Many passport rankings focus on one factor: visa-free travel. But passport strength is more complex than this, according to the tax and immigration consulting firm Nomad Capitalist. That’s why it produces a weighted annual index that analyzes five criteria: Visa-free travel — 50%Taxation — 20%Global perception —10%Ability to hold dual citizenship — 10%Personal freedom (freedom … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave A ranking of the world’s most powerful passports released this week shows that the global mobility gap is “wider than ever,” Henley & Partners, the firm behind the list, said in a news release. Passports from the countries topping the list, largely wealthy nations in Europe, have … Read more
Six countries have earned the title of the most powerful passports in 2024 — with all of them granting visa-free travel to 194 out of 227 destinations. Four EU member states now share crown with Singapore and Japan as the number one passport in the quarterly Henley Passport Index. They are: Spain, Germany, France and … Read more
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Atop many Christmas wish lists in economically troubled Zimbabwe is a travel document, and people are flooding the passport office this holiday season ahead of a price hike planned in the New Year. The desperation at the office in the capital city of Harare is palpable as some people fear the hike … Read more
Maliha Fairooz said her first memory of traveling was from Bangladesh to London when she was four years old. “Most kids, when they’re on an airplane, they’re crying and throwing tantrums,” she said. “But not me — I was so excited. I remember flying through the clouds, looking down at the sky and thinking ‘I’m … Read more
Touch upon this storyComment Azim Alhajaa acquired a generic e mail response from the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum on Could 16 that hit like a bullet to the chest. His household’s passports, which that they had left there for visa processing, had been “destroyed.” His spouse and kids had hoped to depart the nation and … Read more