Post by Owen on Oct 18, 2020 20:02:05 GMT
1 ~~~ Americans are rushing to buy a second passport, and here’s what it takes ~~~
matadornetwork.com/read/americans-second-passport/ ~ 13 October 2020 ~
ONCE THE MIGHTIEST passport in the world, the US travel document has fallen well out of favor. Between COVID-19 travel restrictions and an increasingly worrying political situation at home, US citizens who can afford it are trying to become something more than US citizens. They’re scouring the world, looking for the simplest way to procure another passport. But to be able to do so is an immense privilege afforded to few.
In general, the more powerful the passport, the bigger the fee to earn it. The least expensive passport might require you to move overseas right now, or shell out millions to better the local economy. And there’s not even a guarantee you’ll be able to keep that citizenship forever. Cyprus announced this week that it would end its controversial passport sale program at the end of the month; Cyprus gave out passports so freely — giving it within six months to anyone who bought two million euros ($2,350,000) in property and “donated” 150,000 euros ($175,000) to government programs — it was later forced to strip citizenship from some recipients.
While you probably won’t find us with an Austrian passport in our pocket anytime soon, it’s still interesting to imagine the possibility. Here are 11 of the most intriguing passports Americans can acquire, and what it will cost them.
matadornetwork.com/read/americans-second-passport/ ~ 13 October 2020 ~