This index is missing bonus points for countries you're allowed to not just visit as a tourist but also live and work in visa-free - i.e. giving a boost to Schengen passports. Are there any other countries with similar agreements? The only one I know of is the Nordic Passport Union which includes some non-EU countries.
Henley Passport Index – The number of countries holders can travel to visa-free
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#22More interesting than the list of individual countries, is which dual citizenship’s give the “best” value. I’m eligible for citizenship of at least 4 countries, typically it’s hard to maintain more than dual citizenship, so if this was the vector I wanted to optimize on, which pair would be best?
If just going by economic strength: US + any EU country. As a bonus, if you are of ethnic Chinese descent, you can look into one of the "greater China" regions of HK/Macau/Taiwan as well, depending on where you/your parents were born. That combo would give you the ability to live and work freely in the three most important economies in the world (US/EU/CN).
The downside to holding US citizenship is your tax situation quickly gets very messy, requiring expensive specialist tax accountants.
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
Generally they don’t want to give naturalization to people with more than one nationality. But if you are a full right citizen by an other rule, you could end up with more than that. A small detail has to be noted, wether it has been recognized or not and claimed or not, a lot of rules give citizenship to people. The paperwork is about claiming it officially.
Got source? The vast majority of countries either a) insist you renounce all other citizenships on naturalization, whether it's one or three, or b) don't care how many you have.
You are late to the party, the latest trend is to strip citizenship from naturalized people we don’t like, it’s only possible if they retained one previous citizenship.
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#24This index is missing bonus points for countries you're allowed to not just visit as a tourist but also live and work in visa-free - i.e. giving a boost to Schengen passports. Are there any other countries with similar agreements? The only one I know of is the Nordic Passport Union which includes some non-EU countries.
Its also convenient that they sell some of those top ranking passports if you have enough cash https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/71668/henley_als...
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#25These rankings are the source of a constant joke between my girlfriend and me. She, Singaporean, previously proudly pointed me at these lists to support her claim that the SG passport is the world's best. Over the last couple month the numbers shifted around a bit and for a time my German passport was ranked the same and for a while even higher. Given that I have not a lot of experience with visa issues (due to the p…
You are lucky. I hold a Chinese passport, which is one of the worst when it comes to visa restrictions. The only upside I is I never make any visa mistakes - it’s hard to find out last minute you need a visa, when you need visa to practically anywhere! Every international trip requires careful planning in advance. What countries I am visiting? What kind if visa should I get? When is the consulate open? Is there still…
Thank you for the elaborate reply. I do plan to travel more now that I'm based in SG. Ironically it's not entirely unlikely that the next visa I need is one for China.. :)
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have three (US and two EU countries) and as far as I am aware the biggest hurdle is paying for multiple passport renewals.
Citizenship doesn't go away just because you don't renew your passport.
.. but it does go away if you don't maintain a presence of some variety in the given countries.
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Citizenship doesn't go away just because you don't renew your passport.
.. but it does go away if you don't maintain a presence of some variety in the given countries.
No it doesn't. You may lose right of abode but you are unlikely to lose your citizenship.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
Generally they don’t want to give naturalization to people with more than one nationality. But if you are a full right citizen by an other rule, you could end up with more than that. A small detail has to be noted, wether it has been recognized or not and claimed or not, a lot of rules give citizenship to people. The paperwork is about claiming it officially.
Got source? The vast majority of countries either a) insist you renounce all other citizenships on naturalization, whether it's one or three, or b) don't care how many you have.
Some will allow dual citizenship, but place conditions that make it difficult to get more than one. E.g., German citizenship law allows dual citizenship if:
> If a child born to German parents acquires another citizenship at birth (e.g., based on place of birth [birth in jus-soli countries mostly of the Americas], or descent from one parent [one German parent and one foreign parent]).
In theory somebody could have two or three nationalities under that law (two parents and place of birth) but no more.
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#29I can't imagine that this is still a thing in 21st century. We should be able to travel anywhere.
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#30I can't imagine that this is still a thing in 21st century. We should be able to travel anywhere.
You can see how there are many political battles in the US simply because Russia bought some political ads and other things that are perfectly legal for US citizens to do. Imagine if Russia literally sent several thousand people to states that allow people to vote without IDs.