I'm not an American and all my passports were legally issued by my government after following the (extremely hassle free and reasonable) application process. Th

I'm not an American and all my passports were legally issued by my government after following the (extremely hassle free and reasonable) application process. The additional passports were valid for two or three years (don't remember exactly), I certainly didn't need to surrender them and in any case I was using them constantly. All I had to do was pay the processing fee and document why I needed them. Admittedly, the third one was harder to get and required an interview but even that was perfunctory. I have heard that most countries are much less eager to give out passports than mine.