A law enacted by Puerto Rico in December mainly to combat identity theft invalidates as of July 1 all previously issued Puerto Rican birth certificates. That means more than a third of the 4.1 ...

The government of Puerto Rico is invalidating every birth certificate issued on the island before July 1, 2010, in an attempt to curb rampant fraud and identity theft that officials say has ruined ...

"Anyone will do anything for money." So this initiative won't keep all birth certificates off the black market, says Puerto Rico's Secretary of State Kenneth McClintock. "What we're looking for ...

Although birth certificates issued by Puerto Rico will become invalid July 1, a representative of the island’s government said that people don’t need to rush to get new ones unless they have ...

Starting Sept. 30, the state Motor Vehicle Commission will not accept birth certificates issued in Puerto Rico prior to July 1, 2010, The Jersey Journal reports. The change comes after a massive ...

Birth certificates for people born in Puerto Rico will no longer be valid as of July 1 because of a law passed on the Caribbean island last December. Chances are that many Puerto Rican natives ...