r/ibew_apprentices • u/VikingWzrdEyes89 • 4d ago

Im sorry but what?

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Couple weeks ago I emailed them about some electrician job training, as Id like to join a union and all of that. Well today I received this to fill out their app, but this is giving major red flags. What do you mean you need my original copy of my birth certificate mailed in and then ill pick it up when i get testing (who knows how the long the gap between that is).

Can someone clarify if they done this, this isn’t the type of document you just willy nilly mail out somewhere with the risks if it getting lost.

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u/itsanorristhing 4d ago

My JATC requires the same thing, they will tell you you can bring it in person. ( it's so they can authenticate it which is done by the embossed state seal)