Why I Love Having a “Bad” Passport 

Actually if you have money it doesn't matter what passport you have. If you don't have money then any passport is useless

you are overlooking the discrimination that people from bad passport countries face at airports...

I am Italian. And the biggest country I need a hard visa to visit is Algeria. Even Russia and China don’t require me a hard visa anymore.

I think we can agree that EU passport > any other passport, because not only are they the stronger ones, but albo allow you to travel around EU without passport, live and work there without any permits or visas, insurance around EU, and give you benefits at the airports such as much faster, automatic passport control when it’s needed, so basically you can travel around the whole continent as if it was your county, due to this fact. Borders don’t even have controls, and most of the times they are invisible and not marked in any way, so you don’t even realize when you’re crossing the border, so I’d rather have EU passport, then any other passport.

I have Irish, US citizenship and now that I have a Chilean wife I'm going to get Chilean citizenship

I'm from South America, I see some differences between passports. In some coutries the controls in airports are more strict for people of my area, I heard stories even of discrimination. Some banks do more investigation about our income because they think we are doing some illegal stuff lol. After those entry controls, they don't care about your life.

I've a French passport and got the Congolese (Republic of Congo, not DRC) by descent in order to make businesses in CEMAC aera

You have talked about Passports for a Long time... Can you create a Video about the Nationalities of your Clients... Like a Reverse Analysis... A video about Demographics that change or take 2nd Citizenship the most

I have a US passport and I have very ease in traveling and movement anywhere in the world. I used to have a different passport, and that one limits me as to my movement. Don’t give up your US passport it gives you a lot of privileges. ❤❤❤

Bad passport? 😂 try an Afghan passport

The best passports are not necessarily western but rather economically and socially stable countries like Japan Singapore. Taiwan, and many more. Most definitely not problematic Islamic countries like Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Indonesia, all of them are black listed

wish there was a channel like this but for reviewing options for non-western folks looking to build capital for future wealth-building 😂 My problem is the other way round - I've got a boring weak ass "crappy" Asian passport so no access to high paying jobs or business opps. 😢

Hold a passport of Afghanistan, and you will realize what it means to have a bad passport

I have another reason for being a "Passport Bro" that many people don't think about. I am a Digital Nomad, of course, but I am at the stage in my life when my duty to care for my aging mother is starting to kick in. Young men become "Passport Bros" for romantic reasons, and for finding someone to build a life with. Others take this route in order to build their dream business and not have it snuffed out at birth by an over-weening State. I have done both but now the reason I referred to above is kicking in. My mother is in a country with a crumbling health service, and there is no way I would consign her to rotting in some "care home" where the underpaid and over-stressed "carers" couldn't care less about her. I live in a country where her health insurance costs less than her annual local government tax. We have already chosen a lovely, kind nurse for her, whom she has come to know. We have all the pieces in place to move her to a place where she will be treated best ... far better than in the dystopian hell-hole that the "West" has become.

Andrew I never heard you talk about the Isle of Man can you please share your take?

I got a Swiss and Brazilian passports. Should I be happy? 😅

If I get a resident passport in for example Argentina, does that mean I pay income tax in that country? I'm a retired American and I have to pay taxes there even though I don't live there. Would more passports just mean more countries to pay income taxes?

Having bag or good passport is not just about travel, it is about your country that is more likely to try and get you out of trouble somewhere abroad. Something tells me that a citizen of El Salvador that got in trouble in Thailand would less likely to get any help from their country than a citizen of the US.

I like the idea of "speakeasy passports"!

The passport strength is about convivence, yes someone with money can get the visas they need, that takes time and effort vs just getting up and going.

I carry a Brazilian and an Italian passport. Should I invest in a third one?

I have an Italian and Brazilian passport. Used to think my Brazilian passport was kinda useless but looking at how things are going, I'm happy I have it

What are least expensive “bad passports” out there, that a small time entrepreneur can work towards, that isn’t granted by heredity/decent, for folks that aren’t multilingual out of the gate, and also do not have onerous residency requirements, for banking purposes?

If you're arrested abroad, good luck availing yourself of Kittitian consular services.

13:08 It's so hilarious!😂

Hello, which passports apart of the St Lucian one do you have? Unless it's a secret 😊

Must be interesting for a former US citizen applying for a non-immigrant Visa and it shows Country of Birth, New York, USA.

A USA passport gave me freedom and a chance to build my new life 45 years ago. I would not call it a bad passport, but you can have another if you want

I miss the "Nomad Dad" vids. Hope he is keeping well!

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What about a Russian passport? I feel a lot of pain for that now, cause I haven't done anything wrong, but have problems because of citizenship.

