Alicia Keys needs a blogger. Among the requirements of the job … a valid passport! If that job doesn’t sound appealing, maybe you can try some other jobs for which a passport is generally required:
Peace Corps Volunteer
While the work of a volunteer can be extremely rewarding, it can also be dangerous. Before you run out and get your passport, keep in mind that you may have to wait over a year for approval. Once accepted, volunteers go to foreign countries where they fulfill a two year commitment. Depending on your timing, you may have some say in the country and area of volunteer work. Not only is a passport required, but so is a college degree.
Foreign Correspondent
While reporters are sometimes based in the United States, a journalist should be ready to travel. For this reason, a passport is a must! In some cases, journalists travel to a country, report on a story and come back home. In other cases, reporters live abroad. While a passport will help, potential applicants should also have a solid educational background and previous journalism experience.
Rock Star
Without a passport, rock stars would just have to stay local. Can you imagine the Rolling Stones World Tour beginning in New Jersey and ending in Pennsylvania? Not too impressive. It’s not only rock stars who would reap the benefits of having passports, but actors, musicians and dancers all stand to expand their horizons by getting one of those little blue books. While I’m sure it’s been done before, (Sarah Palin didn’t get her passport until 2006) it’s kind of hard to be ‘world famous’ without a passport. Maybe you don’t want to be a famous rockstar, but think about it – even groupies and roadies need passports!
Ambassador
Maybe you’re great at settling disuptes between friends. Why not become an ambassador? Sound like a great idea? First, you’ll need a passport. Then it may be a good idea to speak another language… and another small thing - you must also be willing to represent the views of the United States. (You may have to order the apple pie over the crème brulée and choose to dip your french fries in ketchup instead of mustard, but the perks may be worth it. Besides, crème brulée literally means burnt cream… yuk!) In addition to the passport, applicants must undergo a rigorous selection process, background checks and a comprehensive exam before becoming an ambassador. Candidates are generally well-educated holding political science or foreign relations degrees from top universities.
Fashion Model
So, maybe you’re not the volunteering type, maybe you stink at Guitar Hero, couldn’t act your way out of a paper bag and can barely pull a C+ in a community college. There is still hope for you… you become a model! First, you’ll need a passport! Then you’ll need to be incredible good looking with either a killer smile or an exaggerated pout. As a model you can travel all over the world, getting that passport stamped repeatedly from Milan to Fiji and back again so many times you’ll surely need to add pages about a dozen times! While the modeling field may be difficult to break into, the rewards are plentiful!
If you are not suited for any of these suggestions, give up on the passport idea altogether and try your hand at becoming a politician.
