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Re: Passport Index – How much power does your passport have?

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Post by maxerickson »

walshemj wrote: post #100
maxerickson wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you talking about taxing expats? Or my example, which I meant to take place in a hypothetical world where Canada has a law taxing non resident citizens? (Cruz really was a dual citizen of the US and Canada until last year...)

err its a reference to the war of 1812-1815 - give its the 200th anniversary this year. Its about the fact that dual nationals get taxed by the IRS

Yeah, I don't see how taxing a citizen is unequal treatment (hence my confusion at you bringing it up).

Re: Passport Index – How much power does your passport have?

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Post by poizan42 »

vowelless wrote: post #44

I prefer this web site: http://www.doyouneedvisa.com/ It also gives you information about which passports a country allows: Where can a US passport take you: http://www.doyouneedvisa.com/passport/United%20States Citizens of which countries are allowed to enter the US without a visa: http://www.doyouneedvisa.com/border/United%20States It's also fascinating to see the cultural divides like 'Western world', 'Muslim worl…

This seems a bit nonsensical: http://www.doyouneedvisa.com/border/Palestine

Re: Passport Index – How much power does your passport have?

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Post by kw71 »

seanmcdirmid wrote: post #28
bluerobotcat wrote: post #20

The number of countries that you can enter without a visa might not be the best metric. For example, if you have a US or Signapore passport, you might be able to enter a lot of countries without a visa, but Brazil is not one of them. Brazil is obviously a hugely important country, so that seems like a notable disadvantage. EU citizens can enter Brazil without a visa. Additionally, there are several countries that hav…

China, Russia, India, Indonesia (With VOA) also require visas for Americans, often with retaliatory fees for the visa (they charge us what we charge them). I was surprised that I need a visa to go to austrailia, out of all places, though at least we can do it online...

The Australia Electronic Travel Authority is relatively painless, cheap and instant, compared to the ordeal of leaving your passport at an embassy for days and paying them hundreds of dollars to get a visa pasted in, as I have experienced with other countries.

Re: Passport Index – How much power does your passport have?

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Post by peterfirefly »

kyriakos wrote: post #63
masklinn wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Additionally, holding an EU passport allows one to work, study, etc. in any EU country, rather than simply visit it. I don't think you even need a passport, just a proof of nationality (e.g. a national ID card from your country of origin, that's usually free or much cheaper than a passport)

That's true. You can travel around Europe and stay, work, study with just your Id card

Not all EU countries use ID cards, let alone ones with photos.

Re: Passport Index – How much power does your passport have?

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Post by seanmcdirmid »

kw71 wrote: post #103
seanmcdirmid wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

China, Russia, India, Indonesia (With VOA) also require visas for Americans, often with retaliatory fees for the visa (they charge us what we charge them). I was surprised that I need a visa to go to austrailia, out of all places, though at least we can do it online...

The Australia Electronic Travel Authority is relatively painless, cheap and instant, compared to the ordeal of leaving your passport at an embassy for days and paying them hundreds of dollars to get a visa pasted in, as I have experienced with other countries.

Oh, I'm sure. It was just weird that I can fly to Europe or even next door Bali (since Indonesia has VOA) on a whim, but not Australia. I totally get that the US requires this also, and it is all probably retaliatory.

Re: Passport Index – How much power does your passport have?

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Post by Terretta »

snitko wrote: post #80
Terretta wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here is how it makes me feel. I've lived all over the world, and also work with many offshore teams in places that don't just take my passport. I've had to get plenty visas. It's their country, I'm a guest. I fail to understand the insult.

You fail to understand the insult because you don't value liberty and individualism. When you say "it's their country" it is misleading. It's as much theirs as it is the other's person who lives next to them and thinks visas and passports are bullshit. My country doesn't belong to me any more than the other person. Why should I and not the other person decide who can visit?

Judging from your suite of comments here, and your downvoting those who engage with you (misuse of down vote), seems you are confused about how both communities and voting are generally agreed to work.

You're also either confused or disingenuous about the motives and beliefs of those trying to talk with you here, mine included. Good way to stay cocooned in a closed-minded point of view.

Re: Passport Index – How much power does your passport have?

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Post by nzp »

vowelless wrote: post #44

I prefer this web site: http://www.doyouneedvisa.com/ It also gives you information about which passports a country allows: Where can a US passport take you: http://www.doyouneedvisa.com/passport/United%20States Citizens of which countries are allowed to enter the US without a visa: http://www.doyouneedvisa.com/border/United%20States It's also fascinating to see the cultural divides like 'Western world', 'Muslim worl…

At least some of the info there is stale or incorrect (just judging by metrics for only one country I'm familiar with).

Re: Passport Index – How much power does your passport have?

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Post by wodenokoto »

_p6fl wrote: post #94
seanmcdirmid wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

China, Russia, India, Indonesia (With VOA) also require visas for Americans, often with retaliatory fees for the visa (they charge us what we charge them). I was surprised that I need a visa to go to austrailia, out of all places, though at least we can do it online...

In case you were unaware, nobody (other than US citizens and Canadians) can get into the United States without a 'visa' of some kind. Even if you're from the United Kingdom for example, you still need an ESTA, which although it isn't called a 'visa', is required prior to travel like a visa and costs a fee like a visa.

Esta is only for flying.

Re: Passport Index – How much power does your passport have?

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Post by kiiski »

ptaipale wrote: post #96
kiiski wrote: post #6

This seems to only consider the number of countries one can travel to without a visa as a tourist. So it doesn't consider the ability to move to or work/study at another country.

It's really an exception if you can work/study at another country without a visa/residence permit. A more relevant question is whether you can make a business trip, or act as a journalist, without a visa. For instance, ESTA for a tourist in the USA is an easy thing, but if the same person wants to come for a few weeks and work as a journalist, e.g. make interviews, then the visa process is very very different. The US…

While the whole Schengen area may not allow you to work everywhere, the core EU area pretty much does[1]. Of course you may have to do some paper work, but, generally, if you have a job offer from another EU country, you will be able to take it without having to worry about getting a visa.

Nordic countries also have their own passport union, so a Finnish passport, for example, will let you go and work in Iceland or Norway pretty freely.

I would imagine there are be some other regions that have similiar agreements. I think that the Commonwealth at least used to have some benefits for its citizens, but I'm not sure how much of those remain.

[1] http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/moving_country/moving_a...

Re: Passport Index – How much power does your passport have?

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Post by 616c »

616c wrote: post #87
subliminalpanda wrote: post #65

Oman. Not to great, but not too bad either. On the plus side I always joke that we're the friendly Arabs because no one has ever heard of us.

As someone who meanders around the Gulf, I think you are expensive for tourists and you are just trying to reel us in.

I see I got downvoted. I just wanted to clarify that was a joke.
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