US falls out of 10 most powerful passports list for first time in 20 yrs
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Re: US falls out of 10 most powerful passports list for first time in 20 yrs
#2The measure for how “powerful” a passport is:
> The Henley Passport Index is the original, authoritative ranking of all the world’s passports according to the number of destinations their holders can access without a prior visa.
https://www.henleyglobal.com/passport-index
According to the article, the US passport was at the top of the list a decade ago, last year it was in seventh place, and now it’s in twelfth.
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#3There are multiple ties in the list that actually put the US passport tied for 37th in the ranking.
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#4Its a very simplistic measure. How easy it is to get visas is at least as important. From a practical point of view allow dual nationality is a big convenience.
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#5Does this really matter? US is the most powerful country in the world economically and militarily and maybe even culturally.
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#6I agree that Dual Citizenship is a dream among a large plurality of Americans, but I don’t think it’s for Visa-free tourism. I think it’s because a growing number of Americans feel that the country is unstable and likely headed toward a failed-state status.
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#7This list is useless, it's much better to have a US / Can / EU passport than Singapore for example, Singapore has 50 overseas missions world-wide, for instance France has 280, good luck if you're in trouble oversea.
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#8This list is useless, it's much better to have a US / Can / EU passport than Singapore for example, Singapore has 50 overseas missions world-wide, for instance France has 280, good luck if you're in trouble oversea.
That plus EU missions are obligated to help other EU nationals if they don't have home country representation via their own country
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#9I agree that Dual Citizenship is a dream among a large plurality of Americans, but I don’t think it’s for Visa-free tourism. I think it’s because a growing number of Americans feel that the country is unstable and likely headed toward a failed-state status.
Been exploring it in my household for sure.
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#10It is very weird list when dozens of countries reside on the same spot in the list. It would make more sense to have levels or ratings, instead of places.