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Old Apr 13, 2012 | 2:18 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 write Bethlehem instead of Israel for example.

Only thing I can imagine.

Till
I thought it might have something to do with the country changing while the city stayed the same.

For example, someone born in Vienna in 1940 (after the Anschluß) was born in Germany.
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