I've got a passport from country A, obtained in country B. The "issuing authority" field in the passport says "consul in (City in country B)". I know the passport was produced in A and shipped to B before I got it.
What's the right answer for the question about the "issuing country"? This is often asked when booking international flights.
I always filled in country B and never got any issues or questions, but recently started wondering if that's expected/correct.
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.
It's country A, the country that instills authority into the document.
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.
