CNN: Best and worst passports
May 11, 2016, 12:22 pm
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May 11, 2016, 12:30 pm
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May 11, 2016, 3:41 pm
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May 12, 2016, 6:36 am
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Berlin and Frankfurt have been the only airports in the EU to which Mongolia's flag carrier (Aeroflot's baby) has had flights in recent years. Germany is Mongolia's leading trade partner in the EU in terms of money. And German engineers (particularly East German engineers) had a big historical connection with Mongolia.
May 18, 2016, 6:42 pm
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http://mongolianembassy.us/visafreec.../#.Vz0KEUeDO08
http://embassyofmongolia.co.uk/?p=201
Interesting that Germany is the *only* Western European country on the lists.
May 20, 2016, 1:40 am
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The Mongolia embassy USA website shows 19 countries whose ordinary passport holders can enter Mongolia visa-free. The UK one shows 22.
http://mongolianembassy.us/visafreec.../#.Vz0KEUeDO08
http://embassyofmongolia.co.uk/?p=201
Interesting that Germany is the *only* Western European country on the lists.
http://mongolianembassy.us/visafreec.../#.Vz0KEUeDO08
http://embassyofmongolia.co.uk/?p=201
Interesting that Germany is the *only* Western European country on the lists.
Jun 9, 2016, 11:02 pm
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Frankly, this list is meaningless to me. "Best passport", IMO, is when you are in a foreign country and are in danger, your country can extract you just in time.
Jun 18, 2016, 11:00 am
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I wouldn't agree with that at all, the Australian passport is in the 'top 10' and 3 of the countries in the top 10 most visited destinations for Australians (including the second most popular destination) required a visa to visit. That would make it very common indeed. This year I've had to get visas for Cambodia and Myanmar, and would have needed one for Vietnam if I didn't have a ABTC, and I certainly wouldn't call any of those destinations obscure or the domain of 'every country' geeks.
Jun 19, 2016, 7:26 am
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I once met a Singaporean who was also an Australian national. Over several beers (told you he was an Ozzie) we figured out that thus armed, he could pretty much enter any country he wanted visa-free.
Jun 21, 2016, 5:35 pm
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What is the maximum number of citizenships (of full-fledged UN member states) that an adult can legally acquire within say a 5-7 year period?
Jun 28, 2016, 9:49 pm
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That would be a very difficult number to tally. You'd have to examine each UN member state's naturalization rules, which are going to vary dramatically on residency and/or physical presence rules. Also, assuming you have enough money, there are several countries that would grant you citizenship based on a monetary investment, so that combined with naturalization, I would imagine it would be quite a few in a 5-7 year period.
Jun 30, 2016, 7:42 am
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Well I am happy with my British Passport and US Green Card - gets me wherever I will ever want to go visa free. China would be business and my company would get me one of those. ^