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CITY OF BIRTH
| Data Element: | CITY OF BIRTH |
| Definition: | If USA, enter city. |
| Standard of Verification: | The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) has the responsibility of determining the country of birth of foreign born persons. Therefore, to be considered verified, the information must be collected from INS or an official birth certificate. |
| Data Type: | AN |
| Field Size: | 20 |
| Field Format: | 20AN |
| Originating Teams: | Corrections |
| User Teams: | Corrections |
| Tables / Codes: | None |
| Comments: | None |
| Page Info: | DATE STANDARD ESTABLISHED: 2/87 DATE STANDARD REVISED: 2/91 |