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WHY a diplomatic passport? Your passport is stolen, you need to travel next week, and you do not have time to wait for the usual bureaucracy to issue a new passport. The passport that you hold means that you have to apply for a visa each time you travel to a regular destination, implying limitation and hassle. You have a key meeting to attend abroad, but your passport is expiring, and you may be refused entry into a foreign country. Equally, your present passport has to be renewed or extended more frequently than every 10 years. Your present passport could be renounced or cancelled by your Government or its authorized representatives at any time. Your current passport may implicate you for taxation on your worldwide income. Your passport subjects you to currency controls when traveling abroad. Your passport restricts your ability to invest in a certain country. The current passport interferes with your ability to borrow money from a country abroad. The held passport may be politically undesirable, thus causing you emotional distress at a foreign port of entry. Can give you a sense of freedom like virtually nothing else Your state is politically unstable. You want to change the address of your permanent residency. You want to insure your family against unforeseeable misfortunes. A war breaks out and you, by virtue of your passport, are on the wrong side of the fence…think back to the 1940s…. Your current passport may obligate you to serve a ‘military service’. Your current passport implies: Control and loss of personal freedom by the relevant government: Makes you a target for terrorists. Allows your Government to control, limit and register your traveling Causes a negative attitude towards you when your current nationality is not ‘in vogue’ Forces you and also your family members to serve in an army you may or may not support Limits your freedom of traveling ADVANTAGES PRIVILEGES OF ACCREDITED DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENTS & PASSPORTS AS AN HONORARY CONSUL COULD INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT GUARANTEED OR LIMITED TO: You will enjoy the privileges and immunities granted by the Vienna Coventions of Consular and Diplomatic Relations. Your home and office will be officially designated as a consulate and therefore are inviolable. You may display "CC" (Corps Consulaire) plates on your car so that your status is known to the forces of control who may not detain you in any way. When traveling, you may use the diplomatic channel at airports and will not be subject to time delaying and annoying customs checks. You may purchase drinks, cigarettes and other supplies for your consulate duty free. You will be exempt from all forms of tax on any of your income in the host country derived from outside of that country. Doors which may have been previously closed will remarkably open once you have received your diplomatic status. Top restaurants, hotels and clubs which may be "fully booked" will suddenly take your reservation. You will receive free upgrades from many airlines to First/Business class at the check-in desks. You will automatically receive numerous invitations to Royal/Diplomatic and Society parties and events. You will meet top-ranking government officials and heads of state. You will boost your business success as well as your social status and prestige.