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

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Post by masklinn »

peterfirefly wrote: post #104
kyriakos wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Only 5 countries in the EEA (3 also being in the EU) don't have national ID cards: Denmark, Iceland (which does actually have one, but it doesn't state nationality so it can't be used as ID outside of the nordic union), Ireland, Norway and the UK (abolished in 2010 following their 2006 introduction). Those do have to use passports for free movement (and to enter countries like Albania which offer general entry on the sole basis of EEA citizenship).

Both Ireland and Norway have decided to start issuing national ID cards soon (2015 and 2017 respectively).

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

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Post by ptaipale »

kiiski wrote: post #109
ptaipale wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 N…

Yes, the work permit is practically automatic within Schengen, and not even needed between Nordic countries, but it is not an absolute right: persons from another Schengen country may legally be barred from entering (typically, this is outcome of repeated/aggravated criminal convictions).

This is possible even between Nordic countries (consider Juha Valjakkala / Nikita Fouganthine who we get to keep in Finland as Sweden understandably does not wish him to enter).

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

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Post by snitko »

Terretta wrote: post #106
snitko wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I almost never downvote anyone, actually, and I would be happy if that information could be made public somehow. People downvoting you were others and I have absolutely no idea who they are. I don't know how can you "judge" that I downvote by looking at my comment history.

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

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Post by bluerobotcat »

616c wrote: post #86
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…

> The number of countries that you can enter without a visa might not be the best metric. I will lol, and assume you have no Arab friends, specifically Lebanese. The Lebanese passport, as my numerous Lebanese friends joke about, is usually ranked in the top ten worst worldwide "top 10" comedy lists. But seriously, it is on par with this metric for Somalia and other failed African states. You try going with the employ…

I have lived in two developing countries. I would by no means dismiss the usefulness of a passport from a modern country.

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

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Post by redblacktree »

bane wrote: post #21
kudu wrote: post #12

There are some important considerations here that haven't been taken into account. For example, the United States is the only major country in the world that taxes non-resident citizens on their worldwide income, which makes it one of the most inconvenient passports to hold. Additionally, holding an EU passport allows one to work, study, etc. in any EU country, rather than simply visit it.

If you think of the US as a more federated version of the EU, you don't even need a passport to relocate within the US.

This is a good point. There really are a lot of varied cultures in the US. The Louisiana Bayou looks nothing like the Eastern Seaboard, as an example.

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

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Post by aaron695 »

kudu wrote: post #12

There are some important considerations here that haven't been taken into account. For example, the United States is the only major country in the world that taxes non-resident citizens on their worldwide income, which makes it one of the most inconvenient passports to hold. Additionally, holding an EU passport allows one to work, study, etc. in any EU country, rather than simply visit it.

> For example, the United States is the only major country in the world that taxes non-resident citizens on their worldwide income, which makes it one of the most inconvenient passports to hold.

Soooo if your US passport expires you no longer have this tax?

I would have thought it was based on US citizenship not travelling on a US passport.

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