Even the parent's birth place can be skipped if you insist hard enough (which I did). All the birth cert has is our names, and the place of birth which was a clinic.

Use your ghost address for all records. Not too bad.

I like the idea of jus soli. States that observe jus soli, according to Wikipedia include:

Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Barbados Belize Bolivia Brazil (Male Brazilian citizens must have a military service obligation.) Canada Chile(children of transient foreigners or of foreign diplomats on assignment in Chile only upon request) Colombia Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Fiji Grenada Guatemala Guyana Honduras Jamaica Lesotho Malaysia Mexico Nicaragua Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Saint Christopher and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela

Submitted Link #1: http://www.canaryislandspress.com/index.cfm/fa/sho...

- Click Begin Application - Identify: - LLC - Single Member (Disregarded Entity) - Banking Purposes - Authenticate: - Individual - Provide your information there.

Remember that this information will be submitted to the IRS.. and that your only exposure outside of federal authorities would be if the bank requested a copy of the EIN form. I have never encountered a bank requesting the actual form. They just ask for the EIN.

Also, it is my experience that the bank will still want your ssn if you use the method above because a single member LLC is a "disregarded entity" for federal taxation purposes.

One possible way around that would be to not disclose that it is a single member LLC.

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Now, I'll be applying for my first U.S. Passport and see the only geographical information on it is PLACE OF BIRTH. Since I'll be using this as my primary ID, unless stopped by a policeman, where I only give him a drivers license, should I close my OH PO Boxes and replace them with 2 PO Boxes in MI again, since that would match my MI location on the Passport, keeping my OHIO presence a mystery to all except the police, auto insurance company and the OHIO BMV(Bureau of Motor Vehicles)?

... Unless there has been a recent change, your passport will show only the state where you were born, not the city or town. And almost no one pays any attention to that anyway.

1. Driver’s licenses are more easily copied and can be used to steal identity.

2. Most states sell data from driver’s licenses.

3. Passports may be required to fly domestically in the future.

4. If a teller writes your driver’s license number on a cashed check that can expose you to identity theft.

... All of the above are true, but the main reason is that a passport does not reveal your street address, city, or even state.

I will venture a guess that every state in the Union has laws similar to Colorado's, which impose a legal requirement on all professionals, including midwives, to report live births to the registrar of vital statistics.

Likewise, I'm betting that all states have laws making it a crime to neglect or refuse to report a live birth. In Colorado it's a misdemeanor.

There are good reasons for requiring that births be recorded, and the most compelling is that this is how your child's citizenship is granted. Keep in mind that if you do not register the birth of your child, it is your child who will suffer. He/she will not be able to get a driver's license or a passport, won't be allowed to vote, and will lose out on all the benefits of being a documented citizen.

While it may be ethical for you to go "off the grid" to the extent you can do so to maintain your privacy, your children do not deserve to be burdened with the frustrations and difficulties that will attend their not having a birth certificate.

Do them a favor and make sure their birth is recorded. Go have the baby in a neighboring state if you must, and simply refuse to provide address information if you like. Most states require the name of the mother and father and the name of the child, along with the time, date and place of birth, and little more, so it's hard to see what information is required that would compromise privacy to any substantial degree so long as actual residence location is concealed.

Home Birth With A Midwife.

The hospital (unless in New York City) will likely fill in the child's registration information with: First Name: Baby, Middle Name: Girl/Boy, Last Name: Mother's maiden name.

The hospital can hardly fill out the information if you haven't decided on a name yet, right? Later, when the child is old enough, they can go to vital records (if they want to) and get the Birth Certificate changed to their name.

They are willing to let me have the use of part of my going-to-college fund to get started, but there's a big catch. They insist I have to find a privacy-oriented lawyer who will guide me through the use of an LLC in a one-person business.

Is there anyone you can recommend?

... First of all, congratulations on deciding to skip college. Your parents are to be commended in allowing you to use some of the funds to start your own business. However, I urge you to start small. And by small I mean less than $5000. That way, if the first idea doesn't work, you can't lose more than $5000, and can go on to Plan B.

The only privacy-oriented attorney I know is my nephew John, but his only client is me. He doesn't like the current cut-throat legal field so he's in business for himself in another field.

FYI, there is a possibility he may join me, and will then offer custom operating agreements etc.

If you have any further questions, e-mail me. And don't forget: whatever field you plan to enter, start small.

Known as MORIS (Mobile Offender Recognition and Identification System), the system lets police officers take a photo of a suspect, upload it into a secure network where it is then analysed.

Police test out the MORIS system which will be used to identify suspects using the iPhone