Passport application question -- city of birth (hospital or where you live)?

[Anonymous]

It's not muddled. The directions are clear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not muddled. The directions are clear.

you are just incapable of being gracious, aren't you.

[Anonymous]

I was born abroad and we don’t write the address of the hospital. We write where mother lived when i was born. Even for my us passport i gave them what was written on my birthday certificate and it wasn’t the city of the hospital. So it can be confusing. The city now joined the county and now im really lost but i just go my birth certificate.

[Anonymous]

I used Fairfax County, Virginia, for my kid's passports. They were born at Inova. Although "Falls Church" is the address of Inova Hospital on Gallows Road, it is not located in the City of Falls Church geographically, it is located in Fairfax County. Most geographic locations in Virginia are not actually within the confines of a city.

[Anonymous]

I've never pondered this before. Just lucky that we lived in Arlington back in the the day of Arlington Hospital. So the answer was easy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was born abroad and we don’t write the address of the hospital. We write where mother lived when i was born. Even for my us passport i gave them what was written on my birthday certificate and it wasn’t the city of the hospital. So it can be confusing. The city now joined the county and now im really lost but i just go my birth certificate.

I was born abroad too & recently got a copy of my BC from the State dept. The new ones actually list where your parents were born (info that’s not on the old original) & they completely fabricated my mom’s data — as in wrong continent - and misspelled her name to boot. They don’t seem to be big on details at State dept these days.. I’d definitely not worry about ffx county vs falls church!

[Anonymous]

I hope OP isn't going anywhere remotely challenging in her travels abroad...

wow

[Anonymous]

I've always used the town where the hospital was located.

[Anonymous]

It wouldn't surprise me if it is sent back if you put falls church and the birth certificate says Fairfax county.

[Anonymous]

WE put Falls Church on my daughter's- also born at Inova Fairfax. Just to keep it interesting , I work at Inova Fairfax as a nurse and technically the ER is in Annandale and the rest of the hospital is Falls Church ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hope OP isn't going anywhere remotely challenging in her travels abroad...

wow

obviously, there is some dispute among intelligent people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope OP isn't going anywhere remotely challenging in her travels abroad...

wow

obviously, there is some dispute among intelligent people.

What dispute? You're the only one who disputed anything. And you asked if 'place of birth' could mean 'place of residence at time of child's birth' which is just bonkers.

[Anonymous]

Can you post a follow up? What happened with the Passport application listing Falls Church? Was it accepted? My daughter was just born at iNova Fairfax and I am dealing with the same quandary. Application wants city of birth, but all the birth certificate lists is Fairfax County.

[Anonymous]

Not passport related, but there can be confusion about TJHSST which has an Alexandria address but is in Fairfax County. And Alexandria doesn't send it's students to TJ!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not passport related, but there can be confusion about TJHSST which has an Alexandria address but is in Fairfax County. And Alexandria doesn't send it's students to TJ!

Hopefully no one is having a baby there.