parent date of birth/place

[workonnet1]

Online ds-11 application makes parent's date/place of birth and self phone-number optional. Went to USPS today for passport and they told they need these. Anyone had trouble with this?

They stapled the naturalization cert - wouldn't staples damage it?

 

[del0175]

Sometimes some clerks are just annoying and don't understand what optional means. This is a problem with any agent whether government or private.

Regarding, stapling it, well, relax. It is only a piece of paper and it will travel all over and then handled by many clerks, but the good news is that after you get your first passport, you will not need to send your naturalization certificate again. For renewal, you only send the old passport.