German Passport vs American Passport
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- Опубликовано: 13 июл 2018
- Ever wonder what another country's passport looks like? In this video I will compare the German Passport to the US Passport!
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i hope you guys don't mind me posting a bit early! i'm traveling this weekend and it's easier for me to post now versus tomorrow :)
Well, I guess we can let it Pass this time...
Kelly does her thing Neine, das ist verboten. I'm evil.
Kelly does her thing Just ignore me.
I predict Germans will get very confused by this and not take it lightly!
ZorbaTheDutch There is probably a law saying it is forbidden to show a passport in a video, and that there's also a huge, huge fine with jail time. Kelly will be extradited back to Germany as a common criminal.
I'm German and don't even own a passport. I'm only travelling inside the EU in the last years. For travelling inside the EU I only have to take my ID with me.
ID is also fine with Switzerland and Liechtenstein, Iceland and Norway and (by association with their greater neighbour) Monaco and San Marino. all european, but not EU.
some are even Schengen countries and nobody will ask for anything. :)
You'll never own one. Passports are governental property at all time.
Funny that it is government property, yet I had to pay them $110 to get one. At least it is good for 10 years.
Well, that's a fee (for the making), not a price as in a merchants deal. And, the property claim makes it easily possible, to call the passport back, or request a returning when seized by third parties.
uuh 110 bucks ? and i thought our €60 fee ( in germany, standard 32 pages passport ) is ridiculous :p
In the lebanese passport, the first thing you can read is "you will have to pay a fine if you lose this document" 😂👌🏼
Edit: holy shit why do i have 220 likes !
Haha I just liked it because I am also lebanese but was born and life in Germany
As an American I honestly would expect our passport to say this. The US gov fines people for anything.
Haha that's a good one.
By the way how is the situation in lebanon from your perspective ?
I see a pretty damaged country that was known as the "Swiss of the Near East" in europe.
@Sam so because you have been there once, gives you the right to say that it always was a shit hole country? I don't think so, and why even talking in such a respectless way?
Where are you from?
And where are your manners?
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Seeing how loaded the US passport is with multiple layers of jingoism I'm astounded it doesn't have a sound chip playing "I'm proud to be an American".
I would expect a chip playing the national anthem and some warm greetings from Donald as soon as you open the American Passport.
Grabs you by the passport.
Morlewen Perhaps the pride thing is a reason why this would not be a feature of a German passport.
Titamiva - Trump is working on it...
ZorbaTheDutch Pride to a certain person you mentioned involves looking in the mirror, nothing more.
The many languages in the German passport are the official languages of the European Union
They are not, the three are the working languages of the European Union. The amount of official languages of the EU is 24, namely:
Bulgarian
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
Estonian
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hungarian
Irish
Italian
Latvian
Lithuanian
Maltese
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Slovak
Slovene
Spanish
Swedish
@@JulianWiersbitzki Yes, they are. Don't confuse the two sets. One set is every language of the EU, one is just the working languages.
@@HenricusDux08 Official languages working languages.
What do you mean with "the three"? The German passport has over 20 languages in it, you even listed them.
There is a page at the beginning that says "Europäische Union", "Bunderepublik Deutschland" and "Reisepass" in every one of the 24 official languages of the EU. In the video, she sasy that it's 23 languages, so this passport was made before 2013, when Croatia joined the EU.
Every data field (name, birthdate etc.) is titled only with the three "working languages" of the EU (German, French, English) to make reading a lot easier.
Funfact: When you want to communicate with an EU institution, you can use any of the 24 official languages. The working languages are only used more often as nearly everyone in the EU can understand one of them.
Finnish passport has a moose walking across the page if you flip the pages fast.
Allright. That i like. It's somehow stupid bur i wouldn't be able to hold back a stupid giggle if a moose is walking trough my passport
That’s actually pretty cool
Ray
Not a reindeer? Heavens!
Yes but only for 5 years. This is only downside.
Israeli passport
The german Passport is actually the strongest in the world with more visa-free countries than any other, beating sweden by one
Singapore is stronger
Yes Deutschland uber alles!!! LOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL.
@@dresdi actually no :)
@@DK-yk9fs Singapore 180 Germany 179
Actually it is Japan & Singapore 189 (because of Uzbekistan) and Germany 188 as stated in the video
It's not a passport, it's a comic book
Thanks to the Americans idiot you don't have a German passport.
Yeah, ignore historical correctness. There never were such states like the UK, France, the Soviet Union and many different partisan groups fighting the Nazis.
Semsem Eini 🖕🖕🖕🤬🤬🤬🇺🇸
Semsem Eini
The germans did not have a globalist policy, so your comment would be wrong.
Also the americans went in last minute and stole the laurels from people who have actually suffered like the british..
Americans have never had a real war (even the spanish war and the independency and civil war were nothing).
functionally illiterate rate in the us is about 17%. more specifically, in western alabama older statistics say 35%. so having funny pictures in the passport may compensate that.
The German Passport is the old version. The newer version looks slightly nicer.
Yes an it is lil Bit smaler. Same size like Austrian passports.
J M 01.03.2017
And it's a bit more patriotic with the Brandenburg Gate on the first inner page.
And it has a small window on the third page.
"Nicer" is hopefully not over decorated like a childish comic book style of the USA passport. Seems no other countries are as nationalistic as the USA is.
idk that a passport needs to be "patriotic". It's not supposed to make you feel all warm inside. It's just a document you need to show when traveling.
I don't know ... I do have a strong emotional and personal attachment to my passport. I mean, it's like a photo book that shows you where you've been, just cooler. It also lets you use the fast lane whenever you're entering your home country/the EU (for EU-citizens)/whatever countries your country has certain special relations with (like Australia and NZ).
I mean, yes, it's just a document and shouldn't be patriotic, but on the other hand, shouldn't the document that is representing you and the fact that you come from your home country the most patriotic thing there is. I mean, I sure know that my passport is the most patriotic thing I own and that is even though it is, in fact, German.
Not that I'm specifically patriotic, but you have to understand how much I love to look at the visa entries in my passport.
you are wrong
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you sound like the kinda guy who only drives a car because its safe and economical
@@homurseempsone154 lol, I guess I do :D
The last two pages of the German passport are extremely patriotic, though. They are dedicated in their entirety to one of the most German things you could think of: verbosely stating the painfully obvious. Their whole content is
"This passport contains 32 numbered pages" (in 23 languages),
"This passport contains sensitive electronics. To ensure that it functions properly, please handle this document with care" (in 3 languages) and
"This passport is the property of the Federal Republic of Germany" (in 3 languages).
Now THAT bureaucratic waste of paper warms my patriotic heart.
