Can You Buy a Diplomatic Passport?

[@NickDemski]

Probably the easiest way to get a diplomatic passport is to give the President a million dollars for his campaign and he'll just make you an ambassador. Simple.

[@sheldonconk9526]

So glad I found your channel. Subscribed!

[@NickDemski]

@@sheldonconk9526 Nice to meet you, and thanks, I appreciate it!

[@FJF119]

Roosevelt made Joe Kennedy ambassador to the Court of St James . Not bad for a former bootlegger

[@NickDemski]

@@FJF119 Not bad at all. Bootleggers can't unionize their specialty craft which puts them in danger of losing their income entirely should their jobs disappear.

[@dexterspeights3484]

A few Million Dollars under the table at a black tie dinner at The White House!

[@klwthe3rd]

When I was in college a close friend of mine's dad worked as a member of the U.N. in NYC. I never asked my friend what his dad's job title was but he was extremely high up. I know this because I can remember one night at a party at his home in Connecticut, he went upstairs and brought down his dad's diplomatic passport when we started talking about how cool it must be to never get in trouble with the law/government when you have that level of status. I can tell you from actual experience not rumor or hearsay it works. That same friend was out one night with us partying in downtown Stamford, CT and he got pulled over on our ride to his house afterwards to crash. The cop knew he was drunk and was going to ask my friend to get out of the car to perform a field soberty test. Well, my friend, unbenost to me had swiped his dad's diplomatic passport. Him, being Italian, had a very similar name to his father and he wiped out that passport and until this day I've never seen a cop do a complete 360 like he did that night. The cop not only immediately ceased to uphold us at the side of the road but insisted that he provide a lead escort to my friend(thinking he was his dad) so that no other officers would interfere with our travels. Diplomatic passports do exist and I'm living proof that officers acknowledge their privilege.

[@ddillard143]

I don't think the issue was if they exist or not. I think that the question was being asked if you can purchase a diplomatic passport

[@klwthe3rd]

@@ddillard143 Yes but I still wanted to tell my story.

[@nomadcapitalist]

Thanks for sharing, Kenneth. Welcome back.

[@klwthe3rd]

@@nomadcapitalist Nice to be missed Andrew. Keep up your great content.

[@diegoyuiop]

So he was the son of an Italian diplomat to the UN?

[@michaelgilmer3836]

I did a little research and I found that there are basically two reasons a high net worth individual might want a real diplomatic passport (as opposed to a glamour one). First, visa free travel to almost all countries including the USA, Canada, Australia, etc. Almost all countries who belong to the UN are signatories to treaties that allow their legitimate diplomats to travel to other countries without first securing a visa. Now obviously there would be heightened scrutiny of diplomats from places like North Korea traveling to the USA but in most instances, a diplomat from places like St. Kitts can travel with very little government scrutiny and without border agency scrutiny. The second benefit is no worry about staying in a place like the USA for an extended time and acquiring tax residency and having to pay taxes to the host country. However, to be able to stay an extended time, a holder of a DP would need some diplomatic commission from the issuing country but those can often be quite amorphous.

[@AnEvilSnowman]

I think there was a documentary about a Dutch journalist who gained diplomatic status in the Central African Republic. Its called the Ambassador if anyone is interested.

[@FJF119]

Great idea obtaining a diplomatic passport ; get out of jail & not dealing with customs .

[@Somal_26]

Can state house representative have diplomatic passport?

[@veneziablau]

I grew up in a diplomatic corps family. Diplomatic immunity isn't the automatic get out of jail, pay attention to no laws deal people imagine it is. Do something dumb enough or illegal enough and you can end up expelled, or the country from which you are from can just disavow you and leave you to your fate in whatever country you fucked up in.

[@nomadcapitalist]

Good points; thanks for sharing.

[@pekkalanger5076]

So I can’t smuggle Krugerrands even with diplomatic immunity?

[@feskymaloon1439]

When I was at CIA, I was issued the coveted black passport, but it should be noted that the “perks” only apply when you are traveling for work-related reasons. For any leisure travel I had to use my plain old blue one.

[@connornapper4584]

Im one of the Marines that guard the American Embassies and they give us Diplomatic Passports

[@lessismore945]

How they know you are traveling for work or pleasure, esp if you are with family?

[@Atem_S.]

Like anything in life, if you cannot have it, it 's cause you don't have the right connection!

[@nkwoalice1129]

really is it possible to have one even without being a,government official ?

[@dalerab123]

Honorary consul posts are much less rare than you make it sound, and don't require much work. They do offer most diplomatic privileges but diplomatic immunity is over rated (Dad was honorary consul of a Pacific island). Diplomatic license plates on the car were probably the best part of it.

[@icevonde5990]

Exactly! Crops Diplomatic (CD) cars are very overated

[@amir5593]

rare topic. great talk

[@nomadcapitalist]

Thanks, Amir!

[@craigericanderson]

A few years ago, I met an interesting Russian man who had a house in a beautiful secluded spot south of Lima, Peru, He said he had a Ukrainian diplomatic passport (but spoke Russian, not Ukranian) and owned an arms company in Estonia. he showed me his impressive shooting range targets and said he was tired of killing people. Parked his black speedboat in the cove in front of his house.

[@A..C..E..]

Ukraine offers diplomatic passports to foreigners when they become citizens of Ukraine.

[@genstian]

Why would you want a diplomatic passport for diplomatic status? One would ofc just use it for diplomatic fast track at the airports.

