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For some bitcoiners, "a second passport is the ultimate hedge"

by Matt Levin
Aug 3, 2023
Instead of buying a new Porsche or a private jet rental, the mega-rich can drop $100,000 on a new citizenship — and the benefits that go with it.
Dominica offers two routes to citizenship: a one-time donation of $100,000 or a real estate investment of $200,000.
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Purple faces over Britain's new blue passports

by Stephen Beard
Apr 12, 2018
The government's favoring of a Franco-Dutch bid to make the documents raises ire.
 In this photo illustration, a British passport is seen in front of the flag of the European Union on Oct. 13, 2017 in Bath, England. 
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Real ID fuels demand for passports

by Dan Gorenstein
Feb 23, 2018
About half of U.S. states are issuing driver licenses that comply with the Real ID Act.
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States out of compliance with Homeland Security state ID standards have about a year to get in line

by Andy Uhler
Dec 29, 2016
Nine states haven’t complied with the Real ID Act of 2005.
Residents of these states may have to show their passports to get on a flight.
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UK Jews whose families fled Nazis look again at Germany

by Stephen Beard
Nov 8, 2016
Brits entitled to another EU passport are exploring their options post-Brexit.
Outside view of the synagogue of the israelite religion association Wuerttemberg in the southern German city Ulm.
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Irish passport applications spike in Brexit wake

by Jed Kim
Jun 28, 2016
U.K. citizens are digging out old documents that show Irish lineage.
People walk over over Ha'penny Bridge in Dublin, Ireland.
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The life of a stolen passport

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Mar 12, 2014
How stolen passports get from owner to impostor owner
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