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Unless the royal family grants special approval, getting this passport is nearly impossible<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page id=\"03725e16-feff-4a40-a50b-43a9518b6f52\" auto-advance-after=\"7s\"><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-0cd31025-3530-4da6-93f0-68e2c26e522f [data-leaf-element=\\\"true\\\"]\",\"keyframes\":{\"transform\":[\"translate(1.024156338458333%, 0%) scale(1.5)\",\"translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)\"]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":2000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)\",\"fill\":\"forwards\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-4d4f6079-1c65-47c9-84d2-b7fc21447426\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":750,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 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style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:1;--initial-transform:translate3d(-95.33333%, 0px, 0)\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-febb32f6-0c63-45bc-b951-6d4fe6d7f693\">\n<div class=\"fill\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.6);will-change:transform\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:7.28155%;top:77.83172%;width:85.19417%;height:19.90291%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-fb9e8314-4938-4af1-ba22-1052f46a2766\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div id=\"anim-65df74c3-66ec-488e-8f91-1d7473e2a6a8\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:1;--initial-transform:translate3d(-108.54701%, 0px, 0)\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:0.5698005698005698% 0.5698005698005698% 0.5698005698005698% 0.5698005698005698% \/ 1.6260162601626018% 1.6260162601626018% 1.6260162601626018% 1.6260162601626018%\" id=\"el-9f831c81-c037-4ac8-b90e-93c5bdcc0155\">\n<h3 class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style=\"white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:0.6089743589743588% 0;font-family:&quot;Alegreya&quot;,serif;font-size:0.404531em;line-height:1.19;text-align:center;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; color: #efeefe\">To get a Swiss passport, you need to live there for at least 10 years and pass several interviews across local and national levels.<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page id=\"ef5bdacc-4c47-43bb-9145-7ab2374c2490\" auto-advance-after=\"7s\"><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-db8969c6-7fc3-49fa-b94b-76ed3a5587fb [data-leaf-element=\\\"true\\\"]\",\"keyframes\":{\"transform\":[\"translate(13.350636051181267%, 0%) scale(1.5)\",\"translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)\"]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":2000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)\",\"fill\":\"forwards\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-86155c4e-7630-4ba5-a533-e8c195d30462\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":750,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation 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style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:1;--initial-transform:translate3d(-95.33333%, 0px, 0)\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-e7bf784e-3b72-41fa-9ab6-bdd810d78dc6\">\n<div class=\"fill\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.6);will-change:transform\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:7.28155%;top:77.83172%;width:85.19417%;height:19.90291%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-dbe6ecfd-e06a-4726-9907-18b29b0d9aaa\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div id=\"anim-ca1cccc3-d133-4157-8c19-ad1fac78fac8\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:1;--initial-transform:translate3d(-108.54701%, 0px, 0)\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:0.5698005698005698% 0.5698005698005698% 0.5698005698005698% 0.5698005698005698% \/ 1.6260162601626018% 1.6260162601626018% 1.6260162601626018% 1.6260162601626018%\" id=\"el-3732fe67-8789-4e4c-81b9-89ecc3f323f8\">\n<h3 class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style=\"white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:0.6089743589743588% 0;font-family:&quot;Alegreya&quot;,serif;font-size:0.404531em;line-height:1.19;text-align:center;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; color: #efeefe\">Japan grants citizenship only after five years of living in the country. You must also give up any other nationality<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page id=\"20577038-36e8-404e-8d4e-8a3201aece79\" auto-advance-after=\"7s\"><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-10befd3c-4038-4ad1-89b1-6349369dc382 [data-leaf-element=\\\"true\\\"]\",\"keyframes\":{\"transform\":[\"translate(0.725640477137258%, 0%) scale(1.5)\",\"translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)\"]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":2000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)\",\"fill\":\"forwards\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-b5272673-09fc-4cf0-a307-ff029e8eb342\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":750,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 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