Why Do Passports Only Come In 4 Colours?

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  • @cuff1626
    @cuff16264 жыл бұрын

    0:43 and the UK having a unicorn is okay?

  • @ibx2cat

    @ibx2cat

    4 жыл бұрын

    I can't believe I didn't know the UK passport had a unicorn until this comment, I've looked at it so many times..

  • @lightdeathguy9266

    @lightdeathguy9266

    4 жыл бұрын

    ibx2cat it’s because the national animal of Scotland is a unicorn

  • @cuff1626

    @cuff1626

    4 жыл бұрын

    Scotland is cute

  • @JohnsonTheSecond

    @JohnsonTheSecond

    4 жыл бұрын

    Darn gays n' their political correctness gettin' our passports

  • @jefferygoldmann2643

    @jefferygoldmann2643

    4 жыл бұрын

    Wales has a dragon

  • @pratosaurusrex1128
    @pratosaurusrex11284 жыл бұрын

    Fun fact: Japanese passports are only red if it’s a 10 year passport. 5 year passports are a blue colour instead of red. I don’t know any other countries that do this.

  • @santosbrasilia

    @santosbrasilia

    4 жыл бұрын

    Brazil. Light blue and dark blue

  • @Romandy13

    @Romandy13

    4 жыл бұрын

    Philippine passports come in red/burgundy. Diplomatic Philippine passports come in blue.

  • @pratosaurusrex1128

    @pratosaurusrex1128

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks guys. I had a thought it might not just be Japan 👍

  • @reneartois616

    @reneartois616

    4 жыл бұрын

    Japan also has green passports for public servants (director level and above) and brown diplomatic passports.

  • @MrAranton

    @MrAranton

    4 жыл бұрын

    Regular passports for German citizens are burgundy temperorary ones (valid only for a couple of weeks - which you for example get if you lose yours abroad) are green. Those for diplomats are black and those for people travelling on the state's behalf without being diplomats are bright red. I think most countries use different colours for different kinds of pasports.

  • @tizioincognito161
    @tizioincognito1614 жыл бұрын

    Next EU parliament session: MEP: who wants to change all member countries's passports to blue so the UK will have to change theirs again? Everyone:🤚

  • @shinobione2575

    @shinobione2575

    4 жыл бұрын

    Tizio Incognito yeah right

  • @Nightraven26

    @Nightraven26

    4 жыл бұрын

    Croatia is a EU country which has blue passports.

  • @tizioincognito161

    @tizioincognito161

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Nightraven26 yeah i know

  • @Liggliluff

    @Liggliluff

    4 жыл бұрын

    Blue with gold/yellow text would make more sense as being part of EU. Also add the stars around the emblem, like how you have stars around the country name on the border crossings. Just an idea.

  • @AbsolXGuardian

    @AbsolXGuardian

    4 жыл бұрын

    Blue makes more sense for the EU. That's their color. Green for islamic nations makes sense. Red for former brittish colonies makes more sense than blue, even if blue also works almost equally. My instict says orange or yellow for latin american countries and gold for Asian countries.

  • @Tinhare
    @Tinhare4 жыл бұрын

    I had a Yellow British passport once. I’d lost my passport in Thailand. A temporary passport was arranged and delivered next day. It lasted two days and I had to surrender it at passport control on my return to the UK. Oh and it only had one blank page in it. Apart from that it looked exactly like a normal one.

  • @Thawhid

    @Thawhid

    2 жыл бұрын

    Woah yellow

  • @jjosephs6521
    @jjosephs65214 жыл бұрын

    0:41 fun fact, the British Passport really does have a unicorn on it, at least a kangaroo is real. 🇬🇧🇦🇺

  • @sohopedeco

    @sohopedeco

    4 жыл бұрын

    Wait till Scotland gets independent. Hahaha

  • @carlb1056

    @carlb1056

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@sohopedeco wont happen pedro.

  • @fdsdh1

    @fdsdh1

    4 жыл бұрын

    The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland

  • @restrictedarea9360

    @restrictedarea9360

    4 жыл бұрын

    Kangaroos ain't real

  • @jjosephs6521

    @jjosephs6521

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@fdsdh1 I know, my comment was meant in good humour. That's why I included the flags.

  • @del7896
    @del78964 жыл бұрын

    Countries copying each other is definitely a thing though. Here in Finland it's a trope that the government can't do anything unless it's already been done in Sweden. I assume there's something similar for many other countries. Finland also used to have blue passports and but changed to burgundy with EU membership. For a time it was somewhat popular to get blue dust jacket style covers.

  • @qwertyTRiG

    @qwertyTRiG

    4 жыл бұрын

    I had a green jacket on my passport till it fell apart. Must get a new one.

