Passport Index 2016
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Passport Index 2016
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#2Looking at the passports that provide visa-free access to 158, 157, and 156 countries, I wonder why Viet Nam and Rwanda grant visas on arrival to specifically some European countries, but not others.
So for Viet Nam; Denmark, Germany, Sweden and Spain are okay, but not Austria, Belgium and The Netherlands.
Interesting visualisation; the map is missing South Sudan though.
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#3Looking at the passports that provide visa-free access to 158, 157, and 156 countries, I wonder why Viet Nam and Rwanda grant visas on arrival to specifically some European countries, but not others. So for Viet Nam; Denmark, Germany, Sweden and Spain are okay, but not Austria, Belgium and The Netherlands. Interesting visualisation; the map is missing South Sudan though.
It's just a matter of reciprocity. Look for instance at Gambia: it's visa-free to go there for citizens of countries where Gambian citizen can go visa-free too.
this is just how countries managed/refused treaties with each others, based on mutual interests, history, etc
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#4Anyone else reminded of Passport Please? Imagine having to recognize a fake passport by a slight difference in symbol/text format :)
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#5On the map (https://www.passportindex.org/byRank.php) Greenland should probably have a "more powerful" colour since they get a Danish passport.
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#6Anyone else reminded of Passport Please? Imagine having to recognize a fake passport by a slight difference in symbol/text format :)
*papers, please
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#7Anyone else reminded of Passport Please? Imagine having to recognize a fake passport by a slight difference in symbol/text format :)
Papers Please ^_^ and I loved that game, though this is massively hard mode.
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#8Looking at the passports that provide visa-free access to 158, 157, and 156 countries, I wonder why Viet Nam and Rwanda grant visas on arrival to specifically some European countries, but not others. So for Viet Nam; Denmark, Germany, Sweden and Spain are okay, but not Austria, Belgium and The Netherlands. Interesting visualisation; the map is missing South Sudan though.
I think this is a result of "visa agreements on EU/Schengen level" vs. "bilateral visa agreements". Why some EU-countries have bilateral agreements and some not could have different reasons, two I can think of (warning: speculating):
1. No need for a bilateral agreement meaning too few people would be affected by this (think of: number of expats/tourists).
2. Historical reasons, e.g. due to colonialism. This could be true for your vietnam example since The Netherlands got colonies on now-Vietnames territory.
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#9Looking at the passports that provide visa-free access to 158, 157, and 156 countries, I wonder why Viet Nam and Rwanda grant visas on arrival to specifically some European countries, but not others. So for Viet Nam; Denmark, Germany, Sweden and Spain are okay, but not Austria, Belgium and The Netherlands. Interesting visualisation; the map is missing South Sudan though.
It's just a matter of reciprocity. Look for instance at Gambia: it's visa-free to go there for citizens of countries where Gambian citizen can go visa-free too. this is just how countries managed/refused treaties with each others, based on mutual interests, history, etc
While you find reciprocity in many visa-agreements, it's not mandatory. If you look at the example from the parent comment:
Germans can enter Vietnam visa-free, while Vietnamese can't enter Germany visa-free. You find those one-sided visa-free agreements especially for many African countries.
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#10Looking at the passports that provide visa-free access to 158, 157, and 156 countries, I wonder why Viet Nam and Rwanda grant visas on arrival to specifically some European countries, but not others. So for Viet Nam; Denmark, Germany, Sweden and Spain are okay, but not Austria, Belgium and The Netherlands. Interesting visualisation; the map is missing South Sudan though.
It's just a matter of reciprocity. Look for instance at Gambia: it's visa-free to go there for citizens of countries where Gambian citizen can go visa-free too. this is just how countries managed/refused treaties with each others, based on mutual interests, history, etc
> It's just a matter of reciprocity
Not in the EU as the Schengen agreement regulates the Visa rules for the entire Schengen area.