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WHAT IS THIS? A PASSPORT FOR BLUE WHALES??
They somehow never watched Idiocracy
probably for giant aliens when they land in toronto for the first time.
There are correct. That is way too big.
I'm no Canadian passport connoisseur but when were they red? My old one from 10 years ago is blue so I'm not sure what that's about?
I was wondering, if it's perhaps relatively common between nations for passports to be red, but from some very quick image searching that doesn't really seem to be the case:
- US blue
- UK blue
- France red
- Germany red
- Spain red
- India blue
- China red
- Brazil blue
No one ever said it was red.
But they said it wasn't red. So one would question when they were.
I think I get it. They are expecting the passport to be red like the flag.
Admire that you did this. Believe it or not, a lot of people on Lemmy have a hard time pointing out their mistakes. Commendable.
I do not think they have ever been red
At that size of a passport, in an international emergency, you could use your passport as a shelter or flotation device .... is it also bullet proof?
Why blue? White with red trimming would be nicer.
Iirc, you can only choose red, blue, black, and green. Maybe other colors are possible, but not preferred (I can see a white passport looking pretty rough after a couple years, if you’re a heavy traveler). No idea why they wouldn’t stick with red though.
You can see the text on the front of them for what they are for. Blue are regular passports for casual travel. Red are diplomatic passports for high ranking officials. Green are special passports for senators, MPs or government workers on official business. White temporary passports are usually issued abroad where a Canadian citizen has an urgent requirement to travel but doesn't have a passport for whatever reason.
I believe red is usually reserved for diplomatic type passports.
EU passports are red (burgundy)
Not Croatia, but yes, all others it seems.
However, in Canada, the country in question, diplomatic passports (red cover) are issued to high-ranking Government of Canada officials and diplomats, as well as representatives and delegates of the Government of Canada to international governmental organizations and international conferences of a diplomatic nature.
Swiss passports are bright red fwiw.
Singapore?
And the EU have burgundy which is red-adjacent
Unless I'm mistaken, that's a Canadian passport pictured and in Canada red (maroon) passports are diplomatic.
White are temporary passports for Canadian citizens outside Canada who require passports but their regular passport application is being processed.
You guyses don't think that might be a bit large for travel /s
*Forest
You can’t see the forest for the r’s
i think 2 Rs would be a mistake, 3 or more intentional
we're almost up to a fiverest
I made a mistake initially but you know, mistakes are just happy little accidents
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Why are passports still a booklet? Everything is digital now. We don’t need stamps or visas in the passport anymore. It serves no purpose.
whoop my phone just ran out of juice, guess my passport is valid, eh?
I never said it had to be an app or a card in your phone’s wallet, although it’s not a bad idea. Passports have chips now. I just think it doesn’t need to be a booklet anymore.
It's probably more to do with being compliant with other countries' systems. The US has passport cards, but they only work with Canada and Mexico. I'm sure that has to do with some agreement we made with them.
They still physically staple your visa in there or use stamps to register entry in addition to registering things digitally.
There's an rfid chip in EU passports
Does it? The IDs have one, but the passports are also still booklets, aren't they? But then if you stay within the Schengen area, the ID is enough anyways. I even been to the UK once with just my ID. Before Brexit ofc.
And Canadian passports
And US passports.
I had to verify my identity with a UK government app recently, and the app scanned my passport's RFID!
I just want it to be wallet sized and tear/water resistant, so like a typical plastic ID card.
The US has a passport card option, but it's only applicable to US, Mexico, Caribbean and Canada.
because sometimes the power goes out
Nah. My mother had to stay more than two hours in a line in Atlanta’s immigration because the system went down.
There's plenty of countries that use stamps still. Also, collecting stamps is fun.
Then they should make an app for Windows 10, because I use Windows 10 Mobile for my phone.
https://youtu.be/oomCIXGzsR0?t=60
I still miss my 950XL.
The Lumia series are still my favorite phones ever. I just wish they had baked in Android support. Fun fact, they had fully functioning versions with Android play store in testing, and it worked very well. Then Microsoft decided not to pursue it, or couldn't negotiate a contract with Google.
They have chips in them.
sentimental value of stamps
plenty of countries still use them
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