  • @kiradotee

    @kiradotee

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same for Estonia! Used to be blue but became burgundy. Or they just copied Finland and followed along. 😂

  • @dimfre4kske67

    @dimfre4kske67

    2 жыл бұрын

    Whatever the the Netherlands is up to, 10 years from now Belgium will also be up to.... so yes copying close countries is a thing.

  • @lakereflection7386

    @lakereflection7386

    2 жыл бұрын

    I've been told many states have that I can't think of any for mine but I hear pensilvania has that with new york

  • @casperredsman
    @casperredsman4 жыл бұрын

    “Black with no real connection to the countries” New Zealand: “am I a joke to you”

  • @pjschmid2251

    @pjschmid2251

    4 жыл бұрын

    He said no connection BETWEEN the countries. New Zealand has no particular connection with the other countries that have black passports.

  • @stupidstickman

    @stupidstickman

    4 жыл бұрын

    how is that a woosh?

  • @carterrissmiller2510

    @carterrissmiller2510

    4 жыл бұрын

    *all blacks intensifies*

  • @charliesmith2093
    @charliesmith20934 жыл бұрын

    The colour green is symbolic for paradise in the Quran

  • @Alibm80

    @Alibm80

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's also the colour of bile and vomit

  • @charliesmith2093

    @charliesmith2093

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Alibm80 it is also the colour of shrek so I don't see ur point

  • @kiradotee

    @kiradotee

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@charliesmith2093 I like Shrek

  • @user-tn7kl3sq2r

    @user-tn7kl3sq2r

    4 жыл бұрын

    shrek is my god

  • @liquidminds

    @liquidminds

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's also the color of money in capitalism.

  • @Maja-vo4yb
    @Maja-vo4yb4 жыл бұрын

    I‘m swiss. I looked for our passports on the screen and thought you had no reason to mention it. But then you did in such a nice way. Idk why but it made me kinda proud for no reason. Lol

  • @Eli20021_

    @Eli20021_

    4 жыл бұрын

    Couldn't agree more (Bünzliträne)

  • @josuemc93

    @josuemc93

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same here for México

  • @SolomonSunder

    @SolomonSunder

    2 жыл бұрын

    The first time I saw a Swiss passport, I thought it was red cross ID card 😅

  • @sohopedeco
    @sohopedeco4 жыл бұрын

    15:44 I'm glad you showed what that mysterious black passport in the middle of the red ones was.

  • @parinter

    @parinter

    4 жыл бұрын

    yeah the image was badly photographed, it's a red (burgundy)

  • @lukaszpokoju
    @lukaszpokoju2 жыл бұрын

    Ironically, the new UK post-Brexit passport using the dark blue color to distance itself from the EU, is in fact 100% made in EU.

  • @HEYMAN102001
    @HEYMAN1020014 жыл бұрын

    I thought you would mentioned the British National (overseas) passport when you were talking about different types of British passports. It’s kind of cool because eventually there will be no holders of this passport: while holders of this passport could renew their BNO when it is expired, HMPO stopped accepting new applications since 1997 after the handover of Hong Kong, also holders could not pass this nationality/passport to their spouses/children. This passport will have no holders when all of them pass away.

  • @fanstalingibs5585
    @fanstalingibs55854 жыл бұрын

    Broke: Estados Unidos Mexicanos Woke: *ESTA-DOS UNI-DOS M E X I-D O S*

  • @OHYS

    @OHYS

    4 жыл бұрын

    United Mexed States

  • @notnotkavi

    @notnotkavi

    3 жыл бұрын

    I just love that it's literally the United States of Mexico

  • @lmnop29

    @lmnop29

    3 жыл бұрын

    as a chicano, this made me chuckle. but i appreciate the shoutout nonetheless

  • @maanvis81
    @maanvis814 жыл бұрын

    So papers please is actually a true sim of the old soviet union :). Seeing all these passports makes me want to play it again.

  • @HugoWiffen
    @HugoWiffen2 жыл бұрын

    Fun fact: In Australia you can request an "Extra Large" passport (can't remember the official name) that is black instead of blue.

  • @wooblydooblygod3857

    @wooblydooblygod3857

    2 жыл бұрын

    That is so fucking stupid, i am now moving to Australia.

  • @kiradotee

    @kiradotee

    2 жыл бұрын

    Large in the sense it has more pages? Not in the sense it's bigger? 😂

  • @HugoWiffen

    @HugoWiffen

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kiradotee Yes it has more pages, should've specified that 😂. They gave one to my dad after he came back with a full standard one only halfway to expiry.

  • @Boimeirelles

    @Boimeirelles

    2 жыл бұрын

    extra large with fries?