Jokes aside, they did at least hide some national symbols throughout the passport, e.g. the beginning of our anthem and unofficial state motto "Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit" is hidden in tiny print all over the document. So far I've found it in the following places:
- On the picture of the Brandenburg Gate on the first page
- Squiggly horizontal line on the page with the photo
- On the next page, replacing the line to write on for "Religious name or pseudonym"
- Vertical line above the page number on all numbered pages
It's almost as if they were trying to squeeze as much patriotism in it as possible without making it noticable at first glance.
The "Eigentumsvorbehalt" (property claim) is a legal 'trick' to allow the state to revoke it any time. "Your" passport is not yours, it's governental property. The statement about the pages is to prevent fraudal manipulations...
No, on mine it just says "REISEPASSRISEPASSREISEPASS“
You have a good pair of eyes. That writing is tiny! Like, I spent 5 mins looking for it on the page with the Brandenburg Gate. I'm not even mad, that's almost kinda cute. And also very on-brand for Germany
Yannich, what has any of that stuff got to do with patriotism. look up the meaning.
He was making a joke about how bureaucracy is the most german thing there is and therefore being bureaucratic IS patriotic for germany...
The European Union has 28 (soon to be 27) member countries. Abroad an embassy or a consulate is obliged to provide aid to the citizens of all the member states, plus the EU as a whole has diplomatic missions in some places, to which we can also turn to. We even have a foreign minister of the EU, who today is Federica Mogherini. For example if I am a Hungarian in Cote d'Ivoire and Hungary does not have an embassy there, I can go to the French embassy. Or if I am an Estonian abroad, I need help in dealing with the local authorities and I go to, say, an Irish or a Slovenian embassy, the staff there is obliged to provide assistance. The official name of a EU member state and the words European Union are written in all official languages of the Union, so a diplomat cannot say "Oh, Jeez, I don't know if you guys are in the EU or not, so good luck and goodbye." Of course today the diplomats of the EU countries know very well which countries are in the EU and which are not. So the multiple languages have become a formality, but I still haven't met a fellow EU-citizen, who minds that. You still find this silly?
locomotion you are right. for that reason the passport of all EU members are similar in "wine-red" and the number of pages. because the formal languages of the EU are English (maybe just until the Brexit?) and French the personal data is not in Spain.
The passports of the member states are in different nuances of red (except for the Croatian, which is outright blue). And after Brexit English will remain an official language of the EU, due to Ireland.
Mogherini is High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. This is in no way a foreign minister of the EU.
not just ireland... english is also spoken in Malta!
zappel64
The EU has 24 official formal languages, but they use English, French and German internally inside the European Commission.
"The European Commission, for example, conducts its internal business in three languages, English, French, and German (sometimes called "procedural languages"), and goes fully multilingual only for public information and communication purposes. "
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_European_Union#Official_EU_languages
Fun fact:
The only reason why the Reisepass is also a biometric document is because the U.S. Government demanded it to be. The U.S. by the time it was introduced being the only country in the world that wanted travel documents of people visiting to have that specific forgery prevention system, after 9/11. And so the passport suddenly became twice as expensive.
Quotenwagnerianer It’s also expensive for us Americans too ..
you think it's because a/the US asked for it ? b/the EU is just an US puppet? c/the EU thought it would be nice to control and track more its own population ? d/all three.
Alex, within the EU you don't need the Reisepass. So there is nothing to track. So it is definately a).
ahahah you're so naive. You must be German...
@@alexnoon8042 ? We dont need to show our pass while passing a border in the eu. There is no tracking lol
The many many languages in the German passport are the official languages of the EU. And since it's basically a EU document there is no justification to be specifically patriotic about Germany in it. And a syou know, Germans aren't that patriotic anyway...
About the register thing: I am always wondering why you don't do this in the US. It makes everything about bureaucracy so much easier. Or how do the IRS or social security know where to take their taxes from? ;) Also we don't need an extra registration to be able to vote. Are you guys just too paranoid and don't want the government to know things about you?
Marc Exner
I am not so sure about not registration for voting in Germany.
I do have to register to vote in Austria and I do have to register in Germany for the local voting. Otherwise I would not get the "Wahlberechtigungsschein/Wahlkarte"
But surely the system is totally different.
In Germany, as you have to be registered in the city you life permanetly by law (and have a valid passport or/and ID, as in Austria I think), you will automatically get your voting documents (Wahlkarte) before any vote from this city to the registered adress. There is no extra registation for voting in Germany.
Hoolgeer
Guess it's for the citizens living in their own country like that.
In Austria I have (as an expat) to register (sending in some papers by mail) and in Germany as an EU foreigner I had to hand in some additional paperwork as well to vote locally.
I always get a notification to my (in Germany registered) adress from the administration to renew or confirm my registration for voting. (Eintragung in die Wählerevedenz).
But surely the german/Austrian way is much easier than the US way. B/c the "Melderegister" is the base of the "Wählerevidenzliste" and one can assume that 90% of the registration work is done automatically.
BTW as an Austrian not living in Austria you do not need to have an ID card and the passport you only need for traveling. And in both ID/Passport is not you address (different to Germany).
But live is much easier if you have one of them.
Of couse, if you are a foreigner in another country, there are always some steps to get registered (how else should it work?). But as a German in Germany you are automaticallly registered for every vote. This is a difference to the USA, where you have to get registered (and again if you move) if you want to vote, even if you having an passport/ID, what is not necessary...
In Germany you have to have one valid document - ID or passport. On the ID is street and city, on the passport only the city - and we need to amend it when we move.
Yea, Austria, ID only if you travel outside or if you drive a car, it's something... :-)
Hoolgeer
Fun fact:
As an Austrian (maybe also others) in Germany you have oficially to carry a valid "Meldebescheinigung" with you (b/c of adress). The "Meldebescheinigung" expired every third month and cost 8€.
But you do not need to carry an ID or Passport with you in Germany as an Austrian. (Might have changed in the last few years as it became possible for non resident Austrians to get an Austrian ID)
P in passport stand as personal. There are another types of passport: service, official, diplomatic...
It is not wrong, P is for personal. Type of passport can't be passport, it have no sense.
Just saying it is use for other document discredit your statement. P stand for personal. It is logical for both Passports and another documents.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_passport
"Type [of document, which is "P" for "personal"]"
Passport can't be type of Passport because that would be stupid and illogical. Personal type is logical, because that is document that person is required for personal use (while official would require official passport for official use).
www.army.mil/article/38435/valid_passport_the_key_to_summer_travel
Also take a look at the different German versions:
qz.com/1175634/the-worlds-most-powerful-passport-in-2018-germanys/
the article lists P as referring to a personal passport.
The American passport looks a little bit like it's taken directly from the monopoly game 😅 it's so colourful and picture heavy!
Lol true statement 😂
Realy? It´s not all as serious as it looks. May be you should just laugh about a joke than that what you are doing!!!! Incedible!
It’s really nice just got mine so I could travel to Vietnam!
It also grants you acces to Disneyland.
