I believe I heard cases when a Chinese citizen living in the US attempted to renew their passport they were asked for proof on what grounds they were residing in the US as there was no US visa in their expiring Chinese passport (the person was a US dual citizen).
Now, has anything like this ever happened when a person applied for a visa to some other country and instead received a similar request to justify on what legal basis they are in the present country?
So, to give an example of what I mean, if a Chinese citizen living in the US sent their Chinese passport (without a US visa) applying for a tourist visa to, say, an Australian, Russian, Polish, etc embassy. Just an example, I'm trying to see if anything like this is possible/has happened in general.