  • @TopherTino

    @TopherTino

    2 жыл бұрын

    The US has an XL passport but it’s blue as well.

  • @oliverhines8099
    @oliverhines80994 жыл бұрын

    toycats gunna be stealin' passports to get those "Clean" and "Cool" passports

  • @SuperSMT

    @SuperSMT

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah I collect passports. I put them next to my social security card collection

  • @Liggliluff

    @Liggliluff

    4 жыл бұрын

    Well, why not. Just ask the person if you can have theirs when it runs out. They just have to remove the card inside to get rid of the personal data, but everything else should be able to be left in there.

  • @jackb7705
    @jackb77054 жыл бұрын

    I feel like some colour decisions historically may be down to the dyes that were common or widely available within the country. Although that's less relevant to changes in colours today.

  • @myusualnickwastaken

    @myusualnickwastaken

    4 жыл бұрын

    Passports basically didn't exist until the twentieth century, so the dyes available in olden times don't really directly affect them

  • @luciaryan6063
    @luciaryan60634 жыл бұрын

    0:46 the UK is a former British colony

  • @fabianpro9909

    @fabianpro9909

    4 жыл бұрын

    ....... the uk is britan and its the owner of the colony's and not a colony it self

  • @MyNameIsEarl42

    @MyNameIsEarl42

    4 жыл бұрын

    Everything is a British Colony. You just have to believe

  • @JohnsonTheSecond

    @JohnsonTheSecond

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@fabianpro9909 Imperial German Reich is a former German colony

  • @Jake-rm4be

    @Jake-rm4be

    4 жыл бұрын

    Well your not technically wrong

  • @luciaryan6063

    @luciaryan6063

    4 жыл бұрын

    New New Milo no

  • @wnphn7653
    @wnphn76534 жыл бұрын

    I feel like the Central American countries are just not well known, so they put their geographical location on the cover. As an example, I got detained at a Chinese boarder crossing because of a "Fake country's visa in my passport." They didn't know Guatemala existed until I pointed it out on a map to them.

  • @arcticelephant4721
    @arcticelephant47214 жыл бұрын

    Forgot to mention BN(O) passport used in Hong Kong, it has gained notice after the Hong Kong protesters used it to claim that they are British, and the U.K. should protect them.

  • @fcheung4214

    @fcheung4214

    4 жыл бұрын

    however the Hong Kong passport is practically more powerful than the BNO passport

  • @thetechoasis2179

    @thetechoasis2179

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@fcheung4214 power means nothing if it isn't for the country you want protecting you.

  • @steviek8733
    @steviek87334 жыл бұрын

    This is so much fun, and to see how colours can convey powerful meaning and the different designs

  • @acoral1035
    @acoral10354 жыл бұрын

    I believe Unija is suppose to be read as [ooniya] in English. In most European languages j is a letter for English 'y'

  • @ForOne814

    @ForOne814

    4 жыл бұрын

    That is correct. It's a common word for "union" in Slavic languages.

  • @LVP201

    @LVP201

    4 жыл бұрын

    Why did you put it in brackets

  • @acoral1035

    @acoral1035

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@LVP201 thats how people usually show phonetic reading. Well, usually in phonetic alphabet, but I don't know one =)

  • @LVP201

    @LVP201

    4 жыл бұрын

    ACoral it's meant for IPA but correctly it would be [unijə]

  • @acoral1035

    @acoral1035

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@LVP201 I see a trouble here))) It wil not show English-speaking people how to read j, in case they do not know IPA.

  • @sevamega
    @sevamega4 жыл бұрын

    About internal passports. I have one since I was 16. In Ukraine and other post-soviet countries, those are the main means of identification. And it has a place for stamps, mostly about marriage status, and local authority (from the district you are living in) and stamps about you having an international passport. Generally if somewhere you see documentation list that mentions "passport" it means internal one, if not specified otherwise. Plus, you should fill in a new photo every 20 years or so. When ID card implementation started, elder generations protested. It looks like they do not even see the total absurdity of it. And, it is dark blue colored, with a design generally similar to the international one.

  • @acoral1035
    @acoral10354 жыл бұрын

    In Ukraine we have unique pictures on each page of our passports. It depict historical artefacts, chronicles, castles and all the other stuff - going from the fist page to the last is like a history speedrun. It has a lot more interesting design on the inside, then on the outside; so I wonder what is the inner design of passports of other counties..?

  • @Dumpy332

    @Dumpy332

    2 жыл бұрын

    Are you talking about the pages, where you get visas and entry/exit stamps?

  • @acoral1035

    @acoral1035

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Dumpy332 yes.

