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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.
These 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…
That depends. If you go somewhere like Thailand, you fill one-page form, glue your photo and send passport, said form and 40 dollars in envelope to consulate, then pick it up on your way to airport.
If you go somewhere like US or EU - that's kind of humiliating. You pay ridiculous fee, fill long form on terribly designed website, travel to another city for interview and have 33% chance to not get it without any explanation.
For EU you also get to gather ton of bullshit papers from bank, insurance company, hotel, airline and your local employer for single trip.
I 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.
That is strictly not true, I believe. In the US, some form of ID (not necessary a Photo ID) is required to vote [1]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_ID_laws_in_the_United_St...
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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.
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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.
> sent several thousand people to states that allow people to vote without IDs. That is strictly not true, I believe. In the US, some form of ID (not necessary a Photo ID) is required to vote [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_ID_laws_in_the_United_St...
I 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.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
> sent several thousand people to states that allow people to vote without IDs. That is strictly not true, I believe. In the US, some form of ID (not necessary a Photo ID) is required to vote [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_ID_laws_in_the_United_St...
according to your link > No ID required to vote at ballot box: California, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, and Washington, D.C.
For example:
Maine: No ID needed at polling place if registered to vote at least one day prior to election. However an ID is required to vote if person was registered to vote on the day of the election
Massachusetts: Non-photographic ID is accepted at polling stations.
Minnesota: Non-photographic ID is accepted at polling stations.
Some of those states are also getting legislation requiring ID for voting.
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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 tw…
Say one parent is German and the other is British, and the child was born in Brazil. If the kid is entitled to Israeli citizenship under the Law of Return, they get to keep all four.