No China visa for US passport with "Place of Birth: TAIWAN"?

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I reside in the USA. My US passport shows “Place of Birth: Taiwan”
and no mention of China.

Does anyone know if the Chinese consulate/embassy in the USA will
issue visa to me? I’ve heard many stories that they simply do NOT
process a visa application if the US passport shows “TAIWAN” as the
place of birth.(implying that TAIWAN as a soverign country)

Does the US Passport Agency allow people to change the Place of Birth to
something more “acceptable” to the Chinese authorities?

For example:

“ROC”
“Republic of China”
“Republic of China - Taiwan”
“Chinese Taipei”
“Taipei, China”
etc…

Or better yet, can I just have it say “Place of Birth: Planet Earth”… (just kidding) :slight_smile:

Thank

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Not true – I have a US passport with Taiwan as place of birth. I’ve gotten visas (visit as well as business) 2-3 times without any problem, both from New York as well as LA.

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Mine just says “Manchester”. That would be the Independent Manky Republic of Manchester. I am not allowed into the United Scouse Kingdom. Or Wales, which is a relief.

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I second this.

My son was born in Taiwan and I made sure I had that put on his passport. I complained to the AIT officer that asked me that question twice.

He got a VISA with his US passport to go to China even though it said his place of birth was TAIWAN. If they wouldn’t give him a visa with Taiwan as his birthplace then we would not have gone.

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It’s kind of strange that Taiwan is mentioned and not let’s say Taichung or Taoyuan … a city … my place of bird is not Belgium but the city I was born …

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my birth place is taiwan and i was able to get a tourist visa for china this fall.

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Do you have a US passport? On my US passport it also says the city I was born in the USA. If the passport only showed Taoyuan as the birthplace, 99% of the rest of the world would have no clue which country. Likewise if your birthplace was say, Namur, most people, especially non-Europeans would know what country that was. I think the USA as a rule should just state the country when you born outside of the USA and list the city and state if born in the USA.

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[quote=“Hobart”][quote=“BAH”]
My son was born in Taiwan and I made sure I had that put on his passport. I complained to the AIT officer that asked me that question twice.
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I made sure that my kids’ passports had Taiwan as their place of birth. Why would I want some foreign country…let’s say, France for example, :whistle: listed?