Why should people of substance and intelligent get a second passport?
By G. Gonzales

Second Legal Passport

The best course of action to take sometimes isn't clear until you've listed and considered your alternatives. The following paragraphs should help clue you in to what the experts think is significant.
I trust that what you've read so far has been informative. The following section should go a long way toward clearing up any uncertainty that may remain.
For generation the international super rich have been expatriating and changing citizenship to Maximize freedom, preserve wealth and avoid persecution Look at the most successful and influential people in history. You will find many examples of people who changed their citizenship during their lives.
There are many other reasons why you might need a second passport- and the second citizenship that is part and parcel with it.
You need a second passport if you existing present passport:
Has to be renewed or extended more frequently that once every ten years. Annual renewal or five year expiration periods are common. The only reason for requiring frequent renewals is to curtail the free movement of citizens. Renewals (sometime involving a required return to the home country, a visit to an inconveniently located consulate in person or facing the third degree on whether you have paid you have paid you proper taxes) can also be expensive. In terms of you owns schedule, it can be a real bother. If you don’t want to be controlled by big brother, you need the freedom of a second passport. You need one that will be automatically renewed by mail-with no questions asked. As explained in the six flags theory, the country of your second passport should have no tax, military or other liabilities to abuse its citizen who reside abroad.
Could you passport be withheld or cancelled by Big Brother or his agents ‘’ on suspicion of a crime or for political reasons?’’ the USA, for example, has a long tradition of pulling the passport of citizens who travelled (or might travel) abroad to espouse views unpopular with the current administration. The most famous American case was that of Paulo Robeson an internationally famous black singer and actor of the 1960’s. He had leftist visa. His passport was revoked during the McCarthy, anti-Communist hysteria. Under the USA Patriot Act, with a new hysteria having taken hold, not only can passport be revoked; even the citizenship of native born Americans can be cancelled, consigning ‘’suspected’’ Americans to a legal non-man’s-land. This action would be contrary to the USA’s constitution and treaty obligations, but do you think the bureaucrats care? Taken a case to the Supreme Court is way beyond the financial capability of most citizens. In most despotisms or dictatorisms or dictatorship there is no absolute right to travel. The issuance of passport is completed within the discretion of bureaucrats. This is the sort of passport one cannot depend upon. Freedom to travel is too important right to be left in the hands of your government!
Does your existing/present passport limit your investment possibilities and entrepreneurial activities? Many countries boycott other and impose criminal penalties on trading with the enemy. ‘’ Of course, your enemy and the government’s enemy may well not coincide. If you are trading with somebody, they are not likely to be your enemy and free trade is the best way to keep things peaceful.  Huge private investment can be wiped out due to political changes. Innocent Iranian, Kuwait and Iraq investors, some resident in Europe and the USA, had billions of dollars confiscated by western nation such as Britain and the USA. Various governments have had a gripe against another government and this severed as an excuse to simple steal some extra revenue from private, non-political business people.
Does your existing/ present passport expose you to retribution and other dangers? Americans and Brits were chained to missile targets in Saddam’s Iraq while Swiss and Mexicans were being evacuated. In the Argentine-British conflict over the Falkland/ Maldives Islands, innocent British again were beaten up and put into jail in South America. Americans and Israelis are always being kidnapped and murdered, just because of their nationalities.  Using a second neutral passport for travel can camouflage your true nationality and save your save your true nationality and save your ass and your assets.
Does your existing/present passport expose you to income taxes on your worldwide income? Many governments impose no personal taxes at all, resident or not think South America and all tax haven countries. Only one nation, the USA expects even non-resident US passport holders to play ‘’Uncles Sam ‘’a third or more of their income in taxes. This anomaly means that international tax consultants all refer to the USA passport as ‘’the most Expensive passport in the world.’’
Does your existing/ present passport make you a target for suicide bomber, kidnappers or terrorists? Israelis, Americans, Germans and wealthy Chinese are often selected as targets over other nationalities. Why travel with a high-profile document when a second passport is the cheapest insurance you can get?
Does your existing / present passport allow your present Government to control or restrict your travels?  Look in your passport. For example, does it easy ‘’travel to Cuba (or anyplace else) is forbidden?’’ your personal travel freedom anywhere you please is a basic human right. For practical purposes, to avail of this right you need an unrestricted passport, issued by neutral country without political enemies.
Does your existing/present passport show that you are a citizen of a hated very unpopular or ‘’pariah’’ state? When this happens, it becomes difficult or impossible to get a visa to go anywhere. South Africa used to be the example in the 1980s. Today in the west it may be North Korea or Iran. Some passports, like Thai for instance, may be not very good for visa – free but they offer a very decent alternative for offshore banking.  A Nigerian passport, due to the prevalence of frauds emanating from that country, is good for nothing. Bankers won’t accept an account from a Nigerian and it is difficult for Nigerians to get a visa to go anywhere.
Does your existing/present passport force or your family into unwanted military service? Avoid countries with mandatory armed forces enlistments, unless you are unfit for service as over-age or handicapped!
I hope that reading the above information was both enjoyable and educational for you. Your learning process should be ongoing--the more you understand about any subject, the more you will be able to share with others.

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