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I would be totally cool with not laminating it if they didn’t issue these things on paper that will disintegrate if you so much breathe at it the wrong way. Even that would be acceptable if it wasn’t a serious hassle to get it replaced.

FWIW mine has been laminated since my childhood and decades after the fact I’ve had no real issues with agencies about its lamination

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I mean, the combination of not being laminated and disintegrating with ease is the point so far as I understand it. The idea being that if you ever drop your wallet with it in it somewhere then hopefully environmental conditions will degrade it beyond recognition before someone can find it and make use of it. Not saying that's a good or bad idea, just that it is in fact intentional.

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