Calling all visa geeks: the 2022 power rankings are in
Japan beats the Henley Passport Index again
How might it look in real terms to have a ‘strong identification’? Indeed, in straightforward terms, it basically implies that your identification can get you essentially any place you need. A strong identification is one that can get you to heaps of nations – in a perfect world, without the requirement for a visa.
Consistently, the Henley Passport Index positions which little book of stamps can get you the uttermost. The positioning purposes information from the International Air Transport Association, positioning travel papers, in light of the quantity of nations they can be utilized to visit sans visa.
Also, top of the list this year is… Japan. Who could have imagined. The nation has for quite some time been close to the actual top of the positioning, with its international IDs permitting residents to visit an incredible 193 nations without requiring a visa. Japan is trailed by Singapore and South Korea, the two of which gain admittance to 192 nations.
The UK visa, in the meantime, is currently ready to visit 187 nations and comes in at number six – dropping one spot from a year ago. The USA comes in at seven (186 nations) and Australia at eight (185).
Yet again, the most fragile visa, is Afghanistan. Afghan individuals can visit 27 nations without the requirement for a visa. Iraqi and Syrian international IDs rank comparably low.
Here are The Worldwide Passport Power Rank 2022, with the quantity of sans visa nations every identification will get you into:
1. Japan, 193
2. Singapore, South Korea, 192
3. Germany, Spain, 190
4. Finland, Italy, Luxembourg, 189
5. Austria, Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, 188
6. France, Ireland, Portugal, United Kingdom, 187
7. Belgium, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, United States, 186
8. Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Greece, Malta, 185
9. Hungary, 183
10. Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia, 182
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source: Time Out