Passport Privilege and Our Responsibility if We Have it
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
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Travel is a PRIVILEGE 👏
Even with COVID restrictions 🦠 travel is still quite accessible for us first world inhabitants.
Having to get tests, and to fill out forms prior to leaving-this is just a taste of what it is like for a lot of people on this planet to travel.
📋 💰 Forms, fees, and long wait times is what a lot of people go through to be able to travel out of their home country.
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Hey, I'm writing an article & I'll have to say thank you so very much for this video. You did a wonderful job.
Thank you Ibraheem. Glad you found it helpful :)
We are all waiting patiently for your next video.
Thanks very much
you just dont know how frustrating it is for us (from a 3rd world country passport holder) who love to travel. 😭😭😭
It's true there's no way for me to truly understand how you feel, the least people like myself (from places like Canada) can do is be aware and grateful for the privilege. Hoping that you get a chance to travel again soon 🙏
@@danikaduartesmith ive been to 20+ countries (mostly visa-free for my passport or easy to get visa)
...and its just sad that ive stopped dreaming of going to countries like US or Europe (got denied twice after spending 500 CAD/visa application).
now i just focus on countries i can go.
@@antoniotottojr oh no that's brutal. I have heard similar stories of expensive applications that don't work out :(
I know what do u mean
I have New Zealand and USA passports
But when I was a kid ( Cuban born ) it was difficult to travel abroad
I appreciate having the privilege to hold and travel with two of the most strongest passports in the world
Wow what a change for you! Very happy to hear that you have the ability to travel more freely now. I think it's very important to understand and be aware of the privilege
@@danikaduartesmith indeed !!♥️🙏🏼
I'm sorry but I don't know how eating or booking local will change the power of people's passports. It's based on the political and diplomatic relations between the two countries. There extensive economic relations between America and China, but both of them still require each other to have visas to travel between them.
It won't change the power of passports of course (this is something out of our control). But what we can control is how we choose to travel in places, and try and make a contribution to local people in whatever ways are available to us.
@@danikaduartesmith Thanks!
Very interesting.
Thanks Bela :D glad you liked it!
great video !
Glad you liked it :) and thanks for subscribing to the channel!
it's kind of frustrating as a citizen of a third world country yet I understand this and it's because many of my nationals did inmigrate to developed nations and developed nations it isn't that they oppose inmigration but they oppose poor inmigration that won't give that much in a high tech production chain. Tourist visas are asked because many overstayed are illegal, which countries try to avoid in order to preserve the order of law, job security or many other political reasons. I'm peruvian and I believe it's okay to place visas when needed even I'd like to visit the US without worrying if I lose 300usd at the embassy but filters need to be applied. I know in my country not all people are good people and I'd like other countries to think the best of my country as posible and not take the worst and have a fixed mindset about us. But this situation won't be permanent so as long as countries interested improve relationships. It's not only about people but political will.
I agree with your thoughts, it's unfair to place a stereotype on a whole nation when there are many good and bad people in every country (third world or not!). The expensive applications are also very troublesome, especially when people are trying to visit friends and family. I too hope that one day the world can be a more welcoming place to everyone yet still feel safe and secure.
@@danikaduartesmith Me myself and I is realistic. Be honest here, 99% of Canadians that visit Nepal or Peru aren't going to try and stay there and live under the radar in the underground economy. They will gratefully return to the comforts of Canada after their visit to Nepal or Peru. You also mention Iran. Can you imagine the number of Iranians that would willingly return to Iran if they could escape the dysfunction there? That's going to be about 0%. It's not the problems of the "visa waiver" countries, it's the problems of the countries that people are desperate to leave. Visiting is all about your intent to return to your country.
You should re-release this video again when countries are open, as everyone will forget their privileges.
Syntiche!
Thank god this privilege extends ONLY to tourism and casual travel.
Imagine if this sort of thing extended to permanent immigration to Canada or the UK. If it did, then the global south (except Australia, Singapore, South Korea and New Zealand) would permanently be locked out of immigrating to these wealthy countries.
On the flip side, people who do come from countries such as Iran or Sri Lanka or India (all with weak passports) make the best immigrants - becoming tech CEOs or College professors or Billionaires.
I’ve been on both sides of this. Started out with a weak one but now on a Canadian one.
That's a really interesting thought Sumanth! Thank goodness that privilege doesn't apply in that way, that would be incredibly sad. I agree, a lot of immigrants are very hard working and kind and make great contributions!
I'm privileged with my passports ...but going to China or Russia..privileged aint shit
There are definitely a few exceptions where even privileged passports have struggles! But in a way I feel this is probably fair considering what most people have to do to travel.
Your assumptions how to measure power of passport by privilege is wrong.
As you and your father asked why, I will answer you why is a gap between passports.
1. Politics
The rivalry between countries isn't must to be war, but just lass agreements.
Nicaragua is a country which politically lass close to Western countries.
So diplomatic ties are weaker.
Same to do between Russia and USA which demand visa vise versa.
You said that isn't fair that Nicaragua don't demand visa from Canadians, that I will explain in 2.
Another example of politics is Israel and many Muslim countries.
Israelis can't enter to Malaysia for example as Malaysia don't recognize the Israeli passport.
Countries like Germany, Singapore and the UAE which have the strongest passports, have a strong international relations.
2. Deciding by them self
The process of creating visa free agreement as a vice versa is acception of both countries to do vice versa.
In other hand, if one of the countries don't want to an agreement but the other want more tourism.
Then you see situation of countries that give visa free without insuring the same for their own citizens.
The need is more in countries that depends on the tourism sector or just poor countries that want to get foreign money by tourist.
3. Control
Countries with more terrorism or poverty are more likely to have lass agreements with rich countries as they don't want to make people to come so easily. in order to secure their countries they must to make that process of checking visitors.
4. Policy
Some countries make policies that are kind of equivalent to all.
India, Bahrain and others don't accept visa free as policy.
Or for example is the visa waiver program of USA that works on foreign relations combined with visa refusal rate.
Some countries demand visa as they don't like tourist so much or other reasons. (North Korea for example).
Some countries accept visa free only from biometric passports.
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Just do a better research before talking about privileges of people.
Canada just have very good international relations, good agreements, good economy and security to protect, citizens who earn pretty good that other countries would be like to host and good policy as well.
Chill girl, you just getting stuff into your haed that you're privilege.
You just live in a place which things are done in a good why to create a successful country.