  • @lepos4136

    @lepos4136

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same with Uzbekistan; pretty sure most countries have them

  • @Eugensson

    @Eugensson

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same we had in Belgium until a week ago. Now the new Belgian passports are comic trips characters sticker collectable books (look it up on youtube)

  • @Nyoshi219
    @Nyoshi2194 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for producing quality content good sir. Learned more from KZread than school tbh.

  • @user-ou9lh3es2o
    @user-ou9lh3es2o4 жыл бұрын

    I can add a few facts about Russian passports. There was and still no ID except internal passport. Other documents like driving license or ISIC (student card) can identify you, but they are not accepted as official ID. Even passport for traveling abroad is not valid as an ID within Russia. Internal passport is red, like passport for traveling abroad. At first internal passports weren't given to all villagers, so they couldn't travel within USSR without approval. And regular people couldn't get passport for traveling abroad, but it could be some kind of reward.

  • @thorbjrnhellehaven5766
    @thorbjrnhellehaven57662 жыл бұрын

    Norway have different colors depending on type of passport: Normal: Red (used to be darker than today) Provisional/Emergencey: White (used to be orange or turquoise) Diplomatic: Blue Forigner travel document: White (used to be black)

  • @Jorge-kd7ww
    @Jorge-kd7ww4 жыл бұрын

    5:00 fun fact because guatemala claims belize if you look closly at the map on the passport it has the lines going into belize

  • @jenifertalvor4091
    @jenifertalvor40914 жыл бұрын

    I think the black passports look really cool actually, there's something suave and sleek about a dark one like that edit: hope you all are having a decent day

  • @Haxerous

    @Haxerous

    4 жыл бұрын

    Can confirm. I've one of them. definitely stands out among all those blues and burgundy/reds

  • @egg6649

    @egg6649

    4 жыл бұрын

    New Zealand passport = best passport.

  • @Liggliluff

    @Liggliluff

    4 жыл бұрын

    Best would be if we could choose our own pantone colour for our passport :)

  • @michaelfink64
    @michaelfink644 жыл бұрын

    Shows black passport of Croatia: “As you can see, they are very much a blue passport”.

  • @kristinakucanda4351

    @kristinakucanda4351

    4 жыл бұрын

    Croatian passport indeed is very dark blue - almost black but still blue. (I am from Croatia so I have one.)

  • @matrixfull

    @matrixfull

    4 жыл бұрын

    lol yeah like in clothes store if you ask for some blue clothes sometimes they will show you super dark blue one that defeats the whole purpose of wanting blue in the first place... lol

  • @Dumpy332

    @Dumpy332

    2 жыл бұрын

    Your passport do not write English name of country.

  • @kiradotee
    @kiradotee4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for these videos mate!

  • @floridamanryan4328
    @floridamanryan43284 жыл бұрын

    Haven't left the US since 2013, this was a really cool video, had to check my own passport after watching. Italy is...red..!? I'm colorblind. Thanks for the knowledge Toycat!

  • @GuildWars2Ranma
    @GuildWars2Ranma4 жыл бұрын

    Actually had a bright pink passport for a trip to Bulgaria once. Thought they were in the Schengen agreement since they are an EU member but, at least at the time, they weren't so couldn't use my national ID to board the plane and had to go to the airport police station to get a temporary one made. Whish I took a pic of it since they took it back and destroyed it when I returned to Sweden.

  • @cole3467
    @cole34674 жыл бұрын

    Never thought id like learning about passport colors

  • @MartieD
    @MartieD4 жыл бұрын

    I think countries use discrete colors to make it less obvious where someone holding their passport is from. It's cool with unique colors though, likr Fiji's. The Netherlands could have orange and Ireland green.

  • @robertandersson1128
    @robertandersson11282 жыл бұрын

    Just to clarify about Russian internal passport, they're not required to travel inside the country any more after the collapse of the communist regime. They're just just for identification. And, also you get some stamps in there if a child is born to you or if you get married / divorced, or if you have to serve in the army

  • @paranoidrodent
    @paranoidrodent4 жыл бұрын

    Canada uses 4 different passport colours. Blue is the standard passport. Red is diplomatic. Green is the non-diplomatic government employee (often military being sent overseas). White is the temporary passport (valid for 6 months) issued to citizens abroad who lose their passport and require one. There's also emergency travel documents for time sensitive situations but they aren't technically a passport.

  • @generalkenobi5173

    @generalkenobi5173

    4 жыл бұрын

    Most countries also do that i mean u.s has like 5 britian has 4 nothing special... we are talking about individual normal passports for every country.

  • @pjschmid2251
    @pjschmid22514 жыл бұрын

    Oddly enough my first passport (US) that I got in 1994 was green. So the US wasn’t always blue. Edit: I just looked it up and they issued green passports from April ’93 to March ‘94 in honor of Benjamin Franklin and the 200th anniversary of the US consular service.

