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@skinnylatte<\/a> @jmopp<\/a> I completely get what you're saying. You've nailed it.<\/p>

Growing up, I had one of the weaker passports in the world. Exorbitant visa fees for most popular destinations. And easy visa rejections at even the hint of an issue. And like you said, unreasonable funds demands, etc.<\/p>

It was such a privilege to be able to acquire a UK passport, which suddenly opened the world to us. No tourist visas anymore to most place. And if there is one, it's trivial and cheap to get. (And have since had the added privilige of getting a US one, too).<\/p>

Folks that never experienced the pain of a weak passport have no idea how frustrating, limiting, and expensive it is.<\/p>","statusnet_conversation_id":6220496,"statusnet_in_groups":false,"attachment_error":{"code":500,"message":"No result found on File_thumbnail lookup.","file":"\/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/classes\/File_thumbnail.php","line":185,"trace":"#0 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/classes\/File_thumbnail.php(110): File_thumbnail::byFile()\n#1 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/classes\/File.php(601): File_thumbnail::fromFileObject()\n#2 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/local\/plugins\/Qvitter\/QvitterPlugin.php(609): File->getThumbnail()\n#3 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/lib\/util\/event.php(89): QvitterPlugin->onNoticeSimpleStatusArray()\n#4 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/lib\/api\/apiaction.php(382): Event::handle()\n#5 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/lib\/api\/apiaction.php(271): ApiAction->twitterSimpleStatusArray()\n#6 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/lib\/api\/apiaction.php(622): ApiAction->twitterStatusArray()\n#7 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/actions\/apistatusesshow.php(137): ApiAction->show_single_json_status()\n#8 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/actions\/apistatusesshow.php(114): ApiStatusesShowAction->showNotice()\n#9 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/lib\/action\/action.php(211): ApiStatusesShowAction->handle()\n#10 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/lib\/action\/action.php(98): Action->execute()\n#11 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/public\/index.php(340): Action::run()\n#12 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/public\/index.php(343): main()\n#13 {main}"},"external_url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/12264197","in_reply_to_profileurl":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@skinnylatte","in_reply_to_ostatus_uri":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/skinnylatte","attentions":[{"id":43116,"screen_name":"skinnylatte","fullname":"Adrianna Tan","profileurl":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@skinnylatte","ostatus_uri":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/skinnylatte"},{"id":274168,"screen_name":"jmopp","fullname":"\u00b7J Mopp","profileurl":"https:\/\/masto.ai\/@jmopp","ostatus_uri":"https:\/\/masto.ai\/users\/jmopp"}],"fave_num":0,"repeat_num":0,"is_post_verb":true,"is_local":false,"favorited":false,"repeated":false}