AppleCare is valid worldwide?

I just find it very interesting that the CSRs are telling you things that completely contradict what the printed AppleCare documents say.

It also contradicts the reports of people being outside their home countries who go to the shop for service and are told they will need to wait until they get back to their home country.

All AppleCare is an extension of the original warranty and has all the same terms as the existing warranty. It's not a special warranty on top of the existing warranty.

Please read the warranty of the iphone:

http://images.apple.com/legal/warranty/docs/iPhone3GSwarranty.pdf

It states the following:

"Apple may restrict service to the country where Apple or its authorized distributors originally sold the hardware product"

"If you seek service in a country that is not the country of original purchase, you will comply with all applicable export laws and regulations and be responsible for all custom duties, V.A.T. and other associated taxes and charges."

This basically means you will have to ship it to the original place of purchase, service it there, and figure a way to send it back to your current location.

You seem to be making a lot of assumptions, but the most ridiculous is relocking iphone to another network. Why would you want to do that, an official O2 unlock through apple clears your phone for use with any provider. And have to agree with the rest unless the earth has moved iphone is only supported in country of origin.

I think you meant this for the OP. I already know all that.