Watch: This Egyptian Youtuber's Stressful Journey to Get a Passport Might Make You Cry

For Ammar, being a traveler has an extra layer of complication. As an Egyptian male between the ages of 18 and 30, he is obligated to partake in the country’s military service for a maximum of 36 months. So, to avoid being conscripted, Ammar left his home country and his family behind to travel and continue his work on YouTube. When he left, he knew he couldn’t go back to Egypt for seven years (until he reached 30 years old) or he would be obliged to enter the army.

Staying away from his family and his culture for so many years took its toll on Ammar. And the instability of his living situation created a lot of anxiety. Ammar’s solution was to become a citizen of another country that has a “strong passport” that would allow him to go back home to visit his loved ones and travel the world more freely.

There is a range of countries who sell citizenships, and if you have enough cash in the bank, you can get yourself a second passport fairly easily. Ammar, with the financial and emotional support of his friends and co-workers at Yes Theory, got himself citizenship from Saint Kits and Nevis, a country composed of two Caribbean islands, whose people can travel to 83 countries visa-free. It cost him $150,000.