Truly amazing how people love their country in America
My opinion is that Something like quotes should not be a part of a Passport. Such a document should be totally practical and so on
MaugriM you’ll probably find theres micro printing in the quotes for security reasons. I know the Australian passport is full of those sorts of hidden security devices.
@@D1cko888 Yes, for security reasons it's fine, but the US passport is not for security reasons.
it's on every page... if a page is torned, at least, for tracing, they will know which country it came from.. just thinkong...
Maybe the US passport is so crazy because they are afraid Americans who actually travel and see the rest of the world might realise, the US may not be the greatest country on earth. Maybe in a few years it will get North Korean style repetitive propaganda. 😂
And also the different languages on the German password are not random. There is no Arabic, or Japanese...^^.
They are the 24 official languages of the European Union. We are both German and EU citizens legally. 🇩🇪🇪🇺
TheMistLink by that logic India would be considered a greater country than France or Russia. ;-)
A country that cannot or doesn't want to take care of the poor/weakest is not that great.
TheMistLink OK OK. The US is the greatest country on earth. You have convinced me. Murica, f**k yeah
Now go back to sleep. :'D
TheMistLink I could give you like ten, but I don't want to hurt your feelings. Everything they told you is right. The rest of the world is crap. 🙂
TheMistLink I said I'm sorry. Stop torturing yourself. 😂😂😂
TheMistLink Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Austria, Belgium,The Netherlands, Finland, Swiss and sorry for triggering you but Canada
This passport represents perfectly our german philosophy. Always reduced on the necessary things😂
Saving money
I am from Malaysia.Honestly American passport is the odd one. Malaysian passports are as simple as the German one.
Salman Hisham Americans always think they are the standard for everything and other people are weird.
Hard for you to admit but Americans are the standard for everything, we are more influential than any
@@tekkenfan01 Yeah like the imperial System!
Snart yeah like the fake kings and queens in Europe, some in Middle East as well, and Japan
@@tekkenfan01 Oh Dude don't even start this you're gonna lose the argument!
It is not possible to add new pages to a German passport. But there are two versions: the regular one has 27 pages for stamps and visas, you can also get a 48-page-version if you travel a lot. That one costs 22€ more.
I think my mother some year ago had old and new on a travel because visa from USA what, was on this time longturm visa, in old one, but this long before 9.11.
These days most EU residents can visit the US without the need for a visa. You apply online for an ESTA (valid for 2 years) and if approved that's all you will need.
In Germany you can also get two different Passports, if can name a valid reason (traveling many countrys in a short time and the need to handle in [one of] your Passport to get the Visa stuff done...or traveling to Israel and an arabic country)
There will not even be anything that tells you "this is the '1st' Passport and that the '2nd'" or even that a second Passport is existing
it used to be possible.. not anymore.. you have to get a new one.. and with proper reason (if youre a journalist for example) you can have upt to 7! passports at the same time!
Hans Roes When a friend of mine once traveled to the US from Germany, US authorities at first would not allow her to return to Germany. They said her unlimited residence permit was lacking an expiring date XD
My best friend is half American and half German. He was born in Germany and he grew up in Germany too. Although he lived his whole life in Germany, he feels more American than German. He is always carrying his American passport with him and takes every opportunity to show people his American passport. I think this shows how patriotic Americans are.
Yes that's right
I am German living in Munich and my neighbor is American and works here
He is very patriotic and proud, which is a beautiful thing
And Germans carry around their rude attitude everywhere they go!!
The reason for the various languages is they are the languages applicable to that jurisdiction - i.e. in the US they speak English, French and Spanish and in the EU they speak all those other languages. What is so complicated or weird about that?
The reason for the languages is that Germany controls Europe.
In that case German should be enough ^^
germany controls europe? since when
French is not common in the US.
+Brenna Paulson
well they hardly could've put in an asian language or *gasp* arabic. so they put in the next common, which is actually french.
Good to know fact: Every EU Passport is "red" not only German
Burgundy colour
With the exception of Croatia.
No national identity
Dont lie!
Iam german and croatian, have 2 EU-passports, red and blue !
The German passport is actually the most powerful ( with the most visa free countries) in the world I think.
Julian Weykam Yes.
No, not quite but it's pretty high up there.
Exactly :D
It’s Japan and Singapore now
The american passport is stronger with visa country's to go to around the world
One of the things I appreciate about my EU passport compared to my US passport is that it is not full of crazy patriotic quotes and imagery.
I like our our pass port I have a great amount of pride for America and our people. Most Americans don't bitch constantly about the way other country and their people do thing but for some reason people in nations that are supposedly our ally s like to make generalizations and direct attacks at the people of our nation calling us any of a long list of horrible things and blaming us for the worlds woes. The more and more I hear from Europeans the more I want US to say fuck it and pull all military protection and economic aid from our ally s.
lukeirot You've got to be kidding me! The stationing of US troops in Europe, to protect these countries, is only an excuse, the real motivation for this is the creation of strategically located bases which should enable the USA to implement its interests worldwide by force of arms,
And as for the economic aid that was mentioned. Germany's current account surplus currently stands at 299 billion dollars, plus, mind you, while the USA has a minus of 499 billion dollars in this sector. That is on a par with developing countries in the Third World.
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Alex Noon shutup
@@tekkenfan01 you shut up, twat.
Thank you. I now regret never asking the exchange Student who lived in my family to compare our passports. Your passport looks wild.
lol! at least you were able to see it here :)
Actually it was kinda good that u mentioned the colors. Quite a few guys out there who are colorblind n they'd appreciate that I'm sure
Ohhhhh good point. Oh wow now I kind of feel bad for making that joke 😬
Kelly does her thing no no it was aimed at making u feel better not worse 🙈my kid brother is color blind so I know he'd appreciate that
That’s really good that you mentioned it. I am totally blind and I definitely appreciated that
Hi Kelly, a German passport is valid for 6 years if issued for a holder age 24 or younger, else 10 years. Different from the USA, citizens register with the municipality they live in. You can update this location in your passport if you move to another city, however: You don't have to, You don't have to have a passport at all. For identification inside Germany we have the ID-Card (Bundespersonalausweis). Different from the passport is also has the street address.
Did you know that one can apply to 2 EU passports? Imagine to be on the Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv and you have a passport filled with Visa from arabic states. Be prepared for more than the ususal traveler check. Under specific circumstances you can get a second pass for these purposes.
Some years back I had even three passports two red ones with the normal 10 years validity and one green (national Type) with only one year validity. This was my Israel passport, one of the red ones was for Iran and the third was for US and Saudi Arabia. It was always quite complicated to check before each trip if I had the right passport and the right wallet with the relevant currency. My colleagues from other countries like India did not have this possibility because their government issues only one passport per person.
Getting the third passport was a bit difficult but with a good explanation letter from my company it was possible.
