Harry's birth certificate [was Re: Why not BRIBE the Dursleys, for heavens sake]

[richard_smedley]

No: HPFGUIDX 123124



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, happydogue at a... wrote:
> Mrs. doesn't work outside of the home and 

It's interesting that neither does Molly Weasley, yet
it was poor Arthur who got the blame for their poverty
in another thread <shrugs>

[snip]

> That brings be to another question...Harry must of had
> a birth certificate or sometype of record to get into
> school.  I wonder how they worked that?

It's an interesting question if you expand it to all wizards 
who have to get by in the Muggle world (no NI [1] number, no
passport, etc.). However in this case HP would have been
fine - you don't need a birth certificate to go to school
in the UK, certainly not in England and Wales, at any rate.

I would imagine wizards who live ``undercover'' lives, integrated
into muggle communities, probably conform to a lot of
bureaucratic requirements, and those that don't
would either magic up necessary documents, or persuade
officials to look elsewhere (like Obe Wan in Star Wars IV).

[1] NI is National Insurance - introduced after the war as
a compulsory tax to cover the cost of the welfare state
(pensions, et al.), it is now an extra, non-hypothecated tax
(and a whopping extra 20% if you pay yourself through 
your own limited company).

 - Richard

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