Re: ...Stupid Requirements...
try applying for any country's passport
I have a US passport and I've had it since 2000. I filled out the application (no ink restriction), went to their office, they took the pics (paid for them myself), I gave it to them and paid the fees, within 14 days, my passport was expressed mailed to my home address.
Let me add, my brothers just had theirs renewed because their was issued for 5 years and it expired, they went to the post office, filled out the application, sent a check with it and a return envelope, theirs arrived within 14 days.