They only open for certain countries who have strong passport. And no US is not among them. I talk about UAE and some countries in EU who they let to open. Those people who they don’t let open or have being blocked is from countries with weak passport and sometimes low GDP per capita. I don’t make this up I heard that of a my Thai girlfriend who have more information about that.
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