  • @shibolinemress8913

    @shibolinemress8913

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wow, I had no idea. I bet those got some weird looks!

  • @duccio9360
    @duccio93604 жыл бұрын

    Nice, see you in some years when KZread recommends this

  • @williamgosvener47
    @williamgosvener474 жыл бұрын

    The US passport is ranked 6th most powerful in the world with 184 countries that are visa free or garenteed visa on entry. The US has a normal passport that is blue, an official passport that is brown, and a black diplomatic passport. We also have a passport card, but it can only be used for land and sea travel to Bermuda, Canada, the Caribbean region, and Mexico.

  • @UlisesHeureaux

    @UlisesHeureaux

    2 жыл бұрын

    My country ducking rocks!

  • @seanfegan8161
    @seanfegan81614 жыл бұрын

    There was an arrest made of a few guys with a substantial amount of cocaine and cannabis on board their car which th ey picked up in Barcelona. They were travelling on a diplomatic passport which I am fairly certain linked back to the librarian of the Vatican City. So diplomatic are not always 100% exempt

  • @hh2n
    @hh2n4 жыл бұрын

    Funny how you talked about Russian internal passports, but did't mentioned at all Latvija's alien and non-citizen passports, which is basically segregation existing in modern day.

  • @lightdeathguy9266
    @lightdeathguy92664 жыл бұрын

    I renewed my passport a month ago and they’re going to change it before I can use it

  • @kiradotee

    @kiradotee

    4 жыл бұрын

    Changing it the second time! First change (the one you have) is the burgundy passport without the "European Union" wording.

  • @jur4x

    @jur4x

    4 жыл бұрын

    Current passports probably will be valid till they expire. At least that's how it's normally done. The only time I remember when people were forced to change their old passports to new ones was in Latvia around 2006-2007, when new security features were introduced, and senior citizens who somehow had their early 90's passports still valid had to change them. Those who had their passports changed in early 2000's could keep them till they expire. They did face some limitations though.

  • @kiradotee

    @kiradotee

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jur4x yeah not probably, it was mentioned a lot of times by the government that current passports remain valid until their expiry date.

  • @thallesbragalopesdearaujo9126
    @thallesbragalopesdearaujo91262 жыл бұрын

    In Mercosul (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay) all passports are blue and similar to each other, but you can travel to all four countries just with your ID card.

  • @RajKumar-zl7fu
    @RajKumar-zl7fu4 жыл бұрын

    In Nepal, general public gets green passport, public servants get black and the VIPs get red passport, which is the diplomatic passport and gets you places with less hassle

  • @jnzdg
    @jnzdg4 жыл бұрын

    really happy that he likes the swiss passport the most

  • @-Faris-
    @-Faris-4 жыл бұрын

    I guess the “little red book” is not only restricted to China 😉

  • @alexburns6783

    @alexburns6783

    4 жыл бұрын

    Singapore and Malaysia have red passports

  • @CroatiaSurvival
    @CroatiaSurvival4 жыл бұрын

    Juropska juniđa Well done Toycat, well done

  • @looseycanon
    @looseycanon2 жыл бұрын

    Fun fact, the UK had/has bright pink color passport for foreigners. Certain Polish master of loosing passports (lost three on one expedition) learned that the hard way.

  • @beyond6202
    @beyond62022 жыл бұрын

    I wish Ireland had a green passport… gold and green would be such a good fit for them.

  • @tdb7992
    @tdb79924 жыл бұрын

    Ibxcat, what do you think of the CANZUK idea? Personally, I support it as we see the UK, NZ, and Canada as our best friends. There was a recent survey done n which people had to list the countries they felt the most affection towards. NZ was in first place, followed by the UK, then Canada. And on the subject of the Australian passport, when I travel overseas the immigration officials in the airport always spend ten minutes looking at all the pictures of animals in our passports. It's like they've just discovered fire or something.

  • @GarfieldRex
    @GarfieldRex4 жыл бұрын

    I think there's a passport of the Holy See and other of the Vatican, not sure

  • @wiltonater
    @wiltonater2 жыл бұрын

    I remember flying between Madrid and London, and on the tram to the plane being the only person without a burgundy passport. I felt weird being the lone person with a blue passport.

  • @greenmark69
    @greenmark694 жыл бұрын

    Cool black New Zealand passport at 8:30, but seems that you've not shown it on your map at 2:55...

