Pieces
(decide RichMix elevator?)
1-The body as a mapmic with languages in body. Try with stethoscope- dr. dr. can't you see im bleeding..(song?)
2- Rhythm of a nomad – 3- 3 – 6 – 8 -0.8 – 0.3 – 0.8- 8 -3- 3- 5/6
places/ geology/ movements, steps, gestures, steps, or structure of the show?
3-tel aviv, 3- Florance, 6- Paris, 8- tel aviv, 0.8- new york, 0.3- amsterdam, 0.8- paris, 8- London,
3- dresden, 3- paris, 5/6- Brighton
Eva- 9- warsaw poland, 1- bialistok russia, 1- sibiria, 5- kirgistan russia 4- lodge poland, 1- gan shmuel, 5harel, Israel, tel aviv, 1-firenze-italy, 6- tel aviv, 3- florence, 6- Paris, 30- tel-aviv. (8 schools) polish idish
russia
Aiby- 2- levov- austro hungaria, 10- manchester, 4- levov, 1-bitanya cineret ?-Israel, ?- tel aviv.
3- border/split/in between- (which story works best?)
Draw a line on the floor, one side one language, the other side another language, then stay in the middle
both- topic of conversation- patriotism, where do you come from?, a journey through a place paris/london.
4- parallele stories about multiculturalism ???? one story faster and faster
english- abot socrates greek- american born in the states to parents who speak only greek, he came to
london his best friends were a german and a venesuelain, the later was maried to a frech beautiful
woman... desiree... in frief he lived with an israely woman in a shared tiny flat, studying photography, he
eventualy married and israely performer, but she left him and went to germany to work with a russian and
a japanese company.
French about noa and izhar in the party at the iraniana, there were afew frech people and a couple of
israeli people, their best friends were italian, they met in London, but she was also british, and he was also
german,
Italian -about the kitchen affinities between japan and italy.
Hebrew- saba eibi's story? Veima? Veaba?
Brazil- (african, indian, european, portuguese.. ) football..?
face changes when I change language, explore filming.
Israel4a- movement sequence- -i often feel I have the eyes of the desert, French neck, israeli chest, Italian
hands, Portuguese hips, polish legs, a British spine, and my heart where is my heart?
5- questions!!- in the rhythm of my heart.. play with the rhythm of my heart as I say it with
stethoscope?
6- Interview interview between three languages, can expand to more.. until 5 or 6..?
eventually ask for a performance a song or poem.. barbara/ omrim shahaya po sameach/kan noladeti
have you packed this poem yourself? Is there anything sharp in this poem? (immigration questions)
7-good evening & welcome 5-10 languages.
8- google map- from one country to another, one house in tel- aviv to florance, to paris to brighton.
Entering into one of the houses, a book shelves, a book, inside a picture of people standing in the sea
(antony gromley) (drawing the path with eyes closed in the space)
9- walks- with or without lamp, on the spot and around as a dance.- julie london – fly me to the
moon.
10- I was born- edit text, try different genres – pathy smith, buirocratic with face..
11- I speak in english, I dream in hebrew, I think in french, I write poetry in portuguise, recepies in italian,
novels in russian, I forget in polish and now I will dance for you in Japanese.
12- immigration officers- through images & footage.???
13- exaggerate- over dramatize, enter with suitcase, have an eifel tower and a david apron
14- Lottery (the beginning is by chance, later its by choice but with a tendency to repeat the chance bit)
15- Point of view- Looking from inside then outside
16- Languages dance- collected with carl.
17- my mothers life- walking on head.
18- funny walks- pakistan with indian border control, (+questions?) border ceremony
19- paths- drawing of lines
20- champagne!- clichés call out
21- representations game- in this piece the body represents the world+ heart beats as rhythm.
22- counting and numbering/ numbers in general- as people come in put them in a specific place
english here, european there or by any absurd formation, then change in the middle of the show.
23- how it relates to the audience!?
24- Welcome & good evening -with la ribot dresses on hangers for each language..?
25- tapeing the body to the ground- what can I do with this..? balance.. dance with upper body.
26- numbers! The number, the years, the age that doesn't fit!
27- Rumi- in Cairo dreaming of Baghdad, in Baghdad dreaming of Cairo.
28- Jean Jenet--pathy smith style- dark with a base and a bit rock and roll (but held most of the way)
taking part of jean jenet story.
multiple points of views, using the language of the enemies works
Exercises/ research
1- dance 15 mins now and here
2- why do you dance? To who do you dance? Everyday by dancing no words
3-timed pieces!!!! (1 minute, 3 etc..)
4- not always 100%, body on & off the movement questioning,
5-natsu nakajima exercises!
6- geneology the ground under our feet in each place
7-construct then go into the pieces, not from the beginning, into the pieces, emotionally.
8- contradicting myself few languages.
9-not illustrating carl music..! explore
10- different qualities.
11- work with text from my story- nigel
12- wobble board
13- film of migration movement (cctv)
14- bird's migration research
15-texture the space, rearrangement of the space, devide..
16- borders- when they were created, the poetic of borders.
17- julie london- everytime we say good bye/ take me to the moon
Begin the Dance from
1- a rhythm
2-an image
3- from an action
4- from a 'code' /nickname (paintings, images, pictures, )
5- from an action (natsu, size, tempo, develop into imagination/poetry/absurd, qualities)
6-from a sequence
7- from words
8-from a relationship with the space
9-from music
10- from a character
11-from- why do I dance?
12- from to who do I dance?
13- rewrite the life story. Find sentences, figures of speech and tasks.
14- write questions?
References1- UN immigration rules
2-salman rushdi
3-the rivers of blood speech- 70th was repeated with Ukip.
