Originally Posted by
scottishbride
what happens if a person was born in London? The Austrian passport will just say "Place of Birth: London" right?
Yep, or so it'd seem for Austrian passports issued in Canada.
How will an airport immigration official or airline agent know which London you were born in?
example of cities named "London"
"London, England"
"London, Ontario, Canada"
"London, Texas, USA" (plus a dozen other US cities named "London")
"London, Nigeria"
etc.......
They don't.
Nor it is really any of their business. At one time, Canada made it an option to omit it.
FWIW, the Austrian (and probably German) term of place of birth is "geburtsort" which literally means that. "Ort" being a place or locality. If the authorities/IATA or whoever sets int'l passport standards really want one's country of birth, they'll have to specify that ("geburtsland") in German.