"Bill" wrote in message
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> Nonnymus wrote:
>>
>> Perhaps I just don't get it, but why would someone NOT have a passport
>> nowadays?
>>
>> --
>> Nonny
>
> Ugh, this topic again. You're right, you don't get it. Here is
> the answer:
>
> 1) It is not a requirement that you have one.
> 2) Not everyone travels to a place that requires them.
> 3) They are not free (or close to it, especially for a family).
> 4) They have a limited shelf life, so if you don't need it and
> get it just for the hell of it, it will be valid for less time
> once you actually need it (never mind the short valid period for
> kids).
> 5) They're not trivial to get (as in you fill in a form and mail
> it).
>
> Is that good enough for you? When you start the "Nonnymus
> Passport Fund" and pay for passports for everyone who doesn't
> need or have one, then you can ask your question again.
>
> Bill
I also didn't need one until I got an extremely lucrative last minute
contract in a country that I need a passport to get into. When called I had
to tell them that day whether I would accept or not. Without the passport
in my possession I would have missed out on the money since I had less than
4 days notice over a weekend (Fri night and flew on Monday afternoon.) (The
flight was really expensive but fully paid for as was all my expenses for 6
weeks plus a really good paycheck.) That contract was worth over $75,000
for the 6 weeks. No passport, no job.
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