4-reggie watts
5- origin of language book- the singing neanderthals
6- rebecca slonit- the walkers guide to getting lost
7- sarah mateland- silence (book)- sense of being nomadic
8-the poetic of space
9-walki talky sound
10- children sound
Agatha christy, virginia woolf, jane aire, james joyc, becket, harold pinter, the beattles, the
rolling stones, david bowy, dv8, complicite theatre, the national theatre, south bank, oxford,
london, brighton, the tate gallery, house of common, house of lords, the queen, charlie
chapline, blake, lager, punk, margaret tatcher, waterloo, chirchill, oxford street, queen
victoria, rain, thank you, not to bad, allright, cheers, fish and cheaps, sunday roast, fish pie,
cup cake, toni blaire, jude law, laurence olivier, tommy couper, max wall, spice girls, bekman,
mike lee, salman rushdi, kubrik, cary grant, michael kane,monty phyton, michael clark,
mathew bourne, aimy whinehouse, sid visciouse, terry guilliam, ewan mcgregor, garry
oldman, tilda swinton, dungenesse, emma thompson, jully andrews,
charle guinsbourg, pirouette, plier, relever, simone de bauvoire, erik satie, rousseau, jean
luck godard, miteran, paris, le champs elisee, charle de gaule, beaubourg, louvre, aussman,
la bagette, le vin rouge, le fromage, la france, la froncoffony, edit piaff, charle aznavour, jeack
brell, jean paule belmondo, silvie guillemme, truffeau, matisse, henri cartier bresson, antoine
de saint exupery, sartre, jean cocteau, yve montant, yves saint laurent, isabelle hupert,
citroene, guitane, les crepes, champagne, bravo, fait chier, merde, renoire, antonin arteau,
marcel marceau, la coupole, pigalle, chantalle, c'est pas l'eure, moulain rouge, brigitte
bardeau, la commedie francaise, molliere, je t'aime moi non plus, decoration,
intelectualization, proportion, definision, jeaque prevert, les fable de la fontaine, le petit
prince, bourgogne, bordeau, toulouse, canne, micheau, pierot, fuqeaut, marcelle prouste,
melanzane, pasta, michelangello, antonioni, marcelo mastroyani, federico fellini, modiliani,
leonardo da vinci, pouchini, pergolesi, pavaroti, paese, agricultura, magari, ma qhe voi,
chochacolo chon la chanucha, chlassicho, chavalo, armani, versache, cecilia, roma, firenze,
prato, radicondoli, musollini, machiavelli, parmigianno, ricotta, opera, cucina, pricipessa,
assisi, verdi, la traviata, de sica, antonioni, la dolce vita, va fan culo, pinoccio, il duomo,
medici, palazo vecio, santa crocce, dante aligieri, la divina comedia, bandiera rossa, zukero,
capuccino, pizza, belle done, vino bianco, pisa, berlusconi, alfa romeo, soffia laurene, anna
maniani, giulietta masina, bienalle di venezia, maradona, comedia del'arte, margarita,
mozzarella, polenta, tiramissu, colloseo, milano, chinque chento, mafia, famillia, nona,
bombolone, imbecile, mama, la strada,
I was born in tel aviv I mean they were born in tel aviv, or maybe your were born in tel aviv,
no we we did, tov nu lo tsarich lherchiv al ze achshav kadima.. sea, sun, war, peace?,
jerusalem, the dead sea... and then at the age of 3 no 6 no, at the age of 3 yes, then they
moved, I moved, we moved to italy, florance, tov nu kadima tagii lanekida..,
describe the route from my homes in tel aviv, to the one in brighton, to the one in paris, to the
onein brazil, Italy, the one in poland doesnt exist any more....
Another early and very influential Greek philosopher was Pythagoras, who led a
rather bizarre religious sect and essentially believed that all of reality was governed
by numbers, and that its essence could be encountered through the study ofmathematics.
Socrates was more concerned with how people should behave, and so was perhaps the
first major philosopher of Ethics. He developed a system of critical reasoning in order to
work out how to live properly and to tell the difference between right and wrong. His
system, sometimes referred to as the Socratic Method, was to break problems down into
a series of questions, the answers to which would gradually distill a solution. Although he
was careful to claim not to have all the answers himself, his constant questioning made
him many enemies among the authorities of Athens who eventually had him put to death.
Patriotism
“They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. But in modern war, there is
nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.” Ernst Hemingway
ASSEMBLAGE:
An assemblage is any number of "things" or pieces of "things" gathered into a single context.
An assemblage can bring about any number of "effects"—aesthetic, machinic, productive,
destructive, consumptive, informatic, etc. Deleuze and Guattari's discussion of the book
provides a number of insights into this loosely defined term:
In a book, as in all things, there are lines of articulation or segmentarity, strata and territories;
but also lines of flight, movements of deterritorialization and destratification. Comparative
rates of flow on these lines produce phenomena of relative slowness and viscosity, or, on the
contrary, of acceleration and rupture. All this, lines and measurable speeds constitutes
anassemblage. A book is an assemblage of this kind, and as such is unattributable. It is a
multiplicity—but we don't know yet what the multiple entails when it is no longer attributed,
that is, after it has been elevated to the status of the substantive. On side of a machinic
assemblage faces the strata, which doubtless make it a kind of organism, or signifying
totality, or determination attributable to a subject; it also has a side facing a body without
organs, which is continually dismantling the organism, causing asignifying particles or pure
intensities or circulate, and attributing to itself subjects what it leaves with nothing more than
a name as the trace of an intensity... Literature is an assemblage. It has nothing to do with
ideology. There is no ideology and never has been. (3-4)
The book, as described above, is a jumbling together of discrete parts or pieces that is
capable of producing any number effects, rather than a tightly organized and coherent whole
producing one dominant reading.
The beauty of the assemblage is that, since it lacks organization, it can draw into its body
any number of disparate elements. The book itself can be an assemblage, but its status as
an assemblage does not prevent it from containing assemblages within itself or entering into
new assemblages with readers, libraries, bonfires, bookstores, etc.
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BECOMING-:
"Becoming-" is a process of change, flight, or movement within an assemblage. Rather than
conceive of the pieces of an assemblage as an organic whole, within which the specific
elements are held in place by the organization of a unity, the process of "becoming-" serves
to account for relationships between the "discrete" elements of the assemblage. In
"becoming-" one piece of the assemblage is drawn into the territory of another piece,
changing its value as an element and bringing about a new unity. An example of this principle
might be best illustrated in the way in which atoms are drawn into an assemblage with
nearby atoms through affinities rather than an organizational purpose. The process is one of
deterritorialization in which the properties of the constituent element disappear and are
replaced by the new properties of the assemblage—"becomings-molecular of all kinds,
becomings-particles" (D&G 272). The discussion of "little Hans" introduces the wide range of
possible "becomings-":
Hans is also taken up in an assemblage: his mother's bed, the paternal element, the house,
the cafe across the street, the nearby warehouse, the street, the right to go out onto the
street, the winning of this right, the pride of winning it, but also the dangers of winning it, the
fall, shame...These are not phantasies or subjective reveries: it is not a question of imitating
a horse, "playing" horse, identifying with one, or even experiencing feelings of pity or
sympathy. Neither does it have to do with an objective analogy between assemblages. The
question is whether Little Hans can endow his own elements with the relations of movement
and rest, the affects, that would make it become horse, forms and subjects aside. Is there an
as yet unknown assemblage that would be neither Hans's nor the horse's, but that of the
becoming-horse of Hans? An assemblage, for example in which the horse would bare its
teeth and Hans might show something else, his feet, his legs, his peepee-maker, whatever?