I like what he is saying but I have a small story to inform people, not to be contrarian or something, just I really think it is important for everyone to be aware of. It's a response to "I don't necessarily want to be associated with what a country does" for neutrality in passports. Just so everyone knows: I am absolutely NOT dogging or mocking ANYONE in this story, it showed me I am quite in a position of privilege and don't agree with some of this video. So just some context, I am an American (citizenship and passport). I was living in [the country of] Lebanon for couple of years. There, I had met MANY people with different passports (and citizenships). To name a few, Lebanese (obviously), Syrian, Ethiopian, Phillipines, and rarely Iraqi or Palestinian. My coworker was Syrian and possessed the Syrian passport. Lebanon currently has some laws as to what Syrians (people who hold Syrian passports) can do in Lebanon. Some things include (but not limited to) not being allowed to play the lottery in their name, or owning some kinds of property. So, one day his passport was going to expire, and he overstayed his visa for quite some time. If he (legally) crosses the border of Lebanon into Syria or go to the Syrian embassy in Lebanon, the Lebanese officials will throw him back into his home country of his passport (Syria, this fact will be important later) and/or Syrian officials will capture him and force him to attend compulsory military conscription. That is a requirement being a Syrian citizen that you must attend I don't know how long but sometime in your lifetime, and many people don't want to do it for many reasons. Regardless of pride or nationalism, my former Syrian coworker would like to have a different passport (become a citizen to another country) since it gives him, word for word verbatim: "a different kind of life". He wouldn't have to deal with this nonsense, that's DEEP! So when the gentleman in the video says he doesn't want to be associated with what a country does and he gave examples of going around the world putting his money where HE wants because American Government (or any government) doesn't let Americans (US Passport holders) do certain investments, that makes me only assume in somewhat of an ignorant way that he has high-end salary clients or something. Because that example I gave of my Syrian coworker? A LOT of people have "bad" passports, and whether they like it or not they are TIED to that regime or country just as I am tied to any American government regardless if I agree/disagree with the politics. When my friends in Lebanon were concerned my Syrian coworker would be sent back to Syria, they said sent BACK to Syria not kicked OUT of Lebanon! Because governments return you to what country your passport is! If you have Saint Kitts and Nevis passport that's all fine and well, but again most people I know I'm talking down to the gritty nature of it the thick and thin, when they get sent back to their homeland the first thing would be doing is trying to get a job, use resources, do SOMETHING to build. If you're just this investor shoving money around collecting passports, then YEAH having a "bad" passport won't affect you, you aren't going to feel the thick and thin of all of it. As they say in Lebanon, "If I had millions of [US] dollars, I would live in ANYWHERE, Afghanistan, middle of Mongolia, and not give a fuck about anything or any problems". So it wouldn't matter to them if they had money, that's not the issue for most!

This is very interesting… I didn’t realize this was possible. Thank you

I think if a friend chided me about visa-free travel to Equatorial New Guinea, I would have one less friend.

Do you recommend keeping pakistani passport?

Mexican Nationals is the only nationality that can live in the UAE for 6 months with no visa. No other country can do that without a visa.

Wise words. Any take on why China has given visa free entry to Spain and 3 other European countries for 1 year?

Here's a video idea: countries that are gun friendly, like Czech, Switzerland and you could get a citizenship there.

I hate my south African passport sometimes 😢

The EU is enacting laws to stop Caribbean CIP passport holders for visa free. So soon Caribbean ones will not have that that benefit. What do you say to that?

I have a USA and Ecuadorian passport. I don’t need anything else passport related. I am happy

I can't believe there is no nomad capitalist merchandise..."Go where you are treated best"

How many passports does one need???

how about ancestry who had french citizenship?

I am from Argentina and my last name is German. All my friends are European descents. Several have EU passports. How come we are not a Western country?

I have 🇮🇹 and 🇵🇱 passports, and it would be useful to have more!

Well, the key is money. If you have the money, you can easily get the visa despite having a Somali or an Iraqi passport which are the worst in the world. It's all about your financial status. And, there's nothing wrong if people want to immigrate (of course, legally) to the western countries and want to naturalise and get rich in future. Getting the citizenship of a developed country gives the intensive to work without any permit requirement or limit and that helps a person get rich. So, this video has absolutely no relevance to 99% of the people on this planet. It's only for the top 1% who are super rich and have at least 7-figure high networth.

Why doesn't Jim Rogers give up his US passport. He talks smack about the US though.. 🙄

I have a Libyan passport and only 10 countries are Visa free💀 Thank god anyways

It is never better, but easier said if you were born with a passport where you are treated respectfully by default. Big example? wait until you qualify for a world championship and you cannot go because you do not know if "your visa will be issued or not" or because there are no appointments for a visa for 6 months and you have to plan your trip 2 years in advanced to be given a one month visa after all the hustle.

Agree to disagree. Imagine you have Russian passport right now. How you gonna travel with that?

There's literally no downside to having a western passport (except USA where you have to file). There's also nothing wrong with getting more.

To be happy I do not need a passport.

What about the singapore passport, the most powerful passport ?

My dad was born in Chile, I already have Chile passport thanks to him, waiting for Bitcoin to go the moon!!

I wonder if this video will cure my 'Passport Inferiority Complex'

Insanity! I would not give up my USA passport for any amount of tax breaks. Go ahead and do it and be like Lee Harvey Oswald. Ridiculous idea.

Alr maybe its okay

What is the criteria for becoming a Nomad capitalist client eg: is being a millionaire (high network ) mandatory, do you need to be an entrepreneur, can one maintain his real estate properties in the US after renouncing US citizenship ?

