true. Unless whichever office and officer you’re dealing with insists it comes from the embassy or the document issuer. And the US embassy doesn’t do birth certificates. Anyway, latest word from the Nonthaburi office and officer we spoke to was “not needed” so hopefully the insane paperwork gods smile on me and align with that
She wrote on my passport and then keyed in the system (which obviously told her 31 November doesn’t exist), she then scratched 1 and the note underneath. I should be good. I guess I’ll find out next trip.