(D&G 257-58)
As Deleuze and Guattari explain, the process of "becoming-" is not one of imitation or
analogy, it is generative of a new way of being that is a function of influences rather than
resemblances. The process is one of removing the element from its original functions and
bringing about new ones.
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BODY WITHOUT ORGANS:
The "Body without Organs" or BwO is a term Deleuze and Guattari have taken from Antonin
Artaud which consists of an assemblage or body with no underlying organizational principles,
and hence no organs within it. The BwO is a post-Enlightenment entity, a body but not an
organism.
You never reach the Body without Organs, you can't reach it, you are forever attaining it, it is
a limit. People ask, So what is this BwO?—But you're already on it, scurrying like a vermin,
groping like a blind person, or running like a lunatic; desert traveler and nomad of the
steppes. On it we sleep, live our waking lives, fight—fight and are fought—seek our place,
experience untold happiness and fabulous defeats; on it we penetrate and are penetrated;
on it we love...The BwO: it is already under way the moment the body has had enough of
organs and wants to slough them off, or loses them. (D&G 150)
The Body without Organs is thus, as Deleuze and Guattari explain, also a "plane of
consistency," which, concretely ties together heterogeneous or disparate elements" (507). In
other words, the BwO provides the smooth space through which movement can occur.
Rather than the unifying principles of a system of organization, the BwO's system of
embodiment is constituted through principles of consolidation.
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NOMAD:
"Nomadism" is a way of life that exists outside of the organizational "State." The nomadic
way of life is characterized by movement across space which exists in sharp contrast to the
rigid and static boundaries of the State. Deleuze and Guattari explain:
The nomad has a territory; he follows customary paths; he goes from one point to another;
he is not ignorant of points (water points, dwelling points, assembly points, etc.). But the
question is what in nomad life is a principle and what is only a consequence. To begin with,
although the points determine paths, they are strictly subordinated to the paths they
determine, the reverse happens with the sedentary. The water point is reached only in order
to be left behind; every point is a relay and exists only as a relay. A path is always between
two points, but the in-between has taken on all the consistency and enjoys both an autonomy
and a direction of its own. The life of the nomad is the intermezzo. (380)
The nomad, is thus, a way of being in the middle or between points. It is characterized by
movement and change, and is unfettered by systems of organization. The goal of the nomad
is only to continue to move within the "intermezzo."
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RHIZOME:
"Rhizome: A prostrate or subterranean root-like stem emitting roots and usually producing
leaves at its apex; a
rootstock."
—Oxford English Dictionary Online.
As a model for culture, the rhizome resists the organizational structure of the root-tree
system which charts causality along chronological lines and looks for the originary source of
"things" and looks towards the pinnacle or conclusion of those "things." "A rhizome, on the
other hand, "ceaselessly established connections between semiotic chains, organizations of
power, and circumstances relative to the arts, sciences, and social struggles" (D&G 7).
Rather than narrativize history and culture, the rhizome presents history and culture as a
map or wide array of attractions and influences with no specific origin or genesis, for a
"rhizome has no beginning or end; it is always in the middle, between things,
interbeing, intermezzo" (D&G 25). The planar movement of the rhizome resists chronology
and organization, instead favoring a nomadic system of growth and propagation.
In this model, culture spreads like the surface of a body of water, spreading towards
available spaces or trickling downwards towards new spaces through fissures and gaps,
eroding what is in its way. The surface can be interrupted and moved, but these disturbances
leave no trace, as the water is charged with pressure and potential to always seek its
equilibrium, and thereby establish smooth space.
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SMOOTH SPACE:
"Smooth space" exists in contrast to "striated space"— a partitioned field of movement which
prohibits free motion. Smooth space refers to an environment, a landscape (vast or
microscopic) in which a subject operates. Deleuze and Guattari explain:
Smooth space is filled by events or haecceities, far more than by formed and perceived
things. It is a space of affects, more than one of properties. It is haptic rather than optical
perception. Whereas in striated forms organize a matter, in the smooth materials signal
forces and serve as symptoms for them. It is an intensive rather than extensive space, one of
distances, not of measures and properties. Intense Spatium instead of Extensio. A Body
without Organs instead of an organism and organization. (479)
Conducive to rhizomatic growth and nomadic movement, smooth space consists of
disorganized matter and tends to provoke a sensual or tactical response rather than a starkly
rational method of operation or a planned trajectory.
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STATE:
One of the fundamental tasks of the State is to striate the space over which it reigns, or to
utilize smooth spaces as a means of communication in the service of striated space. It is a
vital concern of every State not only to vanquish nomadism but to control migrations and
more generally, to establish a zone of rights over an entire "exterior," over all flows traversing
the ecumenon. If it can help it, the State does not dissociate itself from a process of capture
of flows of all kinds, populations, commodities or commerce, money or capital, etc. There is
still a need for fixed paths in well-defined directions, which restrict speed, regulate
circulation, relativize movement, and measure in detail the relative movements of subjects
and objects. (D+G 385-85)
In other words, "the State" operates through the capture of movement and the partition of
space. Similarly, the State is also concerned with striating space or building into it a
hierarchical system of relations which places the occupants of each strata at odds with those
of other strata. As Deleuze and Guattari describe it, the State is concerned chiefly with
creating structures or constructs through which lines of flight can be harnessed and
controlled. The State, thus, harnesses energy by creating inequalities.
Interestingly, Deleuze and Guattari mention the necessity of "smooth space as a means of
communication" in the service of the State. But, as information becomes more and more
central to the economy and as the exploding telecommunications market becomes more
central not only to the workings of capital, but to its very creation, it would seem that the
organization of the State itself could be subject to disruption or deterritorialization. If the
"striated space" that "smooth space" is enlisted to serve is itself being replaced by "smooth
space" of an information-based economy, and freedom to navigate the channels of
communication without inhibition becomes itself a commodity, then "the State" is in a
precarious situation. The State must become nomadic, and subject itself to
deterritorialization.
