Comments by "Jeremy Barlow" (@jeremybarlow2291) on "Why You Should have Multiple Citizenships (Second Passports)" video.

  1. The one big benefit Turkey offers with it's passport is their excellent consular protection as compared with many countries. If your Turkish passport was lost in just about any country that Turkey gives you visa free, visa on arrival, of e-visa access to, it is a safe bet you could walk into a Turkish consulate and obtain assistance getting a replacement passport. The Caricom countries that offer CBI are personally lacking in terms of consular protection, but as member states of the British Commonwealth, the UKs extensive consular protection network offers similar benefits to the Turkish embassies and consulates around the world. Interestingly enough, the UK Commonwealth's extensive network of embassies is often useful for Canadians, Australians, and New Zealand because while the CNA countries of CUNA like the US are quite selective about who they allow to visit or reside in their territories, their embassy networks are no where near as extensive as the US or the leading European powers of the UK, France, or Germany. While it is unlikely anyone would obtain citizenship by naturalization in Singapore or Malaysia, it is good to know that the extensive network or diplomatic missions those nations which do not allow dual citizenship are backstopped by the UK's nearly universal network of diplomatic missions as member states of the British Commonwealth. Like the US, the UK's network of consulates has a few minor gaps in countries that are not likely to be high on anyone's list of places to visit, but there are some gaps, but Turkey has an embassy in most of those countries. A lot of Latin American countries where you may obtain citizenship through naturalization fairly quickly have good consular protection, but not as extensive as Turkey or the British Commonwealth provides, nor as good as the US consular protection coverage generally although the US leaves something to be desired in a few places you might suspect, but they are countries where travel on an American passport would likely be a poor decision. Citizenship in an EU country typically provides not only an excellent travel document, but also consular protection not only from your country of citizenship, but also every other EU country in the event your home country does not have a consulate in a particular country. This means that France or Germany will likely be able to provide assistance if your home country cannot. I believe the consular protection considerations are something people should consider when obtaining a second citizenship, but also, something to consider when planning to obtain a portfolio of passports.
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  2. @Jessy J I think you are confusing a US policy with a policy of all countries. Malta for example says it will take 4 days at a minimum to process a request at a consulate or embassy to replace a lost or stolen passport while traveling abroad and even then you will need to present ID to prove your identity for a re-issue.
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  3. When countries offer expedited citizenship to citizens of certain countries the general rule is that it is only offered for citizens by birth in or descent of that country, see Spain re birth in Latin America, but also, yes, according to the research I have done, Colombia and the Caribbean as well. I will say, there are plenty of good search engines to help find answers to these questions and many countries make their laws available online.
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