Passport Canada apologizes after 90-year-old grandmother mistakenly told she can't have 'Palestine' on passport

An apparent clerical error by the federal government caused a Palestinian-Canadian woman to be told mistakenly she couldn't list "Palestine" as her place of birth on her passport — and the error has been driving the spread of misleading online posts ever since.

Passport Canada apologizes after 90-year-old grandmother mistakenly told she can't have 'Palestine' on passport
An image of a 90-year-old woman's most recent passport, which lists 'El Bassa, Palestine' as her place of birth. The woman was mistakenly told she couldn't list 'Palestine' as the place of birth on her new passport.

An apparent clerical error by the federal government caused a Palestinian-Canadian woman to be told mistakenly she couldn't list "Palestine" as her place of birth on her passport — and the error has been driving the spread of misleading online posts ever since.