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WAR MACHINE:
The "War Machine" is a tool of the nomad through which capture can be avoided and smooth
space preserved. Rather than the military (which is a State appropriation of the war
machine), the war machine is a collection of nomad-warriors engaged in resistance to
control, war being only a consequence—not the intended object. The military on the other
hand, is an organization formed by the State formed specifically to wage wars and
immobilize adversaries (which are determined by the State):
The question is therefore less the realization of war than the appropriation of the war
machine. It is at the same time that the State apparatus appropriates the war machine,
subordinates it to its "political" aims, and gives it war as its direct object. (D&G 420)
Unlike the military, the war machine is not influenced by the economic and political concerns
of the State. The war machine is a "grass roots" affair which bubbles up from common
concerns for freedom to move, and as a result it is part and parcel of nomadic life.
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Ancestral composition 27 countries.
russia- 23.6%
poland- 22.0%
Ukraine- 21.1%
germany- 7.6%
belarus- 6.8%
hungary- 6.6%
romania- 4.2%
united kingdom- 3.5%
lithuania – 3.4%
austria- 2.0%
czech republic- 1.2%
moldova- 0.9%
france- 0.8%
argentina- 0.8%
mexico- 0.7%
latvia- 0.7%
turkey- 0.5%
slovakia- 0.4%
netherlands- 0.4%
italy- 0.4%
denmark- 0.4%
uzbekistan- 0.3%
morocco- 0.3%
chile- 0.3%
macedonia-0.1%
iraq- 0.1%
iran-0.1%
questions 1
where are you from?
Where do you come from?
Where have you been?
Where are you going?
Are you staying?
Why are you staying?
Where where you born?
Are you from where you were born?
Or from where you will die one day?
Or from where you 1st fell in love?
Or from where you lived the longest?
From where you studied?
From where you grew up?
From where you feel its home?
From the desert?
From the mountains?
From the sea?
You see?
Are you from here?
You are not from here?
Are you from there?
Where is there?
Is it your mother's tongue?
Whats your mother tongue?
Do you come from home?
Where is your home?
What is your home?
Is it a physical place?
Do you carry it with you?
Do you?
Who lives in your home?
Are you alone?
How often you feel alone?
Are you lonsome tonight?
Do you miss me?
Google map
39 days and 18hours
954 h
3,456 miles
leteris to Newabaa- taba Egypt- 347 km -71 h
to alexandria- coast- 582 km - 118 h
Suez Canal Bridge, Egypt- to the border with tunisia through lybia- 2,033 km - 409 h
until Tunis on the coast 544 km - 110 h
a ferry to genova, italy - 890 km on the tyrrhenian / mediteranean sea -26 h miles
cross the border in torino into france north through lyon and paris to dieppe -216h - 1,042 km
via Dieppe, Frferry to - Newhaven, UK- 10 h 58 min -158 miles
Newhaven to home- 26 min 11.0 miles
multicultural- monologue
he was born in austria you see but because his mother wasn't austrian then he wasn't
according to the law, his father was brazilien, he himself lived there for a long time, they met
in israel, they moved together to new york then amsterdam then paris eventually london, she
was born in israel but grew up in italy and france, her mother was polish, you see, her father
was born in what was then called palestine while his parents were born in Ukrain or what
was then called austro-hungaria. They separated, and she later met a greek american man
and it was a big love, his best friends where a german and a venesuelian that was married to
a french beautiful lady. She went to japan to dance you see and eventually she moved to
germany to work with a russian company, # while her best friend who was born in england
but grew up in israel and france was living in brazil married with a brazilien man with
brazilian/ english kids? Her siter was living in france, she was british, and her husband
german and my niece goes to an international school, they pass theyr hollidays in italy and
their best friends are an iranian couple. so when she got the letter telling her she had to go
back home.. she didnt know... Where would you go?
Questions 2
what do you mean your mother's mother tongue is not your mother tongue?
Whats her tongue like?
And why you didnt get it after 6 years living there?
Did they not ask for it?
But if she was born there how come she had to give it up?
What do you mean because the law changed in 1952 only if you were a woman?
And how is it possible that they said he did the army in 1932, if he was only 2 years old?
So was it too late when in 1994 you asked for it?
And how come if he lived here for 10 years from 1909 he wasn't registered?
And how come he didnt want to give you the number?
What number was it?
1952+1932+2+6+10+1909 how much is that?
how old are you?
How long have you been here?
Do you want to stay?
Why do you want to stay?
Where is your home?
Do you feel welcomed?
Do you feel different?
How different do you feel?
Do you speak english?
Do you know what was the name of the 3rd whife on henry the 8th?
And how many in the house of lords?
What time is it?
So are you here thanks to human right article 8th Whay not article 7 ?
Is 8 your lucky number?
Do you believe in kharma?
Is it your life you are living?
How does it sound like?
So waht is your mother tongue?
Passports
History
One of the earliest known references to paperwork that served in a role similar to that of a passport is
found in the Hebrew Bible.Nehemiah 2:7-9, dating from approximately 450 BC, states that Nehemiah, an
official serving King Artaxerxes I of Persia, asked permission to travel to Judea; the king granted leave and
gave him a letter "to the governors beyond the river" requesting safe passage for him as he traveled
through their lands.
In the medieval Islamic Caliphate, a form of passport was the bara'a, a receipt for taxes paid. Only citizens
who paid their zakah (forMuslims) or jizya (for Dhimmis) taxes were permitted to travel to different regions of
the Caliphate, thus the bara'a receipt was a "traveler's basic passport."[5]
Etymological sources show that the term "passport" is from a medieval document that was required to pass
through the gate (or "porte") of a city wall or to pass through a territory.[6][7] In medieval Europe, such
documents were issued to travelers by local authorities, and generally contained a list of towns and cities
the document holder was permitted to enter or pass through. On the whole, documents were not required
for travel to sea ports, which were considered open trading points, but documents were required to travel
inland from sea ports.[citation needed]
King Henry V of England is credited with having invented what some consider the first true passport, as a
means of helping his subjects prove who they were in foreign lands. The earliest reference to these
documents is found in a 1414 Act of Parliament.[8][9] In 1540, granting travel documents in England
became a role of the Privy Council of England, and it was around this time that the term "passport" was
used. In 1794, issuing British passports became the job of the Office of the Secretary of State.[8]
A rapid expansion of rail travel and wealth in Europe beginning in the mid-nineteenth century led to a
unique dilution of the passport system for approximately thirty years prior to World War I. The speed of
trains, as well as the number of passengers that crossed multiple borders, made enforcement of passport
laws difficult. The general reaction was the relaxation of passport requirements.[10] In the later part of the
nineteenth century and up to World War I, passports were not required, on the whole, for travel within
Europe, and crossing a border was a relatively straightforward procedure. Consequently, comparatively
few people held passports.