Alexander Grauland I beg your pardon? At which Cuban customs office are you politely asked if you want an entry stamp or not? That would come close to voluntary customer service. In my experience in the last 2 years with Cuban customs, that's impossible. The behaviour of the officials there is rather simple, stubborn, socialist fulfilment of duty. I would also be curious about the reaction of the customs officer when you are about to leave Cuba and he/she could not find an official entry stamp in your passport...
Alexander Grauland I have entered Cuba three times during the last 2 years at the airports of Holguin and Santa Clara and never was asked this question. Also why should a regular customs officer care (and know!) that your passport states that you are born in a district of Berlin which did belong to the former socialist sister state of the former GDR? That is not plausible in any way.
Alexander Grauland I am fluent in Spanish and I answer the questions they usually ask you - like the purpose of the travel or if you have been recently to an African country or Brazil (because of the recent outbreaks of virus diseases there). Then they check your visa and ask you to look into the camera.They then put a stamp into your passport without any further questions and ask you to grab your paperwork and leave the booth. Never encountered them in any kind of smalltalk or make the attempt to do anything close to a service other then their duty. Also I would never try to bribe any Cuban customs officer - highly likely the travel would end right there.
I believe there is a misunderstanding. Many years people got into a complicated interview if they had Visa for Cuba or Iran in their EU-Passport if they tried to enter the USA! Sometimes the trouble even started with US immigration in Frankfurt. Not Cuba is the problem, but the USA were.
Ich glaube, es gibt hier ein Mißverständnis. Jahrelang geriet man in komplizierte Interviews, wenn man mit Iran oder Cuba-Stempeln im Pass in die USA wollte. Manchmal fing der Ärger schon bei der US-Immigration in Frankfurt an. Nicht Cuba ist das Problem, die USA waren es.
I have no idea how I managed to watch a 10 minute video about passports...
and imagine making said video...
You used to be able to get additional pages added to the US passport. I traveled a lot to Russia and had so many pages filled with the visas that I needed to add pages. When I renewed my passport last year I learned they no longer add pages but you do have the option of getting 52 pages instead of the standard 28. There is no additional cost (at least not yet.) My old passports were normal, without all that patriotic stuff.
No way, really?? That’s a bummer
Pretty much the same in germany, one can chooses to get a passport with more pages, however i guess it costs a bit more. And one can, if working in a field that requires travelling a lot and aquiring visa, get a second passport as well, but you need some justification for that.
Some use that to keep certain countries from seeing the stamps of other certain countries. It can be a huge problem entering Israel, or the US for that matter, with the stamps of some arabian countries for example.
No you cannot add additional pages to a German passport. You can however (for an extra price) order a passport that has more pages from the beginning.
The German passport design was last renewed on 2017 March 01 (you still show the older passport). Now the cover is more flexible, but the "data card" is now hard, comparable to a credit card. The content is still the same, it just has some anti-counterfeiting features added. One little detail I just found out: It is now bound with black, red and gold thread in the middle (older editions used white thread). There you (very subtly) have the flag colours.
You left out a very important phrase. It used to be on page 3, in the latest edition of the German passport it is on page 2.
"Länder, für die dieser Pass gilt | Countries for which this passport is valid | Pays pour lesquels ce passeport est valable:
Für alle Länder | For all countries | Pour tous pays"
Does the US passport have a similar phrase? Are US citizens allowed to travel to all countries? From what I could find there were some countries for which a travel warning has been issued but none where you would be forbidden to go (whether they let you enter is a different story though).
In 1981 it was decided that all passports of the European Union should have a cover in RAL 4004 bordeauxviolett / claret violet. I have a passport issued 1986 June 19, which still has the old design with dark green cover and lighter green pages. Back then it was valid 5 years (perhaps because I wasn't 18 yet) and could be extended twice. My current passport is valid 10 years.
Thanks for those insights.
Where the US passport might be a bit overloaded with patriotism, the German passport is extremely simple from a graphical point of view (speaking as a German). The prettiest page of my passport is a US visa I got a couple of years ago.
You seem to get US immigration stamps when entering the United States? We don't get any stamp when we return to Europe or travel to any other European country. Do you also need to validate your fingerprints when entering the US as a US citizen?
Speaking about the lines when entering Europe: one advantage for us travelers entering the USA is, that returning ESTA travelers can use the same line as US passport holders, where those self-service kiosks are available. As most of the times, there are tons of those kiosks and the time with the officer to get the stamp is then pretty short, this reduces the time for immigration significantly. This covers basically anyone, who has travelled to the USA since the introduction of ESTA even if we need to file a new request every 2 years.
One last thing: punching the German passports when they are renewed is also very common. You by the way didn't show the 2nd page of the German passport, which carries a stamp of the city who has issued the passport as well as a signature of the officer. You need to be registered at a certain city and this is where you get your passport.
Do you have an additional ID card like the german Personalausweis in the US?
No, we don’t. It’s actually a huuuuge point of controversy that is normally brought up every election. And now there are even certain states whose driver licenses will soon not be accepted at airports to fly domestically.
The additional ID cards only work for Canada, Mexico (I think), and most of the Caribbean Islands (I don't think you can travel to Cuba with just a card). Since this is the case it's a waste of money to have both.
The US isn't like Europe where in a matter of (for some people) 5 minutes to a foreign country. I lived in Switzerland and I was 10 minutes from France and 10 minutes from Germany. When I lived in FL it took me 3 hours on a plane to get to the Caribbean Islands.
The germans have a national register for nearly a 100 years now, and they are simply used to that. Part of that is the national ID card (Personalausweis) which has to be updated, same as the register entry, every time they move. It sounds like complete control, but actually has some very nice benefits. For example getting a security background check in germany is very simple and straight forward vs. the UK (yes, i have both), in germany you provide your adresses for the last 10 years, they check that vs. the register and if it fits move on to the next stage, checking central databases for court cases, offenses of any kind and of course those of the security services, no input needed from you at all. In the UK it is usually a several month process where you need to provide prove of identity, whereabouts, income source for every single day, all backed up by relevant references in each company you worked for as well as personal references. It is quite stressful and requires much more personal input and is a huge hassle compared to the german way which is basically possible by the national identity registry. Which by the way helps also to track every one living in germany and their nationality status allowing immigration checking, something that the UK cannot do.
And in Germany a driver license from e.g. Florida becomes invalid after 6 months and you have to go through driving school again. Many Americans can't cope with the fact that they often fail several times in a row.
+TheRenaissanceman65 I wouldn't call it spying if the town where you live in knows your address. Spying would be thousands of CTTV cameras all over the place ;-)
Your Boyfriends Passport is the old Version. We‘be got a newer Passport nowadays which ist sized & styled different.
E.g. the actual ID thing is on a polycarbonate plate which features a little window :D
Hi Kelly, I‘m watching your videos for quite some time already, as I was in a similar situation like you. However, I used to live in the Richmond, VA area some time ago. Regarding the German Reisepass I can say from my own experience that you need to get a new one, once it is fully stamped or Visas inside. No chance to extend it like the US passport. Keep on going, I really enjoy your videos. Thanks.
