3. But your mobility benefits and core residency rights come from a passport, right?
No, actually the benefits stem from citizenship, nationality (or a residency permit), not the passport.
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4. But if you're a citizen, you can pretty much always get a passport from your country of citizenship, right?
No, not at all.
As any real immigration or citizenship practitioner knows, there are millions of people around the world who cannot get a passport for one reason or another (passport attack vectors). 👇
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https://www.malakoutilaw.com/passport-attack-vectors-mobility-concepts
5. But it's clear when people say "having multiple passports" they're referring to dual citizenship, right?
A passport is a travel document, in the form of a blue, burgundy, green or black booklet.
Here's an incomplete list of people who can have multiple passports without being a multiple citizen:
1. Vintage passport collectors
2. Holders of valid passports issued to non-citizens of the issuing country (see examples above)
3. Citizens of only one country with multiple valid passports from the same country
4. Citizens of only one country with a valid passport and expired passport (which may be used as ID or proof of citizenship even if not valid as a travel document anymore).
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6. So you're saying citizenship is what matters, not the passport?
No, I'm not saying that. Passports are very important for global mobility and residency, too.
Unfortunately, due to our modern nation-state system, people need passports (or a substitute) in order to cross borders without enormous difficulty.
A sovereign individual type needs multiple citizenships AND their corresponding multiple passports.
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https://www.malakoutilaw.com/handcuffs-of-the-passport-system-mobility-concepts
Clarity of Thought, Economy of Expression
Passports are simply not citizenships.
As the global interest in multiple citizenship and freedom of movement is spiking, it's time to bin this ridiculous misnomer that's grown legs and run all around the world.
Let's call a citizenship a citizenship, and a passport a passport.
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