My wife was born in South Korea when it was still a third world country. At that time, it was up to her father to go to a government office to record her birth. He did not go to the office until 68 days later, but a deadline had passed, so he would have been required to pay a fine to enter her correct birthday. To avoid the fine, he entered her birthday as the day he visited the government office. The government did not require a birth certificate or other documentation of the birthday.
From that day forward, all of her official records in Korea, and later in the U.S., have carried the incorrect birthday--except one; that is her birth certificate which records her actual birthday. She still has it, recorded in Korean, of course.
We celebrate her true birthday, but whenever I complete a form asking for her birthday I have to remember to list the incorrect date. Also, it will cost her 68 days of Social Security and delay Medicare coverage by the same amount. The incorrect record bugs us.
Can this be fixed? If so, how?
From that day forward, all of her official records in Korea, and later in the U.S., have carried the incorrect birthday--except one; that is her birth certificate which records her actual birthday. She still has it, recorded in Korean, of course.
We celebrate her true birthday, but whenever I complete a form asking for her birthday I have to remember to list the incorrect date. Also, it will cost her 68 days of Social Security and delay Medicare coverage by the same amount. The incorrect record bugs us.
Can this be fixed? If so, how?
Statistics: Posted by TheNightsToCome — Sun Jun 09, 2024 5:30 pm