What a cool video! Thank you a lot. I always like to see different passports. Honestly I have to say I like this document stuff at all. And: in 2017 the new version German passport was released!
There are two main reasons why you have to tell the government when moving to another town (and even if you are moving to another location in the same town) in Germany:
1) This is your "ladungsfähige Anschrift", the address which will be used for official correspondence like with the ministry of finance. You are required to have one and you are required to regularly check your mailbox there.
2) You are automatically registered as voter at your location of residence with either the Reisepass or the ID card as document proofing it.
Nice video! This reminds me to renew my Passport soon. :)
vbvideo thanks!! And better get on that! Haha it comes quick
I tried to cash a cheque that required a VALID Passport /ID ( de. Personalauweis)
Bank employee did it the "German Way" (obey the rules... totally).
After a call to the Manager he finally cashed it.
Ain't I'm the same person anymore cause of an expired ID ?
TLDR:
ID Card / Passport expired, long discussion with bank teller to cash a check that req. valid ID/Passport.
Hi Kelly! Just one question: Do you have a special reason to make your "things" in your bedroom instead of your kitchen, living room, bathroom, etc... Nothing against you bedroom though, it is just a question! Cheers!
haha, i watched your video with a big smile, thanks. my boyfriend is american and we did this many times, just laugh over how the efficient document (reisepass) looks vs. the patriotic picturebook (passport). wishing you a lovely summer, stay safe! ☆☆☆
the "We the people" page looks ridiculous xD
like a 5yo child with good drawing skills did it
I amd not american but "We the people page" looks aesthetically nice. This is the way passports should be done with decent images and colors. It just looks good. In comparison Euro bank notes look more aesthetic than US dollar bills because Eu bills has right colors and images also paper quality is good.
and Btw there is nothing wrong with being patriotic and love your country that how you contribute in the society and think about others. I am quite sad to see Fall of the nationalism in a germany and other western european countries. And that has consequences like letting in millions of arab, african and pakistani third worlders into your country. Which resulted in 70% increase in sexual assaults, rapes and other crimes in peaceful european countries.
This leftist policy in EU of self hate is destroying your own culture and making life of your own citizens even worse. I guess eastern Europe and Russia is only hope remaining for Western europeans.
Benman2785
Perhaps a 5yo did. Best Wishes from Hogtown, Florida.
@@umar7182 verpiss dich, fascho-schwein
The thing is with the born in "city" no country is. Most germans actually know in which countries those citys are.
As I lived in the US I got to experience the horrible geographie knowledge over there, so here is your answer for that no offense.
@Garrod Saxon
No problem at all. We know that London exists in all of these countries.
Flocki v in the defence of America, I need to point out the EU can fit inside the USA twice.
I think she said her boyfriend was born in a city, not in Germany. 5:47 .
Honestly, I think it's just more of a habit to say for example "Manhattan, New York", even though most people would think of New York just from "Manhattan".
But I can definitely see your point about us not having a good geography education. The fact that I'm proud of self-teaching myself where each Latin American country is, every Asian country is, and parts of Europe (mainly the Balkans), as well as provinces of Canada, is kind of sad.
While both Germany and the US are made up of a confederation of states, the states in Germany are more like administrative units of the federal government, whereas in the US the fifty states are still holding on the a greater measure of sovereignty.
So the US does not have 'a driver's license'. Rather, each state issues its own license. Each state also collects their own income tax. Criminals apprehended in one state and wanted in another still have to go thru a formal extradition process. Some states don't have the death penalty, others will happily fry your azz.
Also, since the names of cities and towns are often duplicated, adding the name of the state helps limiting the geography, so you don't confuse the Big Apple - Manhattan, NY - with the Little Apple - Manhattan, KS.
Hello Kelly +Kelly does her thing . Interesting video. Do you speak German?
Kelly I was just wondering: You are smiling broadly on your passport picture. In Germany we are forced to do a mugshot or else the computer wouldn't recognize us (or so they say). But since yours is also electronically readable I wonder how this works??
A German Passport is what I'm always dreaming for
About a billion Africans as well. Get in line.
Haha
Then learn German language, move to Germany and get work. After 8 years of habitual and legitimate residence in Germany (among a few other requirements) you can apply for naturalisation and aquire German citizenship.
gabagandalfoftheweed mit gutem Grund
It wouldn't bring you much more than a Portuguese or a Rumanian passport, dude. You guys are really stupid.
3:58 its not in every single language but only in the official languages of the EU states. As the country is in the EU. I am a dual citizen of Germany and another EU country and it is the same in both passports. I think the members of the EU are obligated to write it in the languages of the EU countries. I think also that the layout of the most EU countries are pretty similar. We keep it clean. Every country has its own identity and layout but it is still kind of similar. As for example the page after the photo. Both my German and my other passport have my information such as hight, colour of the eyes, address etc.
No, I am not
Cool video Kelly very unique! :)
Thank you! :)
Hi Kelly, I noticed while watching this video that you have a UK immigration seal/stamp on your passport which read 'ENGLAND' on it. May I ask which border crossing you got that stamp from? Thanks in advance! :)
Very interesting video. I never hold an American passport for a view in my hand, so a lot of things are new for me.
When you come back to US I think you also have shortened procedure as US citizen. The EU passport below age of 24 is only 6 years valid, afterwards 10.
One question: how much you pay for your US passport and how long it takes after application? In Germany it takes about 4 weeks and costs 60€.
Good questions.
Very interesting. In Austria the Passport below the age of 12 it is only 5 years valid and above the age of 12, 10 years valid. I got my last Passport after about 5-7 weekdays and costs 76 €.
Wonder why it takes so long. In Belgium they take 1 week in a normal procedure and you could even go for a faster process (with a heavy price) and have it in 2 days. And in case of emergency and not too late in the day you could even get one on the day itself for €320.
Hans Roes In Germany it is done by a state owned company called Bundesdruckerei which also prints our beloved common bank notes. Everything is centralized so there only one place to do that job. There is an express service for 92€ with they should do in four days, but on the same page they also mention they can’t keep this promise. There is also a non biometric national version (still green color). This one only valid three month. Because for a Visa the issuing country asked for six month at least for Visa it is useless. In Berlin you have also the extra trouble to get an appointment for application. Same day issue is very unlikely, maybe if you know Merkel. Germany is for all kind of service (public and private) a third world country. And that is an insult to third world country.
Belgian passports are made in France except the emergency ones I guess (you need to pick those up in Brussels). With everything being done digitally these days (they scan the picture and you place your signature on a touch screen device) it would not surprise me if the passport itself is produced within a couple of hours and the 6 days is just 5 days for shipping while a 2 day passport is more expensive because they have to courier it over individually with an express service.