  • @awijaya2116
    @awijaya21164 жыл бұрын

    Welcoming is based on how many foreign country passports have visa-free access. In general, countries (esp. poorer ones) that rely more on tourism as a growth industry (the Caribbean states, Philippines as examples) will make access as easy as they can to make it a more attractive tourist destination. European countries 'accept' more than the US/CAN/AUS because of the EU's Schengen agreement, otherwise they'd be within the same range as the US/CAN/AUS . China has half the US' number in terms of countries that have visa-free access to it, it's just that the color gradient doesn't show it very well (basically you were right about them not really being in the same category). I'm pretty sure it's to do with the Chinese gov't rarely agreeing with visa-free access unless it was reciprocated (that's not the case with most developing countries).

  • @h4nn.h
    @h4nn.h4 жыл бұрын

    i have an in between one - it’s still burgundy but it doesn’t have “European Union” at the top

  • @richrich981
    @richrich9814 жыл бұрын

    Swiss has always been my favourite too! My British and Irish one look the same now too faded beyond recognition

  • @misostreams232
    @misostreams2324 жыл бұрын

    We are the...”Bears shuffling group coming on down to do it four you.”

  • @Ab-ox7mo
    @Ab-ox7mo4 жыл бұрын

    looking forward to getting my blue boy 11:42 same thing in china today

  • @AuntyKsTarot
    @AuntyKsTarot2 жыл бұрын

    When I was in the Soviet Union in my teens those internal passports also granted or denied access to some stores (with full shelves).

  • @patricksmith3135
    @patricksmith31354 жыл бұрын

    What a fascinating subject to talk about! I really like this and hope you will continue. By the way, what was the site named with the passports and various criteria?

  • @ibx2cat

    @ibx2cat

    4 жыл бұрын

    Passport index :)

  • @patricksmith3135

    @patricksmith3135

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ibx2cat Thank you. I had a blast going through it more slowly than you did. :) Have a great day. Are you going to do a show about Harry and M Markle leaving Britian? Hope so :)

  • @thetechoasis2179

    @thetechoasis2179

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@patricksmith3135 no one cares about those traitors.

  • @ru_sky
    @ru_sky4 жыл бұрын

    You can do pretty much anything you want with a Russian travel passport except live for more than 3 months or work or buy a property. But if you want an internal passport it's almost impossible to get on if you're not Russian and if you do get one you have to serve in the military if your under 27.

  • @marcralfschricker
    @marcralfschricker4 жыл бұрын

    Would have been awfully nice to include the passport ranking page ;)

  • @macetotheface
    @macetotheface4 жыл бұрын

    I want a country to use a yellow one

  • @Haxerous

    @Haxerous

    4 жыл бұрын

    or Khaki. That would be weird one.

  • @MartieD

    @MartieD

    4 жыл бұрын

    That could be Sweden, because yellow is Sweden's main color in sports

  • @rubenmarino1999

    @rubenmarino1999

    4 жыл бұрын

    Norwegian emergency passports from 2020 might be yellow

  • @Liggliluff

    @Liggliluff

    4 жыл бұрын

    A darker golden colour then.

  • @FactNFiction
    @FactNFiction4 жыл бұрын

    I am happy I am early keep up the great videos

  • @jvera2001
    @jvera20014 жыл бұрын

    „Junidża” lol

  • @olmostgudinaf8100
    @olmostgudinaf81002 жыл бұрын

    Toy cat: "Why Do Passports Only Come In 4 Colours?" Shows 5. More if you count light and dark shades as different colours.

  • @wish
    @wish2 жыл бұрын

    3h long passport design tier list video when

  • @kimzastrow1268
    @kimzastrow12684 жыл бұрын

    What do you think about the size of the emblem on passports

  • @KazuchijouNoDan
    @KazuchijouNoDan2 жыл бұрын

    Love your channel, I send you all my love from "Estados Unidos Mexidos"

  • @LosizakII
    @LosizakII4 жыл бұрын

    Just one thing, around 10:00 when you say diplomats using a Queen's Messenger passport can take their gear through: only gear that has been sealed by the British mission, not their personal items nor their person. A diplomat's private luggage and person will still be screened by security.

  • @thetechoasis2179

    @thetechoasis2179

    4 жыл бұрын

    ....not true at all, diplomatic bags cannot be interfered with personal or not, also you cannot stop the person and do a search on them either. it is a direct violation op diplomatic law.

  • @RogersMgmtGroup
    @RogersMgmtGroup4 жыл бұрын

    The only difference between an American Samoa National's passport and the normal USA passport is a statement printed inside that says the holder is a National of the United States of America. The reason is American Samoans are not necessarily born US Citizens. Bit of a weird situation, but American Samoa was never "incorporated" into the US, but is a territory. No other inhabited US territory is classed like this.

