Henley Passport Index – The number of countries holders can travel to visa-free

Post by varjag » Fri, Mar 02, 2018, 10:41 AM UTC

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>How expensive/difficult/limiting is it if you need a visa for a lot of locations? That depends. If you go somewhere like Thailand, you fill one-page form, glue your photo and send passport, said form and 40 dollars in envelope to consulate, then pick it up on your way to airport. If you go somewhere like US or EU - that's kind of humiliating. You pay ridiculous fee, fill long form on terribly designed website, trave…

The EU one is Schengen to be precise. UK and Ireland have a separate visa process and the Schengen visa also gets you into some non-EU countries (e.g. Iceland).

Post by vinni2 » Fri, Mar 02, 2018, 3:56 PM UTC

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These rankings are the source of a constant joke between my girlfriend and me. She, Singaporean, previously proudly pointed me at these lists to support her claim that the SG passport is the world's best. Over the last couple month the numbers shifted around a bit and for a time my German passport was ranked the same and for a while even higher. Given that I have not a lot of experience with visa issues (due to the p…

You are lucky. I hold a Chinese passport, which is one of the worst when it comes to visa restrictions. The only upside I is I never make any visa mistakes - it’s hard to find out last minute you need a visa, when you need visa to practically anywhere! Every international trip requires careful planning in advance. What countries I am visiting? What kind if visa should I get? When is the consulate open? Is there still…

Post by hackerman12345 » Fri, Mar 02, 2018, 4:57 PM UTC

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You are lucky. I hold a Chinese passport, which is one of the worst when it comes to visa restrictions. The only upside I is I never make any visa mistakes - it’s hard to find out last minute you need a visa, when you need visa to practically anywhere! Every international trip requires careful planning in advance. What countries I am visiting? What kind if visa should I get? When is the consulate open? Is there still…

The worst part is that the visitors visa issued by most of these countries expires after mostly 6 months. So you wanna visit the UK again with an Indian passport after your last trip in July? Tough luck; go through the whole process again.

Post by jk2323 » Sat, Mar 03, 2018, 4:17 AM UTC

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Got source? The vast majority of countries either a) insist you renounce all other citizenships on naturalization, whether it's one or three, or b) don't care how many you have.

Some will allow dual citizenship, but place conditions that make it difficult to get more than one. E.g., German citizenship law allows dual citizenship if: > If a child born to German parents acquires another citizenship at birth (e.g., based on place of birth [birth in jus-soli countries mostly of the Americas], or descent from one parent [one German parent and one foreign parent]). In theory somebody could have tw…

Post by verbify » Mon, Mar 12, 2018, 4:44 PM UTC

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Some will allow dual citizenship, but place conditions that make it difficult to get more than one. E.g., German citizenship law allows dual citizenship if: > If a child born to German parents acquires another citizenship at birth (e.g., based on place of birth [birth in jus-soli countries mostly of the Americas], or descent from one parent [one German parent and one foreign parent]). In theory somebody could have tw…

You could add a fourth under certain conditions: Say one parent is German and the other is British, and the child was born in Brazil. If the kid is entitled to Israeli citizenship under the Law of Return, they get to keep all four.