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EXIF Sidecar location not used

For whatever reason immich CLI strips a ton of metadata from images on upload
So I added sidecar files - and re-run the upload and then run the meta data sync job
However, not a single location is picked up

Sidecar example:
<?xpacket begin="" id="W5M0MpCehiHzreSzNTczkc9d"?>
<x:xmpmeta xmlns:x="adobe:ns:meta/" x:xmptk="osxphotos">
<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">
<rdf:Description rdf:about="" 
 xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" 
 xmlns:photoshop="http://ns.adobe.com/photoshop/1.0/">
        <photoshop:SidecarForExtension>jpg</photoshop:SidecarForExtension>
        <dc:description>
        <rdf:Alt>
         <rdf:li xml:lang='x-default'></rdf:li>
        </rdf:Alt>
        </dc:description>
        <dc:title>
         <rdf:Alt>
          <rdf:li xml:lang='x-default'/>
         </rdf:Alt>
        </dc:title>
        <photoshop:DateCreated>2012-11-28T08:22:26+01:00</photoshop:DateCreated>
</rdf:Description>
...
<rdf:Description rdf:about=""
 xmlns:exif='http://ns.adobe.com/exif/1.0/'>
        <exif:GPSLongitude>90,4.6012800000002585W</exif:GPSLongitude>
        <exif:GPSLatitude>29,57.15210000000006N</exif:GPSLatitude>
</rdf:Description>
<rdf:Description rdf:about=""
 xmlns:mwg-rs="http://www.metadataworkinggroup.com/schemas/regions/"
 xmlns:stArea="http://ns.adobe.com/xmp/sType/Area#"
 xmlns:stDim="http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/sType/Dimensions#">
</rdf:Description>
<rdf:Description rdf:about=""
 xmlns:MP="http://ns.microsoft.com/photo/1.2/"
 xmlns:MPRI="http://ns.microsoft.com/photo/1.2/t/RegionInfo#"
 xmlns:MPReg="http://ns.microsoft.com/photo/1.2/t/Region#">
</rdf:Description>
</rdf:RDF>
</x:xmpmeta>
<?xpacket end="w"?>
<?xpacket begin="" id="W5M0MpCehiHzreSzNTczkc9d"?>
<x:xmpmeta xmlns:x="adobe:ns:meta/" x:xmptk="osxphotos">
<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">
<rdf:Description rdf:about="" 
 xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" 
 xmlns:photoshop="http://ns.adobe.com/photoshop/1.0/">
        <photoshop:SidecarForExtension>jpg</photoshop:SidecarForExtension>
        <dc:description>
        <rdf:Alt>
         <rdf:li xml:lang='x-default'></rdf:li>
        </rdf:Alt>
        </dc:description>
        <dc:title>
         <rdf:Alt>
          <rdf:li xml:lang='x-default'/>
         </rdf:Alt>
        </dc:title>
        <photoshop:DateCreated>2012-11-28T08:22:26+01:00</photoshop:DateCreated>
</rdf:Description>
...
<rdf:Description rdf:about=""
 xmlns:exif='http://ns.adobe.com/exif/1.0/'>
        <exif:GPSLongitude>90,4.6012800000002585W</exif:GPSLongitude>
        <exif:GPSLatitude>29,57.15210000000006N</exif:GPSLatitude>
</rdf:Description>
<rdf:Description rdf:about=""
 xmlns:mwg-rs="http://www.metadataworkinggroup.com/schemas/regions/"
 xmlns:stArea="http://ns.adobe.com/xmp/sType/Area#"
 xmlns:stDim="http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/sType/Dimensions#">
</rdf:Description>
<rdf:Description rdf:about=""
 xmlns:MP="http://ns.microsoft.com/photo/1.2/"
 xmlns:MPRI="http://ns.microsoft.com/photo/1.2/t/RegionInfo#"
 xmlns:MPReg="http://ns.microsoft.com/photo/1.2/t/Region#">
</rdf:Description>
</rdf:RDF>
</x:xmpmeta>
<?xpacket end="w"?>


This is as exported by osxphotos from photos app and in photos app the location shows fine
Is this not surpported? I already run the sidecar job several times, it just does not pick up the locations.
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