It fascinating seeing the different passport requirements by country.
It's a well known fact that intelligence agencies will use other countries passports as cover. Israel is well known for this. Which countries would you use? Well, a US passport isn't going to be a good cover in many countries, so it's often more neutral countries like Canada, Australia, Sweden.
Canada has tightened up their passport requires a few times after a rash of stolen and forged Canadian passports.
Smaller countries with less security issues have much more lax passport requirements. A friend was able to get a Vietnamese passport through her mom. She brought original birth certificates, etc. They were fine with just photocopies (that could obviously be changed).
It's a well known fact that intelligence agencies will use other countries passports as cover. Israel is well known for this. Which countries would you use? Well, a US passport isn't going to be a good cover in many countries, so it's often more neutral countries like Canada, Australia, Sweden.
Canada has tightened up their passport requires a few times after a rash of stolen and forged Canadian passports.
Smaller countries with less security issues have much more lax passport requirements. A friend was able to get a Vietnamese passport through her mom. She brought original birth certificates, etc. They were fine with just photocopies (that could obviously be changed).