![]() Our study showed European passports especially from Nordic countries dominated our best passport rankings for 2020. Hungary / Switzerland / United States / United Kingdom.These are the top 10 best and strongest passports in the world US citizens refused entry into North Korea. Kosovo has a disputed status recognized by only 98 UN member states. Another example is admission refused for Kosovo passport by 18 countries. For example admission refused for Israel passport by 12 countries as a result of Arab league boycott. Travel restrictions to disputed states also apply for certain passports.This is because some Asian and African countries impose hard visas on world passports, Even the top 10 passports require visas to enter 25+ countries in Asia/Africa. No country has visa free access to all countries in the world.We looked into visa restrictions of 199 passports in the world. Passports with soft visa restrictions also score low rankings in our model. ![]() Countries that are not open to dual citizenship do not perform well in the rankings.Our model also scores low points to soft visa categories (eVisa /eTA, VOA etc.), as we consider these as soft visa restrictions. These two important metrics is perhaps what differentiates our model from other passport indexes. We have integrated these two metrics for the first time, to rank a passport. Our model, looks even further, more than visas, such as ability to combine dual passports to travel to more countries and also seek consulate protection available for passport holders abroad. We collected visa data from freely and publicly available information from Wikipedia for our study. We have developed one of a kind Passport based scoring (PBS) model, that looks into visa restrictions imposed on 199 world passports and basically tells you which best passport has gives you access to countries in the world. Our model will precisely provide best answers to above questions. Can i combine my passports to maximize by visa free movement? Dual citizens are issued more than one passport.Does the passport offer safety and protection in case of emergencies traveling abroad? How many embassies/consulates are there for passport holders?.What good is a passport if does not have access to the BIG-6 countries? That is United States, United Kingdom, Canada, EU schengen, Russia and China?.Which is the best passport in the world giving me maximum travel freedom with less visa restrictions?.First things Firstīefore we get into passport rankings, just think about few basic questions first. The European Travel authorization ETIAS will start by next year and United Kingdom has also announced similar plans to impose ETA’s similar that of US and Canada. All passports will most likely require a Electronic authorisation or Evisa when boarding a plane. By 2022 we believe, the travel freedom with passports will be more curtailed, and sadly freedom of boarding a plane with just your passport will be pretty much over. Our study shows freedom movement is declining on global scale. A significant number of countries have moved to eVisa/eTA digital platforms to cut Govt spending and reduce administrative burden on missions abroad. With increased pressure on immigration systems, developed countries look to reduce free movement by hardening visa restrictions on passports day by day. Today we are publishing our first edition of of Best Passport Rankings Index 2020, developed in association with World Citizenship Council (WCC) and Best Citizenships (BC)Īs we head towards the future, Globalisation is playing an important role shaping the free movement.
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