{"id":718,"date":"2022-08-25T12:27:28","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T19:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/travel\/?p=718"},"modified":"2023-07-07T12:53:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T19:53:12","slug":"the-hassles-of-traveling-with-a-weak-passport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/travel\/2022\/08\/25\/the-hassles-of-traveling-with-a-weak-passport\/","title":{"rendered":"The hassles of traveling with a &#8220;weak&#8221; passport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Passport privilege is a real issue. For many global travelers, the process of obtaining a visa to enter many countries is complex, expensive and a hassle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fodors.com\/news\/news\/you-think-flying-is-stressful-right-now-try-traveling-with-an-indian-passport\">You Think Flying Is Stressful Right Now? Try Traveling With an Indian Passport<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While many western nation passports provide for visa-free entry to most countries, those from other nations have huge hurdles to cross to obtain a visa. Read the above story for details. The entire process is not just &#8220;customer unfriendly&#8221; &#8211; it is literally customer hostile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, this can take months to years for some visa applications (including an Indian national obtaining a visa to enter the U.S.). This is insane and indicative of failed bureaucracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/passport-privilege-creators-complicated-travel-011253445.html\">What is \u2018passport privilege\u2019? Creators with complicated travel documents explain on TikTok (yahoo.com)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Passport privilege is a real issue. For many global travelers, the process of obtaining a visa to enter many countries is complex, expensive and a hassle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government-regulatory","category-planning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}