Comment by StopDisinfo910

I have personally used everything I mention so I must be having hallucinations and dreamt it worked I guess.

> Why do we need birth certificates in addition to IDs, exactly?

Because it’s the official record of your actual birth which gives you right and is therefore useful when you need for exemple to get said ids or prove to anyone that it is indeed where you were born?

Birth certificates are in no way unique to France. What’s remarkable however is how easy to get a copy of yours if you are French.