What do you mean by western when you imply that Chile is not a western country but the UK is?

What is the one passport that gives you the best balance or neutrality

what about a person who have an iraqi passport😢

The fatca or however it's called is like a burden for being an American.. I don't know if you mentioned that I didn't see the whole video.. Also I've an Italian and Argentinian passport.. Very few places are in which the Italian has and edge over the Argentinian one (mostly the US where you can avoid the visa by having a visa waiver but that's about it)

Having a Turkish passport is not a good opportunity for schengen visa, we can"t book for any European country visa application date!!! They don't give us chance for apply for visa, we'll travel for touristic aim, stay a hotel, spent money but they don't want us😂If you want to have a thirth world country passport, good luck

5 passports sound like a good idea until it’s time to renew all 5… I have 2 and it’s a pain in the ass. I can’t imagine 5.

I'd never renounce my American passport but also having a Jamaican one is a privilege.

I want to get a Chinese passport But it's the hardest one in the world according to what i heard I still want it 😢

What’s the best passport or country to raise a family and need to think about school options?

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Panama passport as of today has visa-free acces to 150 countries, including Russia.

One passport is a MAJOR issue.... they shut down your passport, you're done. The issue with multiple passports is the taxes.

I gave up my American passport when it was stolen from a pushcart in New York. Currently don’t have a passport.

I've swiss and french pport; but I didn't prolonged my french-one anymore...after questionable speeches and actions of the YGL emperor...🥴🧐

Would you give up a Ukrainian passport, or would you wait for the war to be over?

I could only imagine what it must feel to have an !sra3li passport as your only passport... The most despised country in the whole wide world these days... I'm Costa Rican (by birth), Spaniard (by descend), US citizen (prior military service) and these days I hide my US passport more and I'm now thinking it might be wise to replace my CRI and ESP passports so they don't have a city in the USA as the place of issuance, due to the genocide in Gaza perpetrated with US taxpayer money and bombs. (I'm proud to have made my tax bill for 2023 ZERO)

I wish i could do something about with my russian passport. Any ideas besides burning?

U.K. passport were the best (for me)! but now it's f**king horrible since they've left the EU zone. I would rather have Danish, German or other EU passports.

if you get a Malaysian passport you have to give up the other ones - dual nationality isnt allowed. just sayin'

Early :)

Argentina Passport 🇦🇷😍

Me getting my Czech passport for if Australia goes to war with China 💀

Being taxed and not being able to move your money and all junk we at slaves to taxes

An African passport may be second passport for any diasporian born in the west

As someone from an African country, this video makes me angry. It's a type of blind humble bragging.

I have a Indian passport but looking for options

Yeah the US passport is problematic (if you don't leave there) due to its tax responsibility. But saying that a EU passport or one from an advanced Asian country is not very sought after, and beneficial is stupid. Try to do anything with a African or bad parts of South American or problematic Asia passport. Yes, the offshore countries that you sell passports from is a great option for many because as former European colonies their citizens get sympathetic treatments by European immigration. But you don't see europeans or Japanese or US citizens buying those.

Me an African passport holder watching this: 👁️👄👁️

yeahhh my great grandparents would roll over in their graves if I gave up my US passport

Worst passport US passport. You still need a visa to enter Australia 🇦🇺 and New Zealand 🇳🇿

Great job

Umm... Why is everyone harassing Turkey? I mean, we can't go to EU but we CAN go to South America, Southeastern Asia and Central Asia much easier than a US citizen, especially to Middle East and Central Asia, US of A citizens have to get visas which are exceptionally hard for US, while we can just go by with just a passport. So if we aren't gonna go to Western Europe or Mexico (They just don't allow us on the border cuz they say "You guys may escape to US from Mexico!") our passport is relatively good.

"When I was a US citizen, I avoided going to the US." Yeah, I'm right there with you! I have to go back to the US in two days, and I'm not looking forward to it. $800/nt at the Sarasota Ritz, then I have to rent a car and drive everywhere. Dinners will be $100 a pop for mediocre food. Not to mention everyone is just in that American bubble and can only talk about a very limited number of subjects and places. I'm seriously looking into giving up my citizenship. As someone who is all about value, I don't see the value in living in the US or being a US citizen given the alternatives.

and to think i have a peruvian passport XD

I like to have a Philippine passport, please

The US passport will bring Marines and Special forces if you get taken hostage. Otherwise all your points are spot on.

Guatemalan passport = good...? 😅

What about Singapore 🇸🇬 it's the best in the world 🌎!!!!!!

"Money is dust. But earn enough the dust to say this" 😁

When you give up your passport what happens when you leave USA what does the next country do with you ? I'm afraid of USA I tried Mexico asylum went back to use can I get rid of my passport and go back to my homeland in Italy without getting jailed by USA since I was illegally framed by police I'm afraid I want to leave but Im afraid to get blocked by USA because I don't trust USA

I love having a Mexican passport, it’s so well balanced, neutral and great acceptation almost everywhere