I should be sympathetic to people’s need for golden visas, and even more so for second passports. Before I became a British citizen (because I live and work in London), I spent a good part of my life travelling on a Lebanese passport – which was a nightmare when it came to obtaining visas, and even raised red flags at airports. My most chilling moment was in Rome, where I was once accompanied by a security guard from check-in to boarding and made to feel I was a menace to other passengers.
对人们获取“黄金居留许可”(golden visa)的需求，我本应很有共鸣，至于获取第二本护照，我就更应心有戚戚。在成为英国公民（因为我生活和工作的地方在伦敦）之前，我人生中一段不短的时间里，一直用一本黎巴嫩护照旅行，用黎巴嫩护照申请签证的过程简直像是噩梦一场，甚至曾导致机场的安保人员如临大敌。最可怕的一次是在罗马，一名安保人员在我从办理登机手续到登上飞机的过程中全程陪同，让我觉得自己好像对其他乘客的安全是个威胁。
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