@theodric@social.linux.pizza2026-08-26 10:00:34
Kafka, meet your Dutch cousin Koffietje!
Dutch passport renewal abroad (EU):
* Must be done at Netherlands Embassy
* 5-week waiting time for an appointment
* 8-week processing time
* Can be tracked online if you receive a tracking number
* You do not receive a tracking number
* You will receive an email when your passport is ready
* No emails are actually sent
* No way to speak (voice) directly to the Embassy
* NederlandWereldwijd call cente…
@mia@hcommons.social2026-07-26 01:29:56
More #DH2026 travel tips - you need an arrival card even if on UK etc passport. Do it online or ask on the flight.
The bus from the airport to Daejeon / Daejeoncheongsa was easy to find. Looks like it runs regularly.
Google Translate with pre-downloaded Korean and translating photos also helps!
@jochenlingelba1@h-net.social2026-09-15 14:12:13
Overturn the cancellation of the passports of Dr. Sishuwa Sishuwa and other Zambians
Sign the petition here:
https://www.change.org/p/overturn-the-cancellation-of-the-passports-of-dr-sishuwa-sishuwa-and…
@servelan@newsie.social2026-09-25 20:45:53
Including non-profits.
State Dept To Let Outside Groups Access Passport Data - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2026/09/state-dept-to-let-outside-groups-access-passport-data/
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-08-17 10:30:35
Russian law enforcement docs: Binance provided Russia with transaction records and passport copies of IT specialist Yuri Belenkiy, leading to terrorism charges (Anton Zverev/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/b
@cdarwin@c.im2026-09-17 19:50:30
Former Department of Government Efficiency, (or DOGE), employees are working on an artificial intelligence takeover of federal government services for the Trump administration.
The Washington Sun reports that the staffers are setting up an AI-driven website,
America.gov,
to help Americans with everything from obtaining and renewing passports to potentially preparing and filing taxes for free.
(The latter is still under discussion and would be a reversal from the Whit…
@theodric@social.linux.pizza2026-07-17 16:16:55
The neighbor thinks I should renounce my Dutch citizenship and take Irish because I might be on a plane and there might be terrorists and they might go checking everyone's passport and they'd be less likely to kill someone with an Irish passport. Not idly, either. She brings this up regularly.
Anyway, leve de koning.
@servelan@newsie.social2026-09-25 02:30:16
Trump administration will use passport data for voter citizenship checks, court filing reveals - Democracy Docket
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-administration-will-use-passport-date-for-voter-citizenship-checks-court-filing-reveals/
@cowboys@darktundra.xyz2026-09-25 13:19:38
@qurlyjoe@mstdn.social2026-08-07 01:34:59
What is a #name? It is not me, but it is mine. It signifies me. It identifies me. Many cultures historically and presently allow, or even mandate, that individuals choose their name, often ritually, at mileposts in their lives. Maybe more than once, as need be. Maybe more than one name concurrently. But our govt doesn’t like it when trans folk, for instance, adopt a new name when their “circumstances”…