During World War I, European governments introduced border passport requirements for security reasons,
and to control the emigration of citizens with useful skills. These controls remained in place after the war,
becoming standard, though controversial, procedure. British tourists of the 1920s complained, especially
about attached photographs and physical descriptions, which they considered led to a "nasty
dehumanization".[11]
In 1920, the League of Nations held a conference on passports, the Paris Conference on Passports & Customs
Formalities and Through Tickets.[12] Passport guidelines and a general booklet design resulted from the
conference,[13] which was followed up by conferences in 1926 and 1927.[14]
While the United Nations held a travel conference in 1963, no passport guidelines resulted from it.
Passport standardization came about in 1980, under the auspices of the International Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO). ICAO standards include those for machine-readable passports.[15]
The request page
Passport message found inside theUnited States passport
Passports often, though not always, contain a message, usually near the front, requesting that the
passport's bearer be allowed to pass freely, and further requesting that, in the event of need, the bearer
be granted assistance. The message is sometimes made in the name of the government or the head of
state, and may be written in more than one language, depending on the language policies of the issuing
authority. The following[excessive detail?] are some examples:
The Australian passport (current N-series, stated only in English) says: The Governor-General of the
Commonwealth of Australia, being the representative in Australia of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the
Second, requests all those whom it may concern to allow the bearer, an Australian Citizen, to pass freely
without let or hindrance and to afford him or her every assistance and protection of which he or she may
stand in need.
The Canadian passport has: The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada requests, in the name of Her Majesty
the Queen, all those whom it may concern to allow the bearer to pass freely without let or hindrance and
to afford the bearer such assistance and protection as may be necessary.
The Dutch passport message is: In the name of His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Prince of OrangeNassau, etc. etc. etc. , the Minister of Foreign Affairs requests all authorities of friendly powers to allow the
bearer of the present passport to pass freely without let or hindrance and to afford the bearer every
assistance and protection which may be necessary.
The Israeli passport has: The Minister of the interior of the State of Israel hereby requests all those whom it
may concern to allow the carrier of this passport to pass freely without let or hindrance, and to afford him
such assistance and protection as may be necessary.
The Philippine passport reads: The Government of the Republic of the Philippines requests all concerned
authorities to permit the bearer, a citizen of the Philippines, to pass safely and freely and in case of need
to give him/her all lawful aid and protection.
The Polish passport reads: The authorities of The Republic of Poland hereby kindly requests all whom it
may concern to provide the bearer of this passport with all assistance that may be deemed necessary
while abroad.
Israel —
In Israel's first years, Israeli passports bore the stamp "not valid for Germany" (Hebrew: ‫)בגרמניה תקף לא‬,
as in the aftermath of the Holocaust it was considered improper for Israelis to visit Germany on any but
official state business. Some Muslim and African countries do not permit entry to anyone using an Israeli
passport. In addition, Iran,[44] Kuwait,[45] Lebanon,[46]Libya,[47] Saudi
Arabia,[48] Sudan,[49] Syria[50] and Yemen[51] do not allow entry to people with evidence of travel to
Israel, or whose passports have either a used or an unused Israeli visa.
30% of americans have passports
70% of British people have passports
There are 196 countries in the world today
u.k passport is the best to have you can go into 173 countries with finland and sweden
91- pakistan 92- iraq 93-afghanistan
Rulers and governments have often tried to control
people’s freedom of movement
A simple history of BordersHuman history is the history of migration and the most sophisticated civilizations arose where human traffic
was heaviest. The Ancient Near East, the Indian sub-continent, China, the Americas, Europe – all had constant
influxes of migrants bringing new ideas and change. And in ancient Greece the Delphic priests regarded the
right of unfettered movement as one of four freedoms distinguishing liberty from slavery. Because they did not
feel responsible for newcomers, rulers often saw them as an asset rather than a liability. They would add to a
region’s wealth, contribute to taxes and serve in local armies.
People moved constantly all over the world – be they Vikings, Crusaders or Chinese emigrants. Large scale
restrictions, however, were imposed with the introduction of serfdom in Europe under the Roman Empire
during the third and fourth centuries AD. Initially, controls were lax but under the Roman Emperor Constantine
(AD 309–37) serfs (peasants who work for a lord on a land= slaves) were forbidden to leave their work place
and had to accept whatever conditions their lords imposed. The Romans even introduced the first ‘passport’ – a
document requesting safe passage for the bearer. By mediaeval times a large part of Europe’s population was
bound in place and traded like chattels. Movement was considered inimical to order and the possibility for
human migration was restricted mainly to wars.
But during the early Renaissance period a new social order emerged founded on wage labourers. Serfdom
started to die out, but was not replaced by free movement. Instead rulers and governments tried to increase the
power of the state. People were viewed as wealth, a valuable workforce to be kept within a country’s borders.
Rulers even encouraged immigration by offering newcomers citizenship, tax incentives and other benefits. The
ideology of nationalism which was developing at this time united a vast range of cultural groups and classes on
the basis of loyalty to the state while designating others as ‘outsiders’. Countries like Spain and France ordered
mass expulsions of ethnic or religious minorities. By the end of the 16th century Jews had been driven out of
most of Western and Central Europe and an estimated 175,000 Protestants were expelled from the Spanish
Netherlands.
More horrific than these expulsions, however, was the shipment of millions of West Africans to slavery in the
Americas – the largest involuntary migration in history. It was nothing new – Islamic states had been enslaving
Africans since 650AD – but Europeans wanted them as labourers to help them push forward the frontiers in
the New World. In all, between eight and ten million Africans were taken to the Americas from the sixteenth to
the nineteenth century – four to five times the number of European colonialists arriving in Africa during the
same period.
5. Colonial controls
Although they needed to populate their colonies, most European governments tried to maintain strict control
over who the settlers should be. Spanish citizens could only enter Spanish colonies with a licence proving they
were ‘neither Jews nor Moors, nor children of such, nor sons or grandsons of any that have been punished,
condemned or burnt as heretics, or for heretical crimes’. Anyone going illegally would forfeit their property, be
forced to return to Spain at their own expense and be excommunicated. The death penalty was imposed in
1607 for any ship’s officer illegally carrying passengers to the Indies. The British, however, had the opposite
attitude and shipped their dissenters overseas to places like Australia. And when they opened their colonies to
settlement in the early eighteenth century, domestic depopulation became a serious problem. National
passports were introduced and by the end of the eighteenth century were obligatory in most European
countries.