  • @harv3896
    @harv38964 жыл бұрын

    Fun fact there’s a unicorn on the British passport because it’s the national animal of Scotland

  • @fnamelname9077
    @fnamelname90774 жыл бұрын

    The UK left the EU on a a tacit (unmentionable, even?) policy of not changing "from purple to green". ;) ;) ;) ;)

  • @BronzeManul
    @BronzeManul4 жыл бұрын

    Passport design tier list

  • @nermosh
    @nermosh4 жыл бұрын

    "ja" in Unija reads as "oo-knee-ya" with "ya" at the end, like in "yankee"

  • @user-ky6vw5up9m
    @user-ky6vw5up9m4 жыл бұрын

    Standard Passports have to be size B7 when closed. (B6 when opened flat)

  • @artraft5142
    @artraft51422 жыл бұрын

    Added dimension when thinking in the logo and the global citizen restriction due its logo design.

  • @bekhzodtulanov5519
    @bekhzodtulanov55194 жыл бұрын

    I'm from Uzbekistan, and we have 2 passports: internal passport which is green and travel one which is dark red

  • @MrSheep2796
    @MrSheep27962 жыл бұрын

    The emus and kangaroos bullied the Australians into putting them on their passport

  • @jameshenner5831
    @jameshenner58314 жыл бұрын

    The Guyana-Venezuela border is dashed when I look at Google Maps. This is one of only a few dashed borders, as shown to the US version of Google Maps Why is that?

  • @fnamelname9077
    @fnamelname90774 жыл бұрын

    I think we have opposite aesthetic tastes. Switzerland's passport makes me sad. Lots of "busy" ones are fascinating and beautiful to me. It's real money versus those empty-space white euros. The euro is awkward and ugly, but lots of countries have beautiful currencies.

  • @VersedNJ
    @VersedNJ2 жыл бұрын

    I know the US had a Burgundy passport for military use not under orders (not needed for NATO and Allies like Japan, Korea) same color and passports for government employee use. There also is a Diplomatic passports I think also burgundy for Ambassadors, Consulate heads and high ranking workers to including immunity, When at Rhein Main AB in Germany, friend of mine had a government issue burgundy passport for official use, he was a flight medic. When I got orders for Germany, I went and got a passport, not as common do to as now. You did get an under orders letter with a list of countries, NATO and non NATO countries which you show that paper and military ID card. I always used the passport not the order sheet. Also had a Frankfurt Flughafen Flightline badge because we shared the runways, could have put it on a coat pocket and walked through (assuming I had no luggage). But that's like jail time and never thought of doing it.

  • @davetissue
    @davetissue4 жыл бұрын

    China's current Hukou system is pretty much like USSR's internal passport thing. It does have fewer restrictions for short trips compared to the USSR's system, but if you want to move to another city and to use the local social resources there (ie. healthcare, transit discount, education, housing, etc.) you need to officially immigrate which can be a very lengthy and difficult process, especially for moving into the largest cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen. We often joke that it's probably easier for Chinese citizens to migrate to a foreign country, get citizenship, and move back to China as a naturalized citizen (when you'll have much larger freedom to choose your Hukou) than to move internally in China.

  • @zebo-the-fat
    @zebo-the-fat4 жыл бұрын

    I don't care if my passport is pink with green dots and purple stripes so long as it gets me to where I'm going with minimum fuss.

  • @hrhkoa
    @hrhkoa4 жыл бұрын

    Do a video rating the look of passport

  • @joemacleod-iredale2888
    @joemacleod-iredale28884 жыл бұрын

    Feels like England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland should have distinct passports.

  • @Alias_Anybody

    @Alias_Anybody

    4 жыл бұрын

    Imagine them getting different rankings. "Scots are welcome but we don't want any damn Welsh here"

  • @ChaoticAphrodite

    @ChaoticAphrodite

    4 жыл бұрын

    Alias Anybody it would make Scottish separation a lot easier

  • @Alaois

    @Alaois

    4 жыл бұрын

    England and Scotland already get representation in the passport. You don't see individual American states like Texas or California with their own passports

  • @joemacleod-iredale2888

    @joemacleod-iredale2888

    4 жыл бұрын

    Kingketo W.R didn’t realise that Scottish passports were different from English ones. The USA is a single country, the UK is four, even if it is in a sort of conjoined twin style, so it’s not really analogous (though I suppose the Native American territories are sort of separate).

  • @Alaois

    @Alaois

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@joemacleod-iredale2888 There isn't a Scottish or English passport there is a British one. And the British passport like the Flag and the Country is composed of symbols and elements from the countries within it, like Scotland's Unicorn or England's Lion.

  • @sagemcallister4822
    @sagemcallister48224 жыл бұрын

    Turkey just changed from burgundy to blue btws

  • @duccio9360
    @duccio93604 жыл бұрын

    KZread at 1am: yo wanna know why passport only come in 4 colors?

