Alternative to Passport

[charlesa6]

Originally Posted by free_martha

http://www.worldservice.org/docpass.html

The World Passport represents the inalienable human right of freedom of travel on planet Earth. Therefore it is premised on the fundamental oneness or unity of the human community.
In modern times, the passport has become a symbol of national sovereignty and control by each nation-state. That control works both for citizens within a nation and all others outside. All nations thus collude in the system of control of travel rather than its freedom. If freedom of travel is one of the essential marks of the liberated human being, as stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, then the very acceptance of a national passport is the mark of the slave, serf or subject. The World Passport is therefore a meaningful symbol and sometimes powerful tool for the implementation of the fundamental human right of freedom of travel. By its very existence it challenges the exclusive assumption of sovereignty of the nation-state system. It is designed however to conform to nation-state requirements for travel documents. It does not, however, indicate the nationality of its bearer, only his/her birthplace. It is therefore a neutral, apolitical document of identity and potential travel document.

A passport gains credibility only by its acceptance by authorities other than the issuing agent. The World Passport in this respect has a track record of over 50 years acceptance since it was first issued. Today over 150 countries have visaed it on a case-by-case basis. In short, the World Passport represents the one world we all live in and on. No one has the right to tell you you can't move freely on your natural birthplace! So don't leave home without one!

Yes Indeed!

[powder]

It is interesting.... The WSA issues the passports to citizens of the World Government.

So if there is a World Government.... Isn't that what people have been talking about? How 'we will all be ruled by one government?'

I am skeptical. I would rather get passport via economic citizenship....

[Shoonra]

I have tried to find something on the appostille, also spelled with one p, and the only thing I can find is that it's a French word for a notation made in the margin of a document.

The so-called World Passport has been around for about twenty years, being promoted by an oddball who lives in Washington DC. He claims that some countries will accept it - a very short list. I'll bet the countries that do accept also insist on seeing some additional identity documents that this guy doesn't bother to mention. I'll also bet that there's more redtape when trying to get back into the US. If you want to try it, realize that your travel options with it are limited.

[Livefire]

This cut and paste from the US SoS page tells us what an apostille is. In conjunction with some methods of establishing sovereignty, it authenticates those documents with countries that are signatories to the Hague convention.....

Apostille Information


Since October 15, 1981, the United States has been part of the 1961 Hague Convention abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents. The Convention provides for the simplified certification of public (including notarized) documents to be used in countries that have joined the convention. Documents destined for use in participating countries and their territories should be certified by one of the officials in the jurisdiction in which the document has been executed. Said official must have been designated as competent to issue certifications by "apostille" (usually in the office of the State Secretary of State of his/her counterpart) as provided for by the 1961 Hague Convention. The text of the Convention may be found in T.I.A.S. 10072; 33 U.S. Treaty Series (UST) 883; 527 U.N. Treaty Series (UNTS) 189, and Martindale-Hubble International Law Digest.

With this certification by the Hague Convention apostille, the document is entitled to recognition in the country of intended use, and no certification by the Authentications Office or legalization by the embassy or consulate of the foreign country where the document is to be used is required. The Authentications Office only certify to documents from other federal agencies and officials from foreign governments with the apostille.



P.S. As a note, ALL 50 states authorize their Secretary of State office to issue apostilles. Here in Michigan, one goes thru the Office of the Great Seal to obtain that.

[powder]

From http://www.notaries.bc.ca/scrivpdf/12_4_6.pdf

Canada is not a signatory to the Hague Convention to Abolish the Requirements for Authentication of documents for use in other countries; therefore BC Notaries do not do Apostilles. (For a list of the Hague Convention member nations, please visit http://travel.state.gov/hague_foreig...html#countries.)
Notaries Public in British Columbia follow a progressive process of Authentication and Legalization. They use a document much like an Apostille—called a Form 10 International Certificate of Identity. This document is used by BC Notaries to identify the person appearing before them. Form 10 is attached to the signed documents the client will be sending overseas.