For FIFA, nationality is the relevant criteria and rules state the nationality must be proven by a “permanent international passport” But, a huge hole in these rules is that they don’t state that the passport must state the player is a national of the country issuing the passport! ‼️ I would bet dollars to donuts this was a mistake in the drafting. I wonder if this loophole has been or is currently being exploited. 🤔

A country that prohibits or imposes consequences on its citizens for dual citizenship tasks their citizens with learning and staying abreast of domestic nationality law of 195+ countries. Citizenship by operation of law.

Mobility Space #1 - what is the value of dual citizenship? Now available on YouTube.

You have a nagging low level feeling of unfreeness because you know in your bones that you need government permission to go anywhere. And they can deny you, purposely or through incompetence. TSA, legal ID, passports. You're entirely reliant on one government, like a newborn baby waiting on mommy for mealtime. You know this even if you don't read mobility law. Unless you have dual citizenship. Then, you're still not really free. But you can go to either of two governments for your permission slip. And you can run away from one to the other if things get bad enough. You're are a little freer.

SOME TOOLS BECOME COLLECTIBLES ⌚️🚓🔫🛂 Watches initially were just a tool to tell time. A tool whose value was driven by utility --> Now many people have diverse, eclectic and/or themed watch collections for affinity. A $40 quartz timex can keep better time than a $12k Rolex, yet the Rolexes sell. Cars were initially just motor-drawn buggies to get people from point A to point B. --> Now many people have diverse, eclectic and/or themed car collections for affinity. Ferrari, Bentley, Rolls Royce. Firearms initially were just tools for hunting and defense (or offense). --> Now many people have diverse, eclectic and/or themed gun collections for affinity. The list of examples goes on... Some watches, cars and firearms are simultaneously very expensive and unuseful for practical application. They are affinity collection pieces. These were pure tools that with time evolved to adopt a collectability use case as well. We're seeing the nub of a similar development in the world of mobility. Residencies & citizenships were initially one-off legal statuses for a person to live (where they are) or move to another place. For many people, they will remain as such. --> But, now some people will move into having diverse, eclectic and/or themed mobility asset portfolios. Practical utility and collectibility. Mobility assets are: Citizenships, semi-citizenships, residencies (PR or TR), passports (including citizenship-less passports), and legal IDs. Ex: Ukrainian & U.S. citizenships & TR in Paraguay; Ex: U.S. & Iranian citizenships, & TR in Mexico; Ex: Argentine & Polish citizenships, PR in the U.S., & Palau digital residency ID; Ex: U.S. & Vanuatu citizenships, Indian OCI, Dominican PR. Endless examples of combinations. People can have or build unique "collections" based on immutable characteristics (e.g. place of birth) as well as their own actions. What started as pure utility for today will morph into a mix of utility & affinity collecting. With an eye towards the "inheritance" for one's children. Just like what happened with watches, cars and firearms.

Your passport and driver license are government property. They belong to the state. Your legal identity belongs to the state.

In 10 years, Americans will be telling their kids about something called "true visa-free." "Yea, it was insane. You'd just buy a plane ticket, grab your passport and get on the flight. No forms before you fly, no online applications, no questions about criminal record or previous travel. Passport & flight and then just GO. We didn't really know how amazing that was."

Nation-states don’t accept your own proof of your legal identity, but they accept each others’ proof of your legal identity. Plan your freedom of movement accordingly.

The most important and robust benefit of a citizenship in the long term is immediate highest right of entry and settlement in that country. Most other mobility benefits (visa-free access, satellite residency rights, visa-treaties, etc.) rely on consent and functional cooperation with another country. These are springboard mobility benefits. They are subject to degradation or complete loss, as the political and diplomatic winds blow.

Passport bros “escaping” western countries aren’t going from one place to a better place. 99% of them are utterly confused about the cause of their newfound freedom No, it’s not LATAM or Asia or wherever that’s better. It’s being a citizen of a western country springboarding around LATAM or Asia or wherever that’s better. The being X between Y, Z and W is what’s better They’re going from one place to multiple places, including their home country They’re riding the “in between” of nation-states. The in between is the only place where freedom exists now. High-heel to snowshoe.

Decentralizing your citizenship, de facto, also has the effect of decentralizing your legal identity

There’s no more bigger step you can take in permanently increasing your freedom of movement than going from one citizenship to two.

Visa-free is morphing into effectively visa-lite. ESTA (USA). ETA (UK, AUS). ETIAS (EU in 2026) JESTA (Japan in 2030) The list and trend continues.

Five simple passport facts: 1. A passport is a legal ID 2. A passport is a travel document 3. A passport is not a citizenship 4. A passport is not necessarily only issued by countries to its own citizens 5. A passport is SOMETIMES rebuttable proof of a citizenship

Posts pretending the "Trump gold card" exists and is taking applications are always good for a nice little grifty engagement pump

Most people don't know that you can be citizen of a country without even knowing it.

Attempt #28 to use the Palau digital residency ID Use case: to use the Palau ID to set up a wise.com personal account with KYC. Result: Unsuccessful. ☹️ Full field report 👇 https://www.malakoutilaw.com/palau-digital-residency-id-to-verify-identity-for-a-wise-online-account-field-report-24

Citizenship = the thing. Passport = the proof.

NEW CITIZENSHIP = NEW ATTACK VECTOR (EXTRATERRITORIALITY) Becoming citizen of a new country usually introduces a whole new set of laws that apply to you extraterritorially. That’s a new attack vector. The more people who know which set(s) of laws apply to you extraterritorially is an attack vector multiplied. With the rise of AI, synthesis of this info and attempted weaponization of prosecution of a person’s country(s) against them is inevitable. The elements are: 1. Knowledge of your enemy’s conduct or alleged conduct; 2. Knowledge of your their country(s) of citizenship; 3. Synthesis of the laws of their country(s) of citizenship. #3 is being rapidly, cheaply made available by AI. You can protect yourself by withholding element #2 (new citizenships). Keep new citizenships you pick up close to your chest. BTW, this attempted weaponization is already happening, albeit on a crude level mostly only to people who are highly visible and controversial. I predict that’s going to change in the coming years.

Central Europe Citizenship by Descent Reminder: If you have a great grandparent born in the territory of modern day Slovakia, you very likely qualify for Hungarian 🇭🇺 citizenship by descent if you learn the language, and you may qualify for Slovak 🇸🇰citizenship by descent too (no language language required). Both are EU countries. 🇪🇺