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A guide to using country of birth, nationality, and passports held data and statistics. Including definitions of each measure, how these are collected in different data sources and how best...
Find how places of birth are listed on US passports of travelers born in or outside the United States with example of the recent Jerusalem passport case.
A place of birth (POB) is the location where a person was born. This information is used for many necessary purposes such as proof of citizenship, birth records, and is listed on a number of crucial identifying documents.
1. Stick to the Basics: Start with the name of the city or town where you were born, followed by the country. For most people, this is straightforward. But, let’s say you were born in a city like Leningrad, which is now known as Saint Petersburg. In such cases, use the current name – Saint Petersburg. 2. Special Cases:
The place of birth (POB) or birthplace is the place where a person was born. This place is often used in legal documents, together with name and date of birth, to uniquely identify a person.
The best example is U.S. nationals from American Samoa and the Swains Island (part of American Samoa) and individuals born outside of the United States to two U.S. national parents. Likewise, a person born outside of the U.S. to one U.S. national parent and one alien parent.
It does not matter that the city is not specifically listed on your birth certificate but rather the county. The US Dept of State will not expect you to change the laws around birth certificates for your state just to get them to add the city to your birth certificate.
The nationality of a person indicates his/her place or country of birth while the citizenship of a person shows that the individual is registered as a citizen by the government of the respective country.
It includes how to check the place of birth or country name is correct, what to do if the place or country name has changed or must be abbreviated and how to deal with diacritic characters ...
You must use the POB as provided in 8 FAM 403.4-7 (A) for persons born in the United States, which is defined in INA 101 (a) (38) as the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands.