Why Is THIS The World's Strongest Passport?

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ความคิดเห็น • 98

  • @TinyBearTim
    @TinyBearTim 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +121

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

    • @sizanogreen9900
      @sizanogreen9900 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      What is that Fr*nce you are talking about?

    • @Cosmik60
      @Cosmik60 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      ew stop talking about the F*****

    • @chitlitlah
      @chitlitlah 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It's not the first time...

    • @ichmagkeinepandas7895
      @ichmagkeinepandas7895 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      What is with Ger***y

    • @JmKrokY
      @JmKrokY 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@chitlitlahYeah

  • @imnotajuker
    @imnotajuker 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +73

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

    • @gargoyle7863
      @gargoyle7863 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

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

    • @JmKrokY
      @JmKrokY 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      He's been doing that for a while

  • @the135joker3
    @the135joker3 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

    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 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      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 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      True

    • @JmKrokY
      @JmKrokY 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@@LoveClassicMusic0205The UK sucks

  • @qtluna7917
    @qtluna7917 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

    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 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      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.

  • @rantlyy
    @rantlyy 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

    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 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      🇪🇺😔

    • @chitlitlah
      @chitlitlah 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      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 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

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

    • @Nooticus
      @Nooticus 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Some of us realise how lucky we are though

  • @kevincronk7981
    @kevincronk7981 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    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

  • @eroditjakupi1016
    @eroditjakupi1016 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +15

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

    • @alooshie163
      @alooshie163 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

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

    • @stefanborbely3958
      @stefanborbely3958 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Illegal

  • @PlayerIO
    @PlayerIO 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    My goat toycat back with a banger

  • @raymond8920
    @raymond8920 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I LOVE these types of videos, plsss make more Toycat

  • @Nooticus
    @Nooticus 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

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

  • @clownphabetstrongwoman7305
    @clownphabetstrongwoman7305 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

    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 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

      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 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      @@redbeard5939actually smart

  • @recurse
    @recurse 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

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

  • @user-kq5ke5yb6k
    @user-kq5ke5yb6k 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

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

    • @gmm5550
      @gmm5550 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

  • @jamez6398
    @jamez6398 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    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 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yes, Switzerland and Norway are Schengen zone

    • @jamez6398
      @jamez6398 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@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 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

    • @jamez6398
      @jamez6398 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@ducksongfans
      LOL, yea

    • @JenKai0019
      @JenKai0019 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@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

  • @cannedice
    @cannedice 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Love the Buc-ee's shirt!

  • @bigscarysteve
    @bigscarysteve 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    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.

  • @thoughtgod545
    @thoughtgod545 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

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

  • @Yezpahr
    @Yezpahr 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

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

    • @GenTVR
      @GenTVR 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Every time 🍚

  • @JackBlackNinja
    @JackBlackNinja 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    great shit

  • @supernerd1999
    @supernerd1999 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

  • @ok-rg4wf
    @ok-rg4wf 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

  • @lennard3993
    @lennard3993 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    ayy we out here

  • @Konkacha
    @Konkacha 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Bro’s enjoyed Papers Please. Lovely video.

  • @coolbeanzforlife7737
    @coolbeanzforlife7737 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Love the Baki reference at 42 seconds.

  • @willci
    @willci 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    A passport is a bill of lading

  • @MetalGear0987
    @MetalGear0987 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

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

    • @janjelinek4283
      @janjelinek4283 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

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

    • @fluidice1656
      @fluidice1656 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

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

    • @MetalGear0987
      @MetalGear0987 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@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.

  • @delxmos
    @delxmos 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    12:18 As a French guy, I agree

  • @ChildishTakes
    @ChildishTakes 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Kurt Kunkle good ending

  • @mRahman92
    @mRahman92 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

  • @TheOnlyMinecrafters
    @TheOnlyMinecrafters 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

  • @InvadersDie
    @InvadersDie 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

  • @stargazer-elite
    @stargazer-elite 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The strongest passport is the lack of a passport lol

  • @mRahman92
    @mRahman92 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

  • @_lmagine
    @_lmagine 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    0:10 Which sign language do you do?

  • @user-ci8wx8zw2z
    @user-ci8wx8zw2z 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You look like the Chicago Geographer on TH-cam

  • @techy804
    @techy804 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    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

  • @gotham61
    @gotham61 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    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.

  • @mr.turdlybird4387
    @mr.turdlybird4387 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The Bhutanese passport

  • @bummer7736
    @bummer7736 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    6:20 bro narrowly avoided drama

  • @hocinelahmar7986
    @hocinelahmar7986 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    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?

  • @ducksongfans
    @ducksongfans 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

    • @LoveClassicMusic0205
      @LoveClassicMusic0205 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      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 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@LoveClassicMusic0205This dude is blessed

  • @appa609
    @appa609 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    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?

  • @Hudsonrulez
    @Hudsonrulez 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    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.

  • @bibekdas7449
    @bibekdas7449 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Where is France in the map? 😂

  • @AlwaysNforever260
    @AlwaysNforever260 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

  • @steffen6987
    @steffen6987 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    One difference between Japan and Germany is China

  • @mop4yy
    @mop4yy 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I am indeed not first.

  • @dj71162
    @dj71162 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

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

  • @minetaab
    @minetaab 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    why do you move around so much?

    • @_LBH_
      @_LBH_ 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      He's training to run across Africa

  • @avail6797
    @avail6797 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

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

  • @emsf396
    @emsf396 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    First

  • @Connie_TinuityError
    @Connie_TinuityError 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    First First First First First First

  • @len534
    @len534 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    ayy im first

    • @galaxydave3807
      @galaxydave3807 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      No

    • @len534
      @len534 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

  • @wan1edguy382
    @wan1edguy382 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    169th like

  • @mickpalade8331
    @mickpalade8331 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Haha I am first

  • @vcp2077
    @vcp2077 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    -Passport- White Privilege Document

  • @f4u5t00
    @f4u5t00 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

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