[@maverickcapitalist1]

Interesting topic and would definitely be advantageous to hold this type of passport in certain situations. Good thing that woman Who fled UK was not in Russia or Belarus, dont think the situation would have been so pretty in one of those countries. It also astonishes me the contradictions in usa, a woman commmits a crime in a foreign country and the usa government does nothing but a guy owes a bit in child support and is with out a job and is sent to jail or someone owes a bit in taxes and irs is after them. I could go on but Will Just say action speaks louder then words and what you are doing andrew is proactionary on the frontend of matters which is much greater then words!

[@zachjones6944]

Yes, if you know the right people.

[@johannaetrishamorgan6850]

Luv your channel

[@nomadcapitalist]

Glad to have you.

[@mysticknight9711]

Hey - there are plenty of small countries who would love a consular presence in other countries - if you have paralegal or legal skills you can work with them to create the consulate with yourself as the consular representative with the perk of a diplomatic passport.

[@shaduwy]

I’m struggling to a normal passport for myself and children and yet people are busy trying to get a diplomatic one. Absolutely amazes me…

[@PauloGaetathe_original]

It's very normal for many countries to never extradite their own nationals. I think that was the issue with the woman who killed the bike rider, they didn't give her diplomatic status, it's just a normal procedure to never extradite your own nationals.

[@PauloGaetathe_original]

@Spencer Broom I read the article. She was actually a diplomat's wife so she also had immunity. I doubt that even if she didn't have any the US would extradite her to the UK, maybe because of the so called "special relationship", maybe...

[@heshamyoussef816]

I heard before that you can buy a 5 year UN passport. Is this true ?? Maybe you can make a video about this subject as well.

[@emilphoryew9436]

I don't trust anyone who can't locate Norway on a globe!

[@Dewisusilawatilubis]

Kesini cuma gara gara BTS dapat diplomatic passport benefits 😁

[@mrpeel3239]

How about a future episode on Vatican citizenship and Knights of Malta diplomatic passports?

[@jasonfraser5758]

Thanks Andrew. Some how i knew that would be the answer...

[@nathanielatfield3031]

you can pay no vat and property taxes also they can't search your house so that is a bonus. so you can avoid paying all taxes only fees sounds like the life to me

[@silversteel6312]

Too much preamble. Get on with it. It’s KZbin and not 1970s terrestrial tv. Clearly you know your stuff and present well. Don’t let yourself down by mimicking a style of media that is over. Wish you well for the future.

[@shantelmaxwell6204]

Advise help on application, interview, IDtheft reoccurring, passport denied

[@alessandrotomasi8815]

Do share the opportunities you get to be invited to embassies...I'd sit around happily (i'm still a 5 digit entrepreneur)

[@Bakbak12]

the difference between business passport and student passport

[@Iancreed8592]

Could you do a video on what country you think would be most stable in the event of a global monetary system collapse?

[@prashantpawar]

Unironically, USA.

[@whiteswordwarrior9995]

@@prashantpawar lol no XD

[@jairfonseca8040]

i already got the book

[@nomadcapitalist]

Thanks, Jair. Enjoy!

[@jairfonseca8040]

@@nomadcapitalist in the book you talk about my country Peru , i got amazed by that…greetings

[@RohitSharma-rl9zh]

Too much verbosity instead of giving straight answer to the question

[@RogersMgmtGroup]

Don Trump Jr’s wanted a new girlfriend so his daddy is sending Kimberley to Greece as Ambassador

[@Somal_26]

Can state house representative have diplomatic passport?

[@TT0ny_]

So is a diplomatic passport always tied to a country? Can't a American citizen get a diplomatic passport for international travel? Or does it need to be for a specific country? Honest question.

[@idiotchips4950]

Yes it's international !

[@ryzen_official2761]

Wow seriously Kuala Lumpur

[@natashanguyen1825]

Can a fugitive get diplomatic immunity by marrying someone with a diplomatic passport?

[@danzelimako]

How does one get a US diplomatic visa as a US citizen ?

[@MegaBallPowerBall]

RIK UTO You can't because as a US citizen you do not need a visa to enter the United States. You can be a diplomat to the US while being a citizen of the US, but you must show the US passport as the visa that you are unable to get.

[@nomadcapitalist]

And generally waive diplomatic immunity if you're posted in a country you maintain dual citizenship in.

[@rickc.3552]

Diplomatic immunity is the only thing I’d want, so that I can get away with crimes; like the bad guy from Lethal Weapon 2.

[@telmoazevedo8958]

:D Its better if you don't leave the house!

[@colleenkaralee2280]

Leave the universe is best of all.

[@lajibolala3107]

you are so difficult to have a diplomatic passport if you are nothing or no body. .........you have to has a amazing carrier.....have a Great job or have a amazing something do to your country. example Idol kpop ...BTS has a diplomatic passport...not all idol kpop be able to have it.

[@christiankepler8371]

Not only are you wrong...but fact is "every single country on the planet has its own price/level to buy a diplomatic passport"~! Every single nation...that's how wrong you are, you even said in America example was $250k donation to get x=position...then you stupidly tried to make it seem like that was rare, when it is "well-known" to happen with 100% of politicians~!

[@thinlo1679]

Look like you keep a Beautiful Buddha.

[@joaoeustachiorose3770]

Love your channel but I can’t be a nomad Capitalist because i am a medical student in Brazil so i can only really work in Brazil or start the long process of revalidation of my degree. What would you recommend for me to do?

[@nomadcapitalist]

Diversify in any other way you can: finances, investments, a Plan B.

[@joaoeustachiorose3770]

Nomad Capitalist thanks for the answer! Keep doing great content!

[@messtika-581]

Do people actually want diplomatic status only to commit crimes though? 😂😅 i mean come on..😅