A second
passport can give you peace of mind. It can help save you taxes. It can
expand your travel opportunities. In some circumstances a second passport
could even save your life. Here more specifically are some of the reasons
why you might want a second passport.
Residence.
Residence gives you the right, without having to ask permission,
to live andwork in the country of your choice.
Security.
“Just in case.” The world is an unstable place.
Anything could happen — although it probably won’t. Against
the day when it might, however, a second passport, or second nationality,
means that when you decide you’re no longer happy in your normal
place of residence, you do not need to apply for permission to reside
somewhere else, because you already have the right to do so.
Travel.
A second passport can make it easier for you to travel to many countries,
especially if you now hold a restricted passport such as a Hong Kong Certificate
of Identity, or a Taiwanese, Israeli or South African passport. Depending on your
choice of second passport, or second nationality, the process of gaining entry
to many other countries can be made much more simple.
Safety.
Even if you hold one of the world’s most respected passports~
such as that of a US citizen, there can be times when you wish you
were able to show some other piece of identification. For example:
when the aircraft in which you are travelling is hi-jacked by anti-American terrorists.
Business and work.
Another passport will more often than not give you the right to work and
do business in its country of issue without obtaining a work permit, and
similar advantages above and beyond those of your current national status.
Citizenship of a member state of the European Economic Community gives
you the right, under the Treaty of Rome, to live, work and/or establish
a business in any other member country of the EEC. /...continued
Reminder: This edition of How To Get A Second Passport was published
in 1990. Check the useful
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