I love the us passport am I the only person that likes patriotic symbolism?
I'm German and I love that thing. I think it stands out of the crowd.
Same. The German one looks pretty „sterile“.
I also love my U.S. passport!
Saying anything positive about the US goes against the millions of ignorant, half-witted insults from non-Americans on the internet. They post their stupid comments about America and its citizens (many of whom are from their country - but they're too dumb to realize that) on a US WEBSITE, using presumably US technology (smartphones, computers, chips, routers, Operating Systems, etc...- the irony always eludes them)...As an American, I look at them like the little kid on the playground when I was a kid who had a big mouth but wasn't very athletic and you just patted him on the head and said "good job." I'm especially amused at the blustery of Euros: "when you take my country and add 27 other countries to it - we're better than you." Why can't non-Americans just create their own websites to bash Americans? Not clever enough, I suppose...
The Reisepass is a travelling passport. In Germany there is also something called Personalausweis, which is more of a proper ID.
Could you make a video about the difference in american and german history class or school in general for that matter? I heard that america is pretty patriotic and that you can even see this in schools but I don't know if this is true or if it is true to which extend. Do you sing your anthem in school or something like that? How much do you learn about history in general and how much about american history? I mean the world existed before america was discovered in 1492. Another thing thqat puzzles me is the american education system. I have a "Fachabitur" and am now studying informatics at a "Fachhochschule" but I don't know how to translate this into the american education system ._.
When the passport is expired you will get a new one. Adding new pages to the passport is not possible.
If you are supposed to travel more to countries which still stamp or where you even need a visa you can ask for one with more pages (I think 24 pages for visa instead of 18) but this one is also more expensive. In the end you save nothing.
I was surprised that the American passport still uses normal pictures which are glued to the sheet. They German one has a special printing technology for the picture and there is also a small hologram in the picture which changes color when you look from different angles.
I think the German one is more save and not so easy to reproduce.
That picture looks like it's printed, not "glued to the sheet".
Imre Hundertwasser you are right it looks printed but the hologram and the other security issues are missing.
the new US passports also print the photo, no more glued and laminated pictures. They also have holograms but they are pretty subtle.
Also her picture would be not possible in a german passport. To much smile for a biometric passport.
Actually since March 2017 there is a new version of the German passport that looks a little different :)
You ether choose a version with 32 pages or 48 pages. I'm not aware of the option to add pages. There's a diffrence in costs too. Do you have to pay your passport in the US?
The information page on the passport (any passport), where the photo is, is standardised. There is an international authority which regulates this for all countries. You should get a UV light and check both passports using it - you will get quite a surprise...
It would be nice if you could compare US vs. German IDs
Germany has a standardized ID Card and driver licences aren't valid IDs in Germany
lol.. it looks like a fake monopoly like pasport 😁.. not a serious document
Which one?
@Me (I mean, well, you, not me though :D ) Probably Pieter van der Meulen meant the US AMerican one :)
Btw, I remember you from another RUclips video, where I also replied to you and I debated with myself whether I would fully write your name down or not (when I answer a comment, my laptop doesn't transfer the name to the start of the comment like a smartphone would do). Just wanted to say it, it's funny to meet another person randomly on the internet again ^^
+Magrat Knoblauch I totally wouldn't expect anyone to type down my whole name ;) It's just too damn long. But I get it a lot, that people remember me and always happy to hear it ^^ Maybe we'll come across each other more in the future ;)
@Me Yes, maybe :D We'll see but I definetely will never forget your loong (and funny) name. ^^
The US passport is the way it is to make it harder to counterfeit.
What you saw was an european citizen lane right beside the normal immigration stands. It's meant for international (outside EU space). Within the EU all flights are domestic and are normally on another terminal
Just wondering, how many pages are there in a US passport? From what I saw, your passport looked quite thin, compared to other passports that I've seen.
Isn't there a option to get a passport with more pages when you issue a new one, e.g., If I remember correctly in Hong Kong you can choose between 16 and 32 pages.
Take a closer look to the german passport again :)
The page with his picture: If you swing it in the light, you will notice a reflecting watermark :) You can see it at 5:29 This is hard to copy, so difficult to fake.
Thumb up.
all passports have the watermark
That "german passport" is actually a european one. This is the standard, all passports of countries of the European Union look like that one. Even the red colour is standard. The old german passport was green....and the german interim passport is actually still green and it misses the "Europäische Union" writing. That was the old West-German one until 1988:
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The GDR passport used until 1990 was blue:
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And notice the eagle on the OUTSIDE, there are six feathers on every wing, that's the small seal. On the large federal seal the eagle has seven feathers per wing, and that is what is printed on the INSIDE of the passport.
In my passport in addition of the city the state is also named in brackets, because there is more than one city with that name in Germany (actually there are five cities with that name in Germany).
You can not add pages and extend your reisepass. If it is full, you need a new one.
There are however two different sizes available when you get a new one, the normal one has like 32 pages, but you can choose to take the big one which has 48 pages.
The reisepass is usually valid for 10 years (6 if you get one before 24), and since we can move within the EU without the reisepass (the normal ID / Ausweis is enough), there are very very few people who have a need for more than 32 or even 48 pages.
Also, the reisepass costs between 40 and 110 EUR, depending on the age you get one, the amount of pages, and the speed in which it will be made for you. The default (24+ year old german, 32 pages, no express printing required) reisepass costs 60 EUR
I got my first reisepass with 37. never needed it before...
For the German passport, I'm not sure if you can add pages, but you can decide between several sizes when you're getting it
These languages that German passport has on first page are European union's official languages and totally they're 27 languages
Actually, it's only 24 languages. To be precise, that are: Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian,
Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish.
Nikioko youre right about the total number languages count like Germany German Austria German on sub total but on total they count both as one. We can say that they are 24different languages
As others have said, it’s a bit fewer than 27. Every member country gets to choose one of “its” languages as EU language. Malta chose Maltese (it also has English, and historically Italian, as its official languages), Ireland Irish (also instead of English, as a national symbol, though it has far fewer daily speakers than English). We should have chosen Westerlauwer Frisian for the Netherlands and let the Belgiums choose Dutch (French for Belgium would already have been chosen by France anyway, and German by the Germans or Austrians), and we’d have one extra language (unique to the Netherlands) for the EU. Germany could have chosen Low German (Serbian wasn’t an option at the time) knowing Austria would choose German for sure. Some missed opportunities for some of Europe’s “lesser used languages” (in EU parlance).
The languages on the frontispiece of the German passport are the official languages of the EU. The passports of other EU countries also have the country name in other EU languages. You might also find a key to the data page contained on a page detailing the what's what in each EU language so that it's clear what the various data items represent for the authorities in other EU states.
how About the experation date? is it the same length both passports least? as far as i know if the german passport is "full" you will have to get a new one. it cost about 25€.
