Why Is THIS The World's Strongest Passport?

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  • @TinyBearTim
    @TinyBearTim2 ай бұрын

    He’s finally started to remove Fr*nce from his maps

  • @sizanogreen9900

    @sizanogreen9900

    2 ай бұрын

    What is that Fr*nce you are talking about?

  • @Cosmik60

    @Cosmik60

    2 ай бұрын

    ew stop talking about the F*****

  • @chitlitlah

    @chitlitlah

    2 ай бұрын

    It's not the first time...

  • @ichmagkeinepandas7895

    @ichmagkeinepandas7895

    2 ай бұрын

    What is with Ger***y

  • @JmKrokY

    @JmKrokY

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@chitlitlahYeah

  • @imnotajuker
    @imnotajuker2 ай бұрын

    Not sure why France is missing on the map but i support the message!

  • @gargoyle7863

    @gargoyle7863

    2 ай бұрын

    😂 French war flag effect? (French war flag: French flag without the red and bleu.)

  • @JmKrokY

    @JmKrokY

    2 ай бұрын

    He's been doing that for a while

  • @qtluna7917
    @qtluna79172 ай бұрын

    This lacks a bit of information about nuances imo. 1. Some EU countries do not even require a passport to enter countries outside Europe, like Dominica, Egypt or Tunisia, the ID card is enough. This technically makes those passports stronger, since you might not need to renew a passport, saving you more money. 2. The length of stay and the rules might vary for different countries (e.g. driving offenses can bar US citizens from entering Canada, and if you are a German born before 1928 you additional requirements for travel to Israel), which affects the real power of passports slightly. 3. All those rankings are purely for touristic travel, they do not give any value to freedom of movement (which does not only include travel, but also the right to settle in a country), or not requiring work permits, which is actually a significant difference in power. E.g. ever non-Schengen country, which as a visa for the Schengen area automatically scores 28 points, which are technically more than the 27 points the citizens of the Schengen area have, even though there is a significant difference in power with a huge upside for the Schengen countries. Sorry for being quite European centric with this, but that's what I know. :D

  • @fluidice1656

    @fluidice1656

    2 ай бұрын

    Indeed. Like, having a visa-free travel available for, say, Burkina Faso, is hardly as relevant as having essentially full citizenship rights in the EU. Yet, the ranking systems don't necessarily consider this distinction. He does mention the accessibility concept though.

  • @the135joker3
    @the135joker32 ай бұрын

    Citizenship based on the territory you were born on (jus soli) is actually pretty rare and basically doesn’t exist in an unrestricted form outside of the Americas.

  • @LoveClassicMusic0205

    @LoveClassicMusic0205

    2 ай бұрын

    I was hearing a story of a woman who was born in the UK and had never left the country. She was denied a passport because neither of her parents were UK citizens when she was born. The UK government considered her stateless, though there is a possibility that she could have qualified for citizenship in the country her parents came from. I forgot what that country was, but I think it might have been in Africa somewhere (or maybe the Middle East).

  • @JmKrokY

    @JmKrokY

    2 ай бұрын

    True

  • @JmKrokY

    @JmKrokY

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@LoveClassicMusic0205The UK sucks

  • @rantlyy
    @rantlyy2 ай бұрын

    as somebody with a passport in the bottom 20 in the world rankings all I can say, people with good passports are some lucky lucky mother fuckers without even realizing it😂

  • @delfi7077

    @delfi7077

    2 ай бұрын

    🇪🇺😔

  • @chitlitlah

    @chitlitlah

    2 ай бұрын

    It is pretty nice. I just wish I didn't have to spend 10 hours in a flying sardine can to get anywhere besides Canada or Mexico.

