Is a department in Colombia considered a province?

[Reuven 5]

I'm filling out the DS-260. Should I leave the State/Province of Birth field blank i.e. "does not apply" or should I put in the name of the department, Valle del Cauca?

[pushbrk 12,106]

17 minutes ago, Reuven said:

I'm filling out the DS-260. Should I leave the State/Province of Birth field blank i.e. "does not apply" or should I put in the name of the department, Valle del Cauca?

Your thread title would be a good sentence to Google.

[Mom and Son 8]

Hi,  yes, you can write the name of the department in that field. I am from Colombia and in my case it was “Atlantico”.

[Reuven 5]

I did google it. Couldn't get a specific answer as far as the NVC is concerned.

[pushbrk 12,106]

13 hours ago, Reuven said:

I'm filling out the DS-260. Should I leave the State/Province of Birth field blank i.e. "does not apply" or should I put in the name of the department, Valle del Cauca?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces_of_Colombia

 

Many countries do not conform to address norms.  In the Philippines where I now live, there certainly are provinces and cities but if you don't include the "Barangay" name before the city, nobody will know how to find you or deliver anything.  It's part of the address and is properly shown before the city.  In some places another word/name needs to appear along with the prior to the province in the province field of the form.  Research your own circumstance carefully.

 

My Chinese X wife had to fill out a marriage form in China three times because she kept hand writing the city name BEFORE the province name.  Get it right.

 

Similarly, it is common to use the terms surname or family name instead of "last name" because in about a third of the world. the surname IS the first name spoken or written.