By the end of the seventeenth century ‘liberal’ thinkers like John Locke were questioning a ruler’s right to
restrict the movement of the individual. Such questions gained support from a new school of economics led by
Adam Smith, which preached the virtues of free trade and a free labour market. Border controls were relaxed
and for a few decades monied people in the West could largely choose where they went. The need to increase
domestic populations was replaced by a concern with over-population as social unrest and unemployment had
grown by the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815. The British Government began organizing and assisting
emigration. Other European countries followed suit and the New World was settled in the following century by
people exercising this right to leave.
However during the nineteenth century the migration flow reversed. People no longer surged from developed
Europe to new areas of the globe. Instead migrants streamed northwards from less developed areas: North
Africans into France, Italian peasants to New York. Racism proliferated as nationalists cultivated the view of
outsiders as dangerous to the health of a nation – a threat to its security and way of life. European countries
which had been open to political exiles during Victorian times began restricting the entry of immigrants. These
controls grew stronger after 1848 when the revolutions produced a flood of political refugees from the German
states and Hungary, and intensified at the close of the century after a wave of anarchist attacks.
Waves of refugees swept across Europe in the early twentieth century. Hundreds of thousands roamed the
Balkan peninsula in the decade before World War One. The post-war political realignment of territories that
occurred after the four great European empires collapsed made many more thousands homeless. By the 1920s
immigration controls were tightened and passports – which had fallen into disuse in many places – were
reintroduced. The Second World War brought another exodus as intensified aerial bombardment left massive
numbers homeless. Hitler’s Luftwaffe scattered tens of thousands in the Blitzkrieg of Poland and France, while
the British and Americans deliberately uprooted massive numbers of civilians to facilitate the invasion of the
German Reich. States turned a cold eye upon these newcomers; the Allies provided not one ship to carry Jewish
escapees from Romania, Turkey or other countries when doing so might have saved thousands of lives.
Nation-building in the Third World during the twentieth century has created mass migrations on an
unprecedented scale. New regimes have persecuted ethnic minorities in attempts to ‘consolidate’ the nation
while dissident voices have been silenced by large–scale human rights abuses. Wars, poverty, environmental
degradation have also left millions homeless. But faced by the rising tidal wave of need, the West has tightened
immigration controls further still. Even traditional places of refuge for asylum-seekers are vanishing, as
schemes to deport refugees are implemented and asylum claims are dismissed. Moreover, immigration controls
are set to tighten still further, especially with the creation of a single European Community in 1992, which will
deny access to outsiders except as part of a strictly controlled workforce.
BORDERS
In the past, many borders were not clearly defined lines, but were neutral zones called marchlands. This
has been reflected in recent times with the neutral zones that were set up along part of Saudi Arabia's
borders with Kuwait and Iraq (however, these zones no longer exist)[citation needed]. In modern times, the
concept of a marchland has been replaced by that of the clearly defined and demarcated border. For the
purposes of border control, airports, and seaports are also classed as borders. Most countries have some
form of border control to restrict or limit the movement of people, animals, plants, and goods into or out of
the country. Under international law, each country is generally permitted to define the conditions that have
to be met by a person to legally cross its borders by its own laws, and to prevent persons from crossing its
border when this happens in violation of those laws
Political borders are nonphysical fiat boundaries imposed on the world through human agency.[1] This
means that although a political border may follow a river or mountain range neither the river nor the
mountain range is the border. Nevertheless, border are often classified by whether or not they follow
certain physical features on the earth.
Natural borders[edit]
A photograph of the France–Italyborder at night. The southwestern end of the Alps separates the two countries.
Natural borders are geographical features that present natural obstacles to communication and transport.
Existing political borders are often a formalization of these historical, natural obstacles.
Some geographical features that often constitute natural borders are:
Oceans: oceans create very costly natural borders. Very few nation states span more than one continent.
Only very large and resource-rich states are able to sustain the costs of governance across oceans for
longer periods of time.
Rivers: some political borders have been formalized along natural borders formed by rivers. Some
examples are; the Niagara Riverborder (Canada–USA), the Rio Grande border (Mexico–USA),
the Rhine border (France–Germany), and the Mekong border (Thailand–Laos). The exact location of the
border is often determined by the Thalweg principle, that is the deepest line along the river.
Lakes: larger lakes create natural borders. One example is the natural border created by Lake
Tanganyika (DR Congo–Burundi–Tanzania–Zambia)
Forests: denser jungles or forests can create strong natural borders. One example of a natural forest
border is the Amazon rainforest (Colombia–Venezuela–Guyana–Brazil–Bolivia–Peru)
Mountain ranges: research on borders suggests that mountains have especially strong effects as natural
borders. Many nations in Europe and Asia have had their political borders defined along mountain ranges.
The exact location is often along the drainage divide.
Throughout history, technological advances have reduced the costs of transport and communication
across these natural borders. This has reduced the significance of natural borders over time. As a result,
political borders that have been formalized more recently — such as those in Africa or Americas —
typically conform less to natural borders[citation needed] than very old borders — such as those in Europe
or Asia — do. States whose borders conform to natural borders are, for similar reasons, more likely to be
strong nation states.
Geometric borders[edit]Geometric boundaries are formed by arcs or lines (such as lines of
latitude or longitude) regardless of the physical and culture features of the earth. Political
boundaries of this kind can often be found around the states that developed out of African colonial
holdings.
Relict borders[edit]
A relict border is one that no longer functions and therefore may no longer be a legal boundary at all.
However, the former presence of the boundary can still be seen in the landscape. For instance, the
boundary between East and West Germany no longer exists, however it can still be seen because of
historical markers on the landscape and continues to be a cultural and economic division in Germany
today.
2.5 million years we have been hunters gatherers
10,000 agriculture revolution
Borders of the World
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The Wagah border crossing between Indiaand Pakistan along theRadcliffe Line.
Border at Tijuana, Mexico and San Ysidro,California, USA. A straight-line border surveyed when
the region was thinly populated.
-A sign showing the limitations of the Frontier Closed Area, a 28-km² area along the Hong Kong-side of the 30km-long border between Hong Kong and mainland China
-The bridge over theAnarjohka inKarigasniemi, on the border of Finland with Norway
The border betweenArgentina (Puerto Iguazú) and Brazil (Foz do Iguazú) on the Iguazú River.

The Peace Arch at theCanada – United States border, the longest common border in the world.

A sign at the Polish-Czech border near theKrálický Sněžník, indicating that the crossing of the
border is permitted to only citizens of the European Unionand of five more states. When
the Schengenrules became applicable there in 2007, the sign became obsolete.

A typical Schengeninternal border (here nearKufstein betweenGermany and Austria): the traffic
island marks the spot where a control post once stood; it was removed in 2000.