  • @rantlyy

    @rantlyy

    2 ай бұрын

    @@chitlitlah hey, atleast you can get there eventually :p

  • @Nooticus

    @Nooticus

    2 ай бұрын

    Some of us realise how lucky we are though

  • @raymond8920
    @raymond89202 ай бұрын

    I LOVE these types of videos, plsss make more Toycat

  • @PlayerIO
    @PlayerIO2 ай бұрын

    My goat toycat back with a banger

  • @Nooticus
    @Nooticus2 ай бұрын

    Great balanced and nuanced video as always. Also, didn't expect a toycat/hardest geezer crossover lol

  • @eroditjakupi1016
    @eroditjakupi10162 ай бұрын

    Kosovo this year went from the 80-something best passport to the 50-something this year

  • @alooshie163

    @alooshie163

    2 ай бұрын

    This would be due to them obtaining a Schengen visa waiver, which grants them a mobility score boost of 27 countries.

  • @stefanborbely3958

    @stefanborbely3958

    2 ай бұрын

    Illegal

  • @kevincronk7981
    @kevincronk79812 ай бұрын

    It seems especially ironic that a brit was the first to run across Africa, because the best long distance runners in the world are pretty much all east african

  • @clownphabetstrongwoman7305
    @clownphabetstrongwoman73052 ай бұрын

    Yes, I remember that question when I travelled to the USA. "Were you involved in terrorism? Answering yes doesn't necessarily mean you will be denied entry." Imagine a line of people with semilune fingers behind their backs checking the NO box at the embassy.

  • @redbeard5939

    @redbeard5939

    2 ай бұрын

    That question and all the similar ones like "have you ever been involved in holding someone against their will" are mostly intended to be easy reasons to deport someone later on. Lying on the form is grounds for removal and, generally, the American legal system for deportation is slightly harder on the government than the average worldwide; so, if the prosecutor can easily point out that you lied (for example you answered no but you are in one of the many databases the U.S. and it's allies keep of terrorist activity) then they may avoid a drawn out legal battle.

  • @hata6290

    @hata6290

    2 ай бұрын

    @@redbeard5939actually smart

  • @thoughtgod545
    @thoughtgod5452 ай бұрын

    I just realised there isn't France in the background map

  • @cannedice
    @cannedice2 ай бұрын

    Love the Buc-ee's shirt!

  • @JackBlackNinja
    @JackBlackNinja2 ай бұрын

    great shit

  • @user-kq5ke5yb6k
    @user-kq5ke5yb6k2 ай бұрын

    I like the idea of the robust network of America consular services -- and Navy Seals, etc. being able to rescue me.

  • @gmm5550

    @gmm5550

    2 ай бұрын

    u meen like for travvelers from most western countrys in the world?=)

  • @bigscarysteve
    @bigscarysteve2 ай бұрын

    5:58 "Whichever descendant was living there might not have had it." That's very unclear to begin with, but I hope you're not referring to a grandparent as one's descendant. A grandparent is one's ancestor. You are your grandparents' descendant.

  • @jamez6398
    @jamez63982 ай бұрын

    Wait, so if one of your grandparents were born in Northern Ireland, and you yourself are a British citizen, even if you personally have never stepped foot in Northern Ireland, you can apply for citizenship in Ireland, a completely different country unrelated to either your or your grandparent, and get an EU passport that allows you to work and live in EU Schengen countries without a visa?? I never knew that, that's something new I've learned. I wonder if that would enable you to live and work in Switzerland? 🤔

  • @kabalofthebloodyspoon

    @kabalofthebloodyspoon

    2 ай бұрын

    Yes, Switzerland and Norway are Schengen zone

  • @jamez6398

    @jamez6398

    2 ай бұрын

    @@kabalofthebloodyspoon I didn't even know that Norway was in the Schengen Zone. I'm pretty sure Romania isn't, despite it being continental EU country.

