Which country issued my passport if I received it at a consulate abroad?
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- Aparna Patel
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- 20 Jul, 2023
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A passport is nothing but citizenship given by the issuing country.
In your case, Country A is the issuing country. Being in country B when you renewed your passport does not make you citizen of Country B. Passport issue/renewal is a very complicated process. In your case Country B is not involved in any of the process of verifying any of your documents, or legality. However the place of issue is Country B/ whatever the city.
So in your case, Country A issued/renewed the passport while you were in country B, so your country of issue is Country A, and place of issue is Country B/whatever the city.
The issuing country is the country that issued the passport. The consulate of country A represents country A in country B. Any official act of consular staff is an act of country A. The consular staff issued the passport, so it was issued by country A.
If the airline wanted to know the location where the passport was issued, they’d ask for “place of issue” or the like.
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It’s country A, the country that instills authority into the document.
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