Self-illuminating Border flower pot betweenBurghausen, Salzach inGermany and Ach inAustria.

A border within a closely built-up area – here nearAachen betweenGermany and theNetherlands:
Germany starts at the red line drawn in the photo.

Border between theNetherlands and Belgiumnext to a street café. Some European borders
originate from former aristocratic land ownership limits.

The metal strip within the building of the Eurode Business Centre marks the border between
theNetherlands andGermany, in Kerkradeand Herzogenrath.

The border between theNetherlands (right) andGermany (left) is located in the center of this
residential road, and, nowadays, completely unmarked.

Italy/Switzerland border stone at Passo San Giacomo. Some borders were broadly defined by
treaty, and surveyors would then choose a suitable line on the ground.
Guadiana International Bridge at the Spain -Portugal border, created by the Treaty of Zamorain 1143. It is one of the
oldest borders in the world.
The Treriksröset cairnlocated at the point where the borders ofSweden, Norway andFinland meet.
The gate that bordersEast Nusa Tenggara inIndonesia and East Timor.
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The marker between the United States and Canada in Waterton-Glacier National Park.
A road crossing theRepublic of Ireland-United Kingdom border. This border is entirely open: the only indication that
one is crossing into the Republic of Ireland is a speed limit sign in kilometres per hour (signs in the United
Kingdom give speed limits in miles per hour).
A train crossing theChina–Russia border, travlling fromZabaykalsk in Russia toManzhouli in China.
"Every day more than four million people fly on commercial airlines worldwide. Each year, 1.7 billion people on
25 million flights."
Resolution 1860, 8 January 2009.
Recalling all of its relevant resolutions,including resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973), 1397 (2002), 1515
(2003) and 1850 (2008),
Expressing grave concern at the escalation of violence and the deterioration of the situation, And
emphasizing that the Palestinian and Israeli civilian populations must be protected.
Expressing grave concern also at the deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Decides to remain seized of the matter.
The fourth is the etrog (citron), a sweet smelling citrus fruit grown in Israel.
Perhaps the best known is that there are four types of Jews: the etrog, which
possesses both taste and fragrance symbolizes those who possess both learning and
good deeds. The palm branches possess taste but no fragrance, symbolizing those
who possess learning but do not perform good deeds. The myrtle is the inverse of the
palm, possessing no taste but having a pleasant fragrance; this is likened to those
who are not learned but do good deeds. Finally, the willow has neither taste nor
fragrance, symbolizing those who possess neither learning nor good deeds. We, of
course, with to be the etrog, possessing both learning and good deeds. But the reality
of life is that our communities are made of all four types of people and because
community is such a high priority in Judaism, we bind all four species together, as
we ought to bring together all Jews in one community.
‫ לפני בצרפת כשגרתי זוכרת אני‬9 ‫שנים‬, ‫ להפגנה הגעתי‬PRO PALESTINE ‫ בעד אני כי‬2 ‫נותמדי‬. ‫ההמון בתוך אבל‬,
‫פחדתי‬.. ‫רעדתי‬.. ‫בישראל שנולדתי אגיד אני שאם ידעתי‬..‫אותי ישנאו ישר‬.. ‫רע משהו לי יעשו‬.. ‫פלסטין למען הפגנה‬
‫ נשיאת היא אמיתית‬2 ‫זה לצד זה הדגלים‬. ‫ומודאגת עצובה אני‬.. ‫מוטעה דבר זה שלהכליל הבין כבר שהעולם חשבתי‬. ‫שבן‬
‫נולד ואשה מאיפה יותר הרבה הוא אדם‬, ‫לו יש פספורט מאיזה‬. ‫הצדדים בכל קיצונים יש נכון‬. ‫רוצים רק האנשים רוב אבל‬
‫בשקט לחיות‬, ‫לחיות‬.
Great-Grandpa May Hold Your Key to EU Citizenship
ASSET PROTECTION
October 9, 2012
After all these years, could your great-great-great-grandparents (may they rest in peace) be about to
hand you citizenship in Hungary, and, with it, the legal freedom to live and do business in any of the
27 countries of the European Union?
A new Hungarian nationality law took effect in January 2011 that confers citizenship on any person
who was formerly a Hungarian citizen or, more importantly, anyone who is a descendant of a person
who was a Hungarian citizen before 1920. The law does not require that the applicant live in Hungary,
but they must show they can speak Hungarian.
In the first six months after the law took effect, more than 120,000 applications were filed and 20,000
people were granted citizenship, mostly from neighboring countries Romania, Serbia and Ukraine.
The new law is consistent with Hungarian nationality law that is based on the principles of jus
sanguinis, or the blood of ancestors. Citizenship is acquired mainly on the basis of a Hungarian parent
or by naturalization.
This Hungarian law demonstrates that sometimes the easiest path to gaining a second passport and
second citizenship – and all the benefits that come with those – is a matter of knowing your family
history. [adcode]
Opening the Doors to Many More Potential Applicants
Hungary is a beautiful country, as I discovered sailing the Danube and exploring Budapest. It was part
of the polyglot Austro-Hungarian Empire, which collapsed during World War I. The country fell under
communist rule following World War II. In 1956, a revolt and announced withdrawal from the Warsaw
Pact were met with a massive Russian military intervention by Moscow.
Under the communist leadership of Janos Kadar in 1968, Hungary began liberalizing its economy,
introducing so-called “Goulash Communism.” Hungary held its first multi-party elections in 1990 and
initiated a free-market economy. It joined NATO in 1999 and the EU in 2004.
There are around 10 million Hungarian citizens living today, and you may be eligible to become one
of them.
Significant groups of people with Hungarian ancestry live across the world, over 1.6 million of them
in the United States, others in Germany, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Canada and
Australia.
U.S. Census records show that from 1890 to 1920, over 18.2 million immigrants from Europe came to
America. In the first decade of that period, 14.5% of those folks were from Hungary, in the second
decade it was 24.4% and from 1910 to 1920, 18.2%. By 1920, 3.1% of all the U.S. urban population
was Hungarian.
Those numbers mean that, today, many Americans may be eligible for Hungarian citizenship – if they
will take the time to research and find proof of their ancestors’ origins. The American Hungarian
Federation of Washington, D.C. this year praised “the mother country who has at last bravely reached
out to her descendants offering a path to naturalization.”
