I'm interested in doing some graph analytics for each country's VISA policy. Where can I find the full list of each country's visa free countries list?
Passport Index – How much power does your passport have?
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#82The number of countries that you can enter without a visa might not be the best metric. For example, if you have a US or Signapore passport, you might be able to enter a lot of countries without a visa, but Brazil is not one of them. Brazil is obviously a hugely important country, so that seems like a notable disadvantage. EU citizens can enter Brazil without a visa. Additionally, there are several countries that hav…
Brazil has been less and less of a hugely important country over the past few years than it was a decade ago. China gobbling up commodities brought Brazil back on to the world stage. Now that commodities like oil and steel have crashed and are predicted to go sideways for a decade or more, Brazil seems relegated to irrelevance for a while. That is, unless you run a Target or Walmart in south Florida.
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#83There are some important considerations here that haven't been taken into account. For example, the United States is the only major country in the world that taxes non-resident citizens on their worldwide income, which makes it one of the most inconvenient passports to hold. Additionally, holding an EU passport allows one to work, study, etc. in any EU country, rather than simply visit it.
Once you factor in the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion and Foreign Tax Credit, it is the filing requirement that is onerous, not the taxation. The first $100,000 of income can be excluded. On income above that, the US demands the difference if the taxes in the foreign country are less than US taxes. I think you acknowledge all this quite well when you call it inconvenient, but I think people don't need to be horribly…
1. It's a huge hassle - banking in the countries becomes crazy, filing all the taxes is hard - you can't use turbo tax.
2. The amount of money raised by this is paltry.
3. It gives people a reason to renounce their citizenship - who don't want to.
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#84I've always thought this kind of comparison wasn't as meaningful as "how many square km of the planet does your passport grant you access to? Countries vary in size too much.
from another post in this thread: http://www.doyouneedvisa.com/rank/passport/
lists both land area and population rankings, also inverse rankings based on who can enter the country: http://www.doyouneedvisa.com/rank/border/
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#85Earlier quoted context omitted.
China, Russia, India, Indonesia (With VOA) also require visas for Americans, often with retaliatory fees for the visa (they charge us what we charge them). I was surprised that I need a visa to go to austrailia, out of all places, though at least we can do it online...
>> "I was surprised that I need a visa to go to austrailia, out of all places" Why?
Considering the ANZUS treaty, it is odd that US tourists need a visa to visit Australia. Especially since Gillard said, "Australia does not forget" in reference to Coral Sea.
Re: Passport Index – How much power does your passport have?
#86The number of countries that you can enter without a visa might not be the best metric. For example, if you have a US or Signapore passport, you might be able to enter a lot of countries without a visa, but Brazil is not one of them. Brazil is obviously a hugely important country, so that seems like a notable disadvantage. EU citizens can enter Brazil without a visa. Additionally, there are several countries that hav…
> The number of countries that you can enter without a visa might not be the best metric.
I will lol, and assume you have no Arab friends, specifically Lebanese.
The Lebanese passport, as my numerous Lebanese friends joke about, is usually ranked in the top ten worst worldwide "top 10" comedy lists. But seriously, it is on par with this metric for Somalia and other failed African states. You try going with the employed ones on business outside of the UAE, and you will see how much fun this metric can be for you.
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#87Oman. Not to great, but not too bad either. On the plus side I always joke that we're the friendly Arabs because no one has ever heard of us.
As someone who meanders around the Gulf, I think you are expensive for tourists and you are just trying to reel us in.
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#88Earlier quoted context omitted.
visa restrictions into the US and EU exist to protect their own population, as voted and decided upon by their democratic systems. the world is a bit more complicated than your comment implies.
Yes. Many things in the world exist because the majority thinks it's a good idea. Doesn't mean it is. 200 years ago the majority thought slavery was ok. I'm still yet to see anyone who'd convince me why is it that I need to get a permission from a bureaucrat just to see my friend, when my friend doesn't approve of that policy and never voted for anything like that to be instituted. Me not visiting my friend more ofte…
> Doesn't mean it is.
And who are you to decide what's good or not?
Re: Passport Index – How much power does your passport have?
#89The number of countries that you can enter without a visa might not be the best metric. For example, if you have a US or Signapore passport, you might be able to enter a lot of countries without a visa, but Brazil is not one of them. Brazil is obviously a hugely important country, so that seems like a notable disadvantage. EU citizens can enter Brazil without a visa. Additionally, there are several countries that hav…
> The number of countries that you can enter without a visa might not be the best metric. I will lol, and assume you have no Arab friends, specifically Lebanese. The Lebanese passport, as my numerous Lebanese friends joke about, is usually ranked in the top ten worst worldwide "top 10" comedy lists. But seriously, it is on par with this metric for Somalia and other failed African states. You try going with the employ…
Can confirm. I was recently traveling back to (well, in her case through) the US from overseas with a Lebanese friend. When we got to the point in the customs/immigration process where they decide whose knickers to rifle through, and who merely gets a "Welcome to America", guess which of us got which.
This is her normal. She's missed connecting flights, plural, because of the increased scrutiny.
I'm expecting to be subject to all kinds of extra scrutiny myself, after I visit there later this year. I'm sure having a Lebanese entry stamp on my passport will raise plenty of eyebrows going forward.
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#90Earlier quoted context omitted.
but this also applies to those dual nationals who have no relsionship with the USA - I doubt that Boris Johnson found it fun to have to file another tax return when dealing with his late mothers estate. BTW for non uk people Boris is going to be the next Leader of the Tory's and possibly PM within 5 years
I guess that is what I mean when I say I am ambivalent; I agree that the situation you point out is absurd, but on the other side of it I actually don't care that the US demanded taxes from the wealthy mayor of London.
Can you imagine the shitstorm that would happen if it was the other way around say a very high profile US politician being hit with a demand from HMRC - Fox news would go ballistic and demand that you invade Canada again.