Applying for a child's first passport

[MyUserName]

Apparently I need to send my marriage certificate with my child's application.
However, I am apply for two passports, one for each child (one is 4 and one is 18 months).

They do not accept copies of documents.

Has anyone done this, do I actually need to send my marriage certificate?

[Troll]

Apparently I need to send my marriage certificate with my child's application.
However, I am apply for two passports, one for each child (one is 4 and one is 18 months).

They do not accept copies of documents.

Has anyone done this, do I actually need to send my marriage certificate?

given the declining numbers of parents who are actually married - I'm surprised they are using the certificate as authentication check

[Project Monkey]

Apparently I need to send my marriage certificate with my child's application.
However, I am apply for two passports, one for each child (one is 4 and one is 18 months).

They do not accept copies of documents.

Has anyone done this, do I actually need to send my marriage certificate?

I've got 4 kids and never sent or was ask to send my marriage certificate (original or copy) for any of them. I know this for sure because we lost the certificate soon after we got married and found it 12 years later at the back of the wedding photo album.

[RasputinDude]

Got younger daughter's passport last July and didn't need to send marriage cert.

[MyUserName]

Ah, phew.

What about the first passport of my wife? She has a maiden name and married name, presumably she will need the marriage cert?

[RasputinDude]

yes, she'll need to send the marriage cert to get a passport in her new name.