Citizenship is only by blood, not soil, so not onerous at all but the embassy needs his birth certificate with Apostille and his family’s registration document from their village. Then he goes to the Consulate, shows his documents plus US Passport and the deed is done.

We got a copy of the birth certificate from Maryland and his middle name has been removed. Called and he has no middle name in the system. Told that an employee needs to retrieve the original from the “vault” to see what’s going on and they will call back in 1-2 days. Of course, that was weeks ago, many calls, no one ever calls back. We live across the country now so not really particle to show up in person (that’s last resort). The problem is, the passport and birth certificate do not match as the passport does have the middle name, and they do need to match.

DH could care less about his middle name one way or the other. What is the easiest path
1.	Maryland said he could file a name change with the court to get it added back – seems like with a court order they would generate a “new” birth certificate for him. We’re worried that will take forever and really would prefer not to do that.
2.	Continue to deal with Maryland and hope they figure it out
3.	Request a new passport that reflects only his first and last name to match the birth certificate we have in hand. Is “Maryland dropped my middle name for some reason and now I need my passport to match my birth certificate” even a valid reason? He would have to update his driver's license too.

The concern is his whole life has been Robert Rob Smith as his legal name on military records, Social Security, passport, mortgage, etc. Apologize for the length, but hoping there’s insight out there. 
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