  • @yuriythebest
    @yuriythebest4 жыл бұрын

    Speaking of which - why do all passports have the same shape? Why Not a long narrow passport or a quare book passport or a triangle passport? OR how cool would it be to have a passport shaped like an ancient scroll

  • @campbellmcconnell2425
    @campbellmcconnell24254 жыл бұрын

    I never thought watching a Pom talk about passports for 17 minutes would be so intriguing.

  • @pewp_tickalar

    @pewp_tickalar

    4 жыл бұрын

    a pom?

  • @qwertyTRiG

    @qwertyTRiG

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@pewp_tickalar An antipodean name for an English person.

  • @campbellmcconnell2425

    @campbellmcconnell2425

    4 жыл бұрын

    The terms Pommy, Pommie and Pom, in Australia, South Africa and New Zealand usually denotes an English person (or, less commonly, people from other parts of the UK)

  • @thetechoasis2179

    @thetechoasis2179

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@pewp_tickalar Derogatory name for a British ( more commonly English person ) which is weird since P.O.M.(E) can be used against Aussies too, Prisoners Of Mother England

  • @fabiansteigerwald7509
    @fabiansteigerwald75094 жыл бұрын

    What's the little sign on the bottom of nearly every passport? That looks like a little flag with a circle in the middle

  • @cajmo8635

    @cajmo8635

    4 жыл бұрын

    It means it's a biometric passport, and that you can use e-gates in airports

  • @rivenoak

    @rivenoak

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@cajmo8635 becomes mandatory by now as most countries rely on biometrics these days.

  • @koppadasao
    @koppadasao4 жыл бұрын

    Green was the Devil's prophet's favorite color

  • @lelandunruh7896
    @lelandunruh78963 жыл бұрын

    I'm a citizen of America and El Salvador. My wife is a citizen of Switzerland. Our daughter will start with a nice passport collection!

  • @Murmilone

    @Murmilone

    Жыл бұрын

    No she won't. Citizenship is normally not inherited from only one parent. Both parents should have that citizenship so the child obtains it by birth. There're a few exceptions based on the place of birth and residence of the parents but in your case she cannot get three ctizenships.

  • @lelandunruh7896

    @lelandunruh7896

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Murmilone Yes she can.

  • @yasmineo317
    @yasmineo3174 жыл бұрын

    The Swedish emergency passport is light pink

  • @christineeliseev
    @christineeliseev2 жыл бұрын

    The US used to (not sure if they still do) issue green temporary passports to Americans who lose their passports while overseas and need an emergency one prepared by the local embassy. And I've seen brown US Military Passports as well. My husband was born in the USSR but couldn't get a replacement passport for a while after the collapse (we were in the US), but because he had a US green card, he was issued a US Travel Document which looks like a US Passport but is white. It can only be used to re-enter the US since he didn't have a valid passport from anywhere else. One of the reasons he struggled to renew his passport was because we were in what's now Ukraine when the USSR collapsed and were just about to leave for the US. Ukraine hadn't started issuing passports yet, so we had to take his USSR passport to some government office, where they literally took a sharpie/vivid and crossed out "CCCP" and handwrote "Ukraine", chucked a stamp and signature on it, and it was all good to leave (getting it renewed was a totally different mess).

  • @mangolishus4001
    @mangolishus40014 жыл бұрын

    My passport is invisible, because I don’t have one anymore...

  • @cinnamondan4984

    @cinnamondan4984

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mangolishus my girlfriend’s father stole money from a government bank and disappeared 20 years ago. As a result her passport has become worthless due to the family punishment systems of the People’s Republic and North Korea.

  • @kiradotee

    @kiradotee

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@cinnamondan4984 is she North Korean?

  • @cinnamondan4984

    @cinnamondan4984

    4 жыл бұрын

    vitali Chinese

  • @devinandcarrietotaldrama505

    @devinandcarrietotaldrama505

    4 жыл бұрын

    I never had a passport in the first place

  • @Liggliluff

    @Liggliluff

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@cinnamondan4984 That sounds like a good system ... punish innocent people. Isn't there some kind of human right violation, and is there any help UN could provide to move to a country that respects people as individuals?

  • @TAILSORANGEs
    @TAILSORANGEs4 жыл бұрын

    Andrew, Do you think that countries that likes to use gold in their currencies should use "golden passports"?

  • @JayJayGamerOfficial
    @JayJayGamerOfficial4 жыл бұрын

    On the Australian passport is our coat of arms and the kangaroo and emu symbolise working together since they can only walk forward

  • @YourLocalMedic
    @YourLocalMedic4 жыл бұрын

    Give us tie-dye passports