I love seen those differences between the us and germany. I was there serveral times on holiday but i, as german, always have my "german" sight of view on things and it's nice and interesting to see something different
Theoretically in Germany (I think all Schengen-Countries) you always have to take a personal document with you (Personal ID-Card) except you hold (not own) a passport, but that can be at your Home or e.g. Hotel. The Driving Licences in Europe aren't used as ID-Card because you can get your licence at 16, 17, or 18 and hold it until you die. My first driving-licence was 25 years old - I had to change it only because of it wasn''t readable anymore. The photo of me aged 18 was funny ;-)
Yo can hold two passports at the same time, if you need more space for visa. My father always had two over 30 years - one for Israel, one for arabic countries.
Can anyone tell me why the bald eagle is so important in the US/which historic roll it played?
The eagle had been a sign of the state since Roman times. That's basically why the German coat of arms is an eagle today since Germany used to be the main part of the Holy Roman Empire for centuries.
Also, the bald eagle is unique to North America so they basically put the two together.
The symbolism is even more obvious for the US, because the US was modeled after the Roman Republic...
... and it still seems to follow the Roman example, just now the Roman Empire after Julius Caesar got rid of the republic.
@@albedoshader no it wasnt. What the heck are you talking about? Romans had two heads, not one.
Statesmen were also required to serve for at least 10 years until they could acquire even the lowest political positions.
Roman leaders were incredibly experienced and skilled, Trump is nothing but a pathetic peasant in comparison.
@Sander169: You aren’t even really disagreeing with my latter point.
This is what I am talking about when I mention that the US was modeled after the Roman Republic, before the military dictatorship that started with Julius Caesar, which is the latter point I’m making: ruclips.net/video/Q2CCs-x9q9U/видео.html
Mei Grafd Vodder
Benjamin Franklin favored the wild turkey.
the translations in the German passport are not only "many" languages but they are the official languages of the European Union.
If your Reisepass is "full" you have to get a new one.
I couldn't quite see it, are there holographic images on the US passport like in the german ones?
And BTW: The Reisepass is only for travel abroad, normally we use our Personalausweis (an ID card) .
Q, Do the immigration agency requires tourist to get immunize any more depending what country going to.( Peace)😊
Love my U.S mighty passport🇺🇸
Do you have to say "single" after every time you say "every"? I mean single and opposed to what? double???
Every language has its own logic of sentence construction and phraseology. Mine uses double negation as a mean to emphasise this very negation. Compare I have never done that, Ich habe es nicht gemacht and Я никогда этого не делал (lit. I never this not done).
Hey Kelly, nice you covered the stuff with tape, but the numbers on the lower area always shows your birth date in revers order ;) - I think in every passport
When you apply for a passport, you can ask for the standard 24-page issue, or pay a bit more for 48 pages.
BTW the German Reisepass (Personal passport, type P) isn't actually red, but red with a violet tinge (purple?). There are red passports which are Official Passports (Dienstpass, type PO) for people working for the government. But the colours are quite similar.
4:20 This Passsporrt screams at me *America* =D
* 'Murica
I fixed it for you :D
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN ! YES WE CAN ! (Kill me please)
11:40 Actually, if you only travel between EU countries by plane you won't have to show your identity card in 90% of the case, at least it's not required by law. You don't need to own a travel passport (the one you showed), too. The last two flights I never had to show my id card, for example - which is so awesome.
For sure :) I didn’t have to go through passport control EU to EU either for the most part. These were all flights coming from abroad
Yeah. If I would visit the US as a German I would have to queue up for a long time too :D
Andy Fidler The UK is a special case. They're not a full member of the EU/Schengen.
Andy Fidler Within the Schenghen area, it is like as if you were travelling domestically. So travelling between Madrid and Berlin is exactly like between Berlin and Koln. As the UK is not a part of Schenghen, they have a border control ( up to them). However, an EU citizen can pass this border using her/his national ID - a passport is not necessary. I have always used my Spanish ID card at UK entry points.
A non- EU citizen HAS to use the Passport.
@Andy Fidler EU is not identical with Schengen. For example UK is (still) EU member but it is not in Schengen.
HUNGARY used to have a Passport with NO FRENCH, ENGLISH, GERMAN, CHINESE, ... it was so lacking in other languages that it made border crossing outside the EU / EEC / Shenigen Zone nearly impossible.
We can't add pages but when we get a new passport we are able to choose how many pages we want and obviously if you know that you travel a lot for work/leisure, you will apply for more pages at the moment you're applying for your new passport. You can get an extra/second passport though for example when you go to places you can't enter otherwise cause you have another visa though that's probably possible for US citizens, too (ex. if you have a visa from Israel in your passport you can't enter Iran so you can get a second passport without any visas in it).
In my opinion, If you have a German passport it's clear you come from Germany. So there is "only" city of birth.
So the equivalent to the US passport should be an "European" passport with Country/City of birth. But there's no one yet ;)
But surely it's possible to be a German citizen without being born in Germany, right? In the US, lots of people were born outside the country, so country name is really necessary there.
The US passport is Unique. It is a mix of images and quotes from its 50 states. The US operates under duel Solvernty and citizenship principle. Each state is subject to itself in Most cases, and subject to the national government in others. Just as every American is a citizen of both the United States and the state in which they reside.
@@wolstentech , it is. Being born in another country doesn't mean that you're not entitled to a citizenship your parents have: I was born in Russia, but since my mom had a Belarus citizenship I had it automatically, yet I wasn't entitled to Russian one because it doesn't practice this ius solis policies as the US. So yeah, it is quite normal to be born in another country. And this example works for literally any country, so your parents are more important than the place you're born in, when it comes to the citizenship acquisition
My passport got destroyed in a beer related incident 5 years ago.
Ur pronunciation of Reisepass was great. Better than mine, cause of my dialect.^^
I`m commenting on all your old videos, lol Uhm, have the American pasports always looked like this? The last time I saw an American passport was in 2000 when I was looking at my cousins passport and I have no recollection of it being so colorful on the inside, even thought the outisde was the same. Am I just not remembering things or did the American passports become so patriotic just recently?
In Germany its called „Meldepflicht“ to know who is registerred where 😉
It's also why people don't need to register for elections like in many anglophone countries.
Actually I think our German passport could use a few quotes from the German constitution, national anthem and German poets. If nothing else it might help immigrants understand that there actually is something to identify with. I always thought that it is a smart move of the US to have quotes in the passport and a celebration when someone becomes US American and that we Germans should have something similar. You obviously think your American passport is too patriotic but I think it is important to keep things in mind that obviously unite all Americans. I do not know those quotes but I am not American. You obviously know those quotes. I would like everyone in Germany to focus more on what unites us, too. I also take some things for granted but I realized that some things I just take for granted because I have always lived in Germany. I feel that some expectations should be made more visible and that our constitution should be quoted more often. Today I feel the words "Nazi" and "rabble-rouser" are used inflationary to shut up everyone who does not share one s opinion and that there is no democratic discussion about solutions to real problems happening in public. The 3rd of October is the Day of German Unity. A few words that unite people would be good. But some people are too busy feeling that they cannot be wrong because they feel they are morally superior.
