Are Laminated Birth Certificates Valid

Any response to my query is highly appreciated.
Are laminated birth certificates valid. They are valid but they don t have to accepted by people requesting them. However see my first comment and it explains why the answer is no you can not laminate either documents. Had to apply for a re issue. Do not ever laminate your certificates birth certificates naturalization certificate or whatever.
After going through lots of stress to get my original birth certificate i quickly laminated it to have it protected. 6 even some embassies and organization are complaining now. People do make copies and have the copy laminated. And when we went to the post office in buffalo ny we were told that the laminated birth certificate could be refused and the report of birth abroad not certificate only report for child born abroad to on usc couldn t transfer citizenship due to not living in the us for 5 yrs wouldn t support the passport application as it supposed to be a.
I laminated my original birth certificate a few years back due to the ageing paper and i recently obtained copies of the birth certificate which have been issued by the authorities laminated are these accepeted by the embassy. I would say laminating your social security card and birth certificate is a good way to keep them from getting damaged and is probably a smart thing to do. If you need to have it framed like a photo or for storage keep in plastic. I got to one of our embassies only to have it rejected.
Neither will the us passport agency.