  • @ducksongfans

    @ducksongfans

    2 ай бұрын

    So apparently me, somebody born in America, can get an EU passport

  • @jamez6398

    @jamez6398

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@ducksongfans LOL, yea

  • @JenKai0019

    @JenKai0019

    2 ай бұрын

    @@ducksongfans you can if you have ancestry from an EU country. It’s called citizenship by descent. Italy and Poland have very good citizenship laws if your family’s from there

  • @ok-rg4wf
    @ok-rg4wf2 ай бұрын

    You are my main toycat channel i watch even though i play minecraft too

  • @recurse
    @recurse2 ай бұрын

    I beg you, please troll us by releasing your own, definitive ranking of passport goodness. 🙏

  • @YungR.J.Fischer
    @YungR.J.Fischer2 ай бұрын

    ayy we out here

  • @coolbeanzforlife7737
    @coolbeanzforlife77372 ай бұрын

    Love the Baki reference at 42 seconds.

  • @Yezpahr
    @Yezpahr2 ай бұрын

    Hello Soycat. (Yes that's what I'm hearing and I can't unhear it.)

  • @GenTVR

    @GenTVR

    2 ай бұрын

    Every time 🍚

  • @supernerd1999
    @supernerd19992 ай бұрын

    6:13 I love how this shows the bottom half of the Republic of China(Taiwan) passport

  • @Konkacha
    @Konkacha2 ай бұрын

    Bro’s enjoyed Papers Please. Lovely video.

  • @TheOnlyMinecrafters
    @TheOnlyMinecrafters2 ай бұрын

    just found second channel, I both like minecraft and these types of videos so it's perfect

  • @willci
    @willci2 ай бұрын

    A passport is a bill of lading

  • @_lmagine
    @_lmagine2 ай бұрын

    0:10 Which sign language do you do?

  • @mRahman92
    @mRahman922 ай бұрын

    Where do they get all of this money to travel in the first place?

  • @delxmos
    @delxmos2 ай бұрын

    12:18 As a French guy, I agree

  • @user-ci8wx8zw2z
    @user-ci8wx8zw2z2 ай бұрын

    You look like the Chicago Geographer on KZread

  • @InvadersDie
    @InvadersDie2 ай бұрын

    I have, so I'll keep my feet in my couch thank you very much

  • @ChildishTakes
    @ChildishTakes2 ай бұрын

    Kurt Kunkle good ending

  • @MetalGear0987
    @MetalGear09872 ай бұрын

    The cost to entry USA as a European is so high its such a joke would never want to do this.

  • @janjelinek4283

    @janjelinek4283

    2 ай бұрын

    Isn’t it like 18 USD for ESTA? It kinda sucks but 2 years for 18 USD isn’t that bad.

  • @fluidice1656

    @fluidice1656

    2 ай бұрын

    The ESTA is $21, and is valid for two years. That's not a high cost.

  • @MetalGear0987

    @MetalGear0987

    2 ай бұрын

    @@janjelinek4283 sorry i ment the total cost. Time and effort. I tried for a work/internship there but the process was too tedious. My professor warned us that they take the longest.

  • @techy804
    @techy8042 ай бұрын

    I'm surprised you didn't mention passport cards, like they aren't booklets like what you imagine a passport is, but a card kind of like a Driver's License or an ID. They are insanely week though, a US one for example only grants you access to Canada, Mexico, and the Bahamas. So I wouldn't say a regular Syrian passport is the weakest, it would be some passport card

  • @stargazer-elite
    @stargazer-elite2 ай бұрын

    The strongest passport is the lack of a passport lol

  • @Hudsonrulez
    @Hudsonrulez2 ай бұрын

    Sorry to correct you but CANADIANS DO need to pay to visit the US when crossing by Air or sea. However if it is a land crossing I do believe that fee is waived although it's been years since I've done a land crossing. The reason they charge you that fee is for infrastructure and screening. The reason land crossings are waived is most people go for a day trip then return. It would hurt both countries' cross-border economy if a fee were to be imposed.