Maximiliane Mustermann Maybe a Johann Strauss poem, Germany’s National poet.
For comparison here's what Croatian passport looks like. It is navy blue, a bit darker than the US one.
On the front it says Republic of Croatia in Croatian, English and French, then there is the national coat of arms, followed by the word "PASSPORT" in the above mentioned languages. (My passport was issued before Croatia was in the EU, so it is not indicated, although I suppose it is also written nowadays). The biometric symbol is located in the bottom right corner. one difference I've noticed is that this is in silver lettering, as opposed to gold ones in this video.
The first page contains "Republic of Croatia" in three languages again, followed by, in color, the coat of arms. In the bottom right there is a diagonal chequy pattern. In one of the squares is the silhouette of the country, and in five more are the coats of arms of the historic regions of Croatia.
Next is the plastic card thing that contains the actual information. Unlike Germany, it doesn't indicate the city, but instead the police command (i.e. the county) that issued it. The paper page next to it contain your full adress and your personal indentification number (OIB).
After that you get to the pages that contain the stamps. Every right page contains a famous monument and every left page a map with the location of the monoment on te page next to it.
Some interesting remarks:
I only ever got two (Slovenian) stamps in my passport, since just months after that we entered the EU, and with that a deal with neigbouring countries to let us in only on our IDs. And as I only regularly travel to Slovenia and Hungary I never got out of the area where I'd need a passport.
I also just noticed that my passport actually expired over half a year ago, and that my ID is about to. So I guess I'm heading to the police in a few days.
Being a Swedish citizen, I don't need to carry any ID when in Sweden (but life would get complicated and I always carry my driving license). I have a national ID-card containing more or less the same information as a passport. I normally use this ID card for travelling in Europe. This type of ID card is valid for 5 years and issued by the police and you get it from the same offices as for applying for a passport. Swedish passports are valid for 5 years as well and this also for adults.
The ID card is credit card size and much more easy to carry and it is valid for travelling to Schengen-countries and I've been told to the UK, but haven't tried that.
In the Swedish passport the place of birth is the city (or village) where your parents had their residence when you were born. This is different from the US practice, which states the location of the hospital. In other words, a dual citizen Swedish and US could have different places of birth in their Swedish and US passports if the hospital was in another city than the parents city (or village) of residence.
My wife was born in the USA, but she is now Swedish citizen and her place of birth is given as city and state but not mentioning the USA. (On the other hand most people would assume USA when it states "California" even if there is a Baja California not being part of the USA).
you made a great job covering the passport numbers.. not. They where visible in both.
So your boyfriend is from Magdeburg and moved to Mainz? How come?
I think he did his masters degree there, if I remember correctly, and then he worked for Ubisoft which has a headquarters in Mainz :)
Kelly does her thing ah I also went to Mainz for studying but came from Berlin ;)
Better question: If you are from Magdeburg, why would you NOT move to Mainz? :D
Blue Byte?
I am German but live for 15 years in the US. Probably, I could make your vidoes from my point of view. The interesting thing though is, that watching your videos, i actually learned a few things about Germany I did either not know before or did not realize because i grew up with them. Go on doing your thing wherever you are.
nice passport picture Kelly :D
It's funny and also sad how there are so many patriotic symbols in the US passport, which nwadays are solely a parody of themselves.
With Donald Trump as president it is only fitting that the passport looks like a children's book.
Theo0x89
That is a nice and sadly fitting analogy.
I'm surprised how different the German passport is from my Belgian passport given that both of them are considered European passports and hold the same value. The color of the cover is even determined by EU regulation. Mine doesn't contain information like height or color of my eyes. And on the pages where you collect your stamps and visas ours do have pictures of Belgian cities. And when visiting the US I also have to go through a longer queue than US nationals when entering the country. But yeah, it's nice when you come home and can skip the long queue only to wait 30 minutes at the luggage belt anyway ...
Hans Roes not all EU passports hold the same "value".
Kauê Moura, it is hard not to hold the same value due to the free movement of people within the EU. Let's say that EU Country X would make a visa waiver program with country Y. Only people from X would be able to freely travel to Y, while Y would get access to all of the EU members. That is why virtually any visa waiver agreement will be made with the EU and not just by 1 member state.
The colour of the passport is not regulated by the EU, after the Brits voted for brexit, the Brexiteers were overjoyed when the UK government promised them blue passports. The EU responded that it was always possible for the UK to have any colour they wanted.
Then tell me, why is every EU passport brown today??
Hans Roes Croatian passports are blue, why? Because they want them like that. www.croatiaweek.com/croatian-passport-the-blue-sheep-of-the-burgundy-eu-family/
Wow Kelly, lots of stamps in your passport. You get around! Vietnam? Did you make a video about that trip, by any chance? 😎
Thomas, you have no idea the regret I have for not filming these trips. I was way more into photography at that time so I have (quite literally) thousands of photos, but not a lot of film and if I did make a video, I did the dreaded mistake of taking vertical footage 🙈😭 if you go to my Instagram (kem302) you can see a few photos I’ve posted. they’re near the bottom.
Your photographs are gorgeous, so don't regret it too much!
Thank you Thomas!! :)
(9:50) Note that also with the German national ID card (not the passport), is also valid travel document in all of Europe (minus Belarus, Russia, Ukraine), as well as Egypt, French overseas territories, Georgia and Turkey. So if you have a valid national ID, you can travel to these places freely without a passport.
I love the US, every year im visiting the US.
Basically where r u from?
It is funny that your BF's passport was only valid for six years. Mine has the exact same code/type, but it is valid for ten years. It could be that you have to be at a "a certain age" for that.
Hmmm weird. my german passport is valid 10 years too. from 2011 - 2021. maybe when you get older you have to renew it more often because your appearance changes quicker?
A German passport is valid for 6 years (otherwise 10 years) if the bearer is younger than 24. Or if you have more than one passport (which is possible in some cases), the additional passports will also be valid for 6 years.
MikedieONE, it's the opposite. When you are younger, your appearance changes faster.
Nope, it was already that way when I got my first ID card in '96 (same rule for ID cards and passports). They're simply valid for a longer time when you're older. I was 15 years old on the photo in my first ID card. Imagine me carrying that around until i was 26. :-)
Funnily, i used the same picture for my non-expiring driver's license :-P
You can choose between a passport with 32 pages and a passport with 48 pages. Since 01.03.2017 a new passport for German citizens has been introduced. Furthermore, in addition to the separate representation of the birth name, the personalization card, which so far corresponds approximately to the "old identity card", replaced by a plastic card, which is similar to the new identity card