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beneficii
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03 Mar 2017, 7:52 pm

Of the most desirable passports in the world, the US is number 35, tied with Slovenia. Sweden is the most sought after.

The reason why US passports are not desirable is worsening reputation of the US, lots of travel restrictions, burdensome regulations for citizens living abroad, and of course citizenship-based taxation (where no matter how long you've been out of the country you must still file and pay taxes every year). Because of that, a lot of people are passing US passports up:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... de-america


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03 Mar 2017, 8:34 pm

Still better than the passport I have.


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03 Mar 2017, 10:47 pm

beneficii wrote:
Of the most desirable passports in the world, the US is number 35, tied with Slovenia. Sweden is the most sought after.


Not surprising really. The socialist Scandinavian countries have always been more amenable to outsiders. They are a tad more civilized than Americans.