  • @hocinelahmar7986
    @hocinelahmar79862 ай бұрын

    What does Algerian biometric passport need to become a powerful passport? Does Algeria need to manufacture, make, redesign, develop, and make its passport more secure, enhanced, and advanced to become a powerful? Does Algerian passport need to change its appearance and color to become a powerful. Do security features, technologies, appearance, color, and quality matter to the power and reputation of Algerian passport? Does Algeria need to enhance its system to make its passport a powerful?

  • @mr.turdlybird4387
    @mr.turdlybird43872 ай бұрын

    The Bhutanese passport

  • @gotham61
    @gotham612 ай бұрын

    I have USA and Estonian passports, #7 and #8 on the list. That lets me go visa free most places, but not India, China or Russia.

  • @appa609
    @appa6092 ай бұрын

    number of countries is a bad measure of power because those countries aren't the same. There a a dozen countries/passport unions that actially matter and over a hundred that don't matter at all. Maybe sum the GDP's of the countries you're allowed into?

  • @bummer7736
    @bummer77362 ай бұрын

    6:20 bro narrowly avoided drama

  • @IronBalls
    @IronBallsАй бұрын

    UAE being ranked so high is a joke. No visa free access to USA so - almost an entire continent missing and still ranked number 1

  • @mRahman92
    @mRahman922 ай бұрын

    So that's how all of those Hong Kongers got their British Passports.

  • @steffen6987
    @steffen69872 ай бұрын

    One difference between Japan and Germany is China

  • @bibekdas7449
    @bibekdas74492 ай бұрын

    Where is France in the map? 😂

  • @ducksongfans
    @ducksongfans2 ай бұрын

    As an american with a mom from northern ireland i never relized i can get an eu passport lol

  • @LoveClassicMusic0205

    @LoveClassicMusic0205

    2 ай бұрын

    You could probably qualify for both a UK and Irish passports. If so, go ahead and apply for them. I have looked at citizenship by descent, but unfortunately I don't qualify on either side of my family.

  • @danielcarvalho1453

    @danielcarvalho1453

    2 ай бұрын

    @@LoveClassicMusic0205This dude is blessed

  • @AlwaysNforever260
    @AlwaysNforever2602 ай бұрын

    The strongest passport is Singapore. They can go to 193 countries

  • @finesseandstyle
    @finesseandstyleАй бұрын

    Doesn't really explain why it's the most powerful passport, as always the answer is in the comments

  • @mop4yy
    @mop4yy2 ай бұрын

    I am indeed not first.

  • @dj71162
    @dj711622 ай бұрын

    Apparently you don't need a passport to enter the UK anymore...

  • @minetaab
    @minetaab2 ай бұрын

    why do you move around so much?

  • @_LBH_

    @_LBH_

    2 ай бұрын

    He's training to run across Africa

  • @len-structuur
    @len-structuur2 ай бұрын

    ayy im first

  • @galaxydave3807

    @galaxydave3807

    2 ай бұрын

    No

  • @len-structuur

    @len-structuur

    2 ай бұрын

    @@galaxydave3807 i was, i surely am the first of this video.

  • @emsf396
    @emsf3962 ай бұрын

    First

  • @avail6797
    @avail67972 ай бұрын

    Yes, tax everyone more to the point that small to medium size businesses can not compete.

  • @wan1edguy382
    @wan1edguy3822 ай бұрын

    169th like

  • @Connie_TinuityError
    @Connie_TinuityError2 ай бұрын

    First First First First First First

  • @galaxydave3807

    @galaxydave3807

    2 ай бұрын

    No No No No No No

  • @mickpalade8331
    @mickpalade83312 ай бұрын

    Haha I am first

  • @galaxydave3807

    @galaxydave3807

    2 ай бұрын

    No

  • @vcp2077
    @vcp20772 ай бұрын

    -Passport- White Privilege Document

  • @f4u5t00
    @f4u5t002 ай бұрын

    Hmm, I wonder why Algeria doesn't allow visa-free travel from France.