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The 2011 Hungarian Citizenship law allows a simplified naturalization for those able to prove
knowledge of the Hungarian language and evidence of Hungarian ancestry such as the birth certificate
of a Hungarian parent or grandparent. But, as non-residents, they will not be entitled to vote in
Hungarian elections. Dual citizenship is permitted. The Office of Immigration and Nationality will
handle applications. The Embassy of Hungary (email: was.missions@kum.hu) can also provide
information.
The Easiest Path to Second Citizenship
The new Hungarian law highlights what has always been the easiest and quickest path towards second
citizenship and a second passport – using rights established by countries with laws that grant
citizenship based on your parents, grandparents or other ancestors.
For example, 40 million U.S. citizens, nearly 12% of the population, can trace their ancestry to
Ireland. If they can prove that a parent or grandparent was an Irish citizen, they too can obtain an Irish
passport and citizenship – and thousands have. Likewise, of the 31.8 million Americans of Mexican
origin, many are eligible for dual U.S.-Mexican citizenship.
Other countries with citizenship laws based on ancestry include Poland, Italy, Lithuania, Greece,
Canada and the United Kingdom. The latter two are the most restrictive and depend on historic dates.
I’ve written about the specific requirements of all of these countries – and many more – in the new
edition of The Passport Book.
A second passport is solid insurance against tyrannical government. A second passport can give you
access to residency options, business opportunities and investment channels not available to U.S.
citizens. And with the uncertain trends in American government and politics, even members of the
U.S. Congress may someday need an escape route.
Your family tree may hold the key to opening a path to second citizenship for you and your family.
Know your family roots, and understand the laws of your ancestral origins to see if you may qualify
for citizenship.
Faithfully yours,
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Bob Bauman JD
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knowledge in The Passport Book, and I believe it’s your go-to guide for living and traveling
internationally. To find out how you can get a copy today, click here.
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ovember 29, 2012
Santiago, Chile
Over the past month, there’s been a surge of interest in second passports: Google trends indicates that
the keyword search has grown like a weed since the beginning of the month, no doubt due to the reelection of President Obama.
Here’s the thing, though… obtaining a second passport is no panacea. And it ain’t easy either.
Acquiring one takes a combination of time, money, and flexibility…or very lucky ancestry. I’llexplain
I. ANCESTRY
If you’re fortunate enough to be descended from Irish or Polish grandparents, you may be able to
obtain citizenship in these countries at minimal time and cost by working through the consulate
nearest you.
Certain unique cases of ethnicity can also land you a passport–
1. Israel. Are you Jewish? Are you willing to be? Israel’s Law of Return entitles all Jews to become
residents of Israel, and eventually obtain citizenship.
2. Spain. Even more specifically, are you a Sephardic Jew?
If so, the Spanish government announced last week that Sephardic Jews would receive instant Spanish
citizenship; Ferdinand and Isabella (the same folks who funded Christopher Columbus) expelled all
Sephardic Jews from Spain more than 500 years ago, and apparently the government is now trying to
make amends.
3. Hungary. In 2010, the government of Hungary passed an new immigration law streamlining the
citizenship process for anyone who can demonstrate at least one ancestor had once lived within the
territory of the defunct Austro-Hungarian Empire.
This vast territory, which existed from 1867 until the end of World War I, encompasses most of
modern day Austria, Hungary, Ukraine, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, and Serbia.
II. FLEXIBILITY
Are you willing to get married? Adopt a child? Serve in a foreign military? Yes, it sounds extreme…
which is why I said that obtaining a second passport is no easy feat.
1. Serve in the French or Israeli militaries and receive citizenship at the end of your service.
2. Marry someone from Ireland or Singapore and you can apply for naturalization after 2years.
3. Become financially responsible for a Brazilian child and you can apply for naturalization after just
one year.
III. MONEY
Citizenship by investment programs have existed for quite some time, the most famous of which are
in St. Kitts / Nevis (about $285,000 total expense for a single applicant, $340,000 per couple) and
Dominica ($135,000 / $215,000 for a single and couple respectively).
Yet with so many countries (particularly in Europe) going bankrupt, governments are desperate to
raise revenue. Several have resorted to ‘selling’ residency to foreigners in exchange for an investment
in real estate or government bonds.
1. Ireland. New rules grant residency in exchange for investments in the country, including a 1 million
euro government bond purchase; you can apply for naturalization after five years.
2. Portugal. The new “Golden Residence Program” offers residency in exchange for 500,000 euro real
estate purchase. You can apply for naturalization after six years. Language proficiency is required.
3. Hungary. A new bill in Hungary offers to grant residency to foreigners who purchase at least
250,000 euros worth of government bonds; you can apply for naturalization after eight years, and
language proficiency is required.
4. Spain. A proposal is on the table to grant residency in exchange for 160,000 euro real estate
purchase; naturalization timeline is still unknown.
IV. TIME
If your spouse won’t let you marry a foreign national, and you don’t have the liquidity to buy a home
in Europe, there are also options where, if you spend enough time on the ground, you can qualify to
apply for naturalization.
For example– Singapore (2 years), Argentina (2 years), Belgium (3 years), Uruguay (3 years),
Paraguay (3+ years), Australia (4 years), Canada (4 years), Chile (5 years), Panama (5 years).
The critical question is how much time you actually have to spend on the ground in order to qualify to
apply for naturalization. In Canada, for example, you must have your boots on the ground for at least
1,095 days within a four-year period in order to qualify to apply for naturalization.
Singaporean and Panamanian naturalization procedures, on the other hand, have no specific time
requirement.
V. BOTTOM LINE — IS IT WORTH IT?
In total candor, there is no perfect passport solution that’s cheap, fast, high quality, and easy to
acquire. At least, not a legal option. And given that a second passport is supposed to enhance your
freedom, risking jail time by acquiring illegitimate documents defeats the purpose.
Moreover, spending large sums of money on acquiring a passport may not be the wisest use of funds
either.
For example, if you’re concerned about the future of your country and think a second passport will be
your ‘ticket out’, it may be a wiser course of action to establish residency in a safe, stable country
instead, and then allocate the funds you would have used on the passport to purchase productive
property and gold bullion.
Just remember that the number one reason, by far, for obtaining a second passport is to have a fallback
option in case you ever want to renounce your current citizenship. More on this in a future letter.
http://www.sovereignman.com/lifestyle-design/how-to-obtain-a-second-passport-10112/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDhmtBDAQ2U – big mouth solo fringe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRo6oxmpcak - laribot piece dinstaiguee
to create the physical condition for speaking each language- I.e a stick in the ass/broom, glue a broom
to the back.. find poetic and objects to restrict my body to arrive to the language= the
culture/landscape ;) to try but I like this direction