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Old Apr 12, 2012 | 8:19 am
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Originally Posted by tfar
Interesting. It says: "United States citizens born abroad may list the city or town, rather than the country, of their birth in United States passports when there is an objection to the country listing as established by the Department of State." See link above for source.

Maybe this is a matter of a state being recognized such as Palestine. You'd then right Bethlehem instead of Israel for example.

Only thing I can imagine.

Till
Yes, I am pretty sure that this example and other similar scenarios are the reason for this.
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