The U.S. State Department issued her a Certificate of Identification; she did not have a passport.

Hoping that his son will get a certificate of identification, he decides to leave his newborn son Ibrahim in the courtyard of the college while many others leave theirs in the mosque's courtyard.

If the fingerprint reader on my computer serves as a certificate of identification when I buy something on line, the seller does not know my credit card number or whether I am paying with credit or cash.