In Japan, a registered domicile is the place where a Japanese citizen is considered to have their roots. It determines the city/ward/town office where their koseki is kept.
'A Japanese passport, displaying a 'registered domicile' field in lieu of 'place of birth'.
In Switzerland, the place of origin denotes where a Swiss citizen has their municipal citizenship, usually inherited from previous generations. It is not to be confused with the place of birth or plac
Front of a 1918 Zollikofen (Bern) Heimatschein municipal citizenship certificate.