Your passport is your international ID document issued by your government. It is a record of your name, birthday, birthplace, and nationality. By law, you do not own your passport. Your government does. If you are an American, US law states that a US passport “at all times remains the property of the United States […]
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Your Family Files (1): Civil Registry Documents
THE TEN-MINUTE TEST If you had to leave your home in an emergency, and could only take three things with you, what would these be? Could you easily grab your important family files before swinging out the door? Let us say that there is no emergency, but you need a document urgently. For instance, your […]
Continue readingHow to correct clerical errors in your birth certificate
Wrong entries in your birth certificate can give rise to problems. These can be errors in the spelling of your first name, birthday or birthplace. How can you correct these? Some people have tried to correct their birth certificate by hand, believing that it’s the right thing to do. However, that is certainly not the […]
Continue reading7 reasons for writing your Last Will & Testament
Your last will and testament is perhaps the most important document that you will ever write. Here are 7 reasons why you should write your last will now. 1 – YOU’LL HAVE THE LAST SAY ABOUT YOUR PROPERTIES During your lifetime, as owner, the law gives you the right to use and dispose of […]
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