உலகின் அதிசக்தி வாய்ந்த பாஸ்போர்ட்/கடவுச்சீட்டு என்ற பெருமையை ஜேர்மனி கடவுச்சீட்டு பெறுகிறது. இதைப் பயன்படுத்தி 177 நாடுகளுக்கு வீசா இல்லாமல் சென்றுவரலாம்.
இரண்டாம் இடத்தில் சுவீடனும் (176 நாடுகள்) மூன்றாம் இடத்தில் பின்லாந்து, பிரான்ஸ், இத்தாலி, ஸ்பெயின், இங்கிலாந்தும் (175 நாடுகள்) 4வது இடத்தில் பெல்ஜியம், டென்மார்க், நெதர்லாந்து, அமெரிக்காவும் (174 நாடுகள்) உள்ளன. நியூசிலாந்து கடவுச்சீட்டு 7 வது இடத்திலும்(171 நாடுகள்) ஆஸ்திரேலியக் கடவுச்சீட்டு 8 வது இடத்திலும் (169 நாடுகள்) காணப்படுகின்றன. ஏனைய அனைத்து நாடுகளினதும் விபரங்கள் கீழே தரப்பட்டுள்ளன.
1. Germany - 177
2. Sweden - 176
3. Finland, France, Italy, Spain, UK - 175
4. Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, US - 174
5. Austria, Japan, Singapore - 173
6. Canada, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, South Korea, Switzerland - 172
7. Greece, New Zealand - 171
8. Australia - 169
9. Malta - 168
10. Czech Republic, Hungary, Iceland - 167
11. Slovakia - 165
12. Liechtenstein, Malaysia, Slovenia - 164
13. Latvia - 163
14. Estonia, Lithuania - 162
15. Poland - 161
16. Monaco - 160
17. Cyprus - 159
18. San Marino - 156
19. Chile - 155
20. Hong Kong - 154
21. Brazil, Bulgaria, Romania - 153
22. Andorra, Argentina - 152
23. Brunei Darussalam - 151
24. Croatia - 149
25. Israel - 147
26. Barbados - 141
27. Bahamas - 140
28. Mexico - 139
29. Taiwan, Uruguay - 137
30. Antigua and Barbuda, Vatican City - 134
31. Seychelles - 133
32. St. Kitts and Nevis, Venezuela - 132
33. Costa Rica - 131
34. Trinidad and Tobago - 130
35. Mauritius - 128
36. Panama - 127
37. Paraguay, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines - 125
38. United Arab Emirates - 122
39. Grenada - 121
40. Macau - 120
41. Dominica, Honduras - 119
42. Guatemala - 116
43. El Salvador, Serbia - 115
44. Samoa - 112
45. Macedonia - 111
46. Nicaragua, Tonga, Vanuatu - 110
47. Montenegro - 107
48. Russia - 105
49. Palau - 104
50. Colombia - 10
51. Turkey - 102
52. Bosnia Herzegovina, Moldova - 101
53. Albania - 98
54. South Africa - 97
55. Belize - 94
56. Peru, Solomon Islands - 86
57. Guyana, Kuwait, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu - 82
58. Ecuador, Fiji, Ukraine - 81
59. Maldives, Nauru - 80
60. Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Qatar - 79
61. Jamaica - 78
62. Papua New Guinea - 77
63. Micronesia - 75
64. Suriname - 74
65. Bahrain - 73
66. Bolivia, Botswana - 72
67. Oman, Thailand - 71
68. Namibia - 70
69. Lesotho, Saudi Arabia - 69
70. Kenya - 68
71. Belarus, Gambia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Malawi, Swaziland - 67
72. Tanzania, Tunisia - 65
73. Ghana - 64
74. Zambia - 63
75. Azerbaijan - 62
76. Cape Verde, Philippines - 61
77. Uganda - 60
78. Benin, Cuba, Morocco, Zimbabwe - 59
79. Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan - 58
80. Armenia - 57
81. Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mongolia - 56
82. Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Togo - 55
83. Dominican Republic, Sao Tome, Principe - 54
84. Tajikistan - 53
85. India, Mali, Uzbekistan - 52
86. Bhutan, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Sierra Leone - 51
87. Cambodia, China - 50
88. Chad, Egypt, Gabon, Turkmenistan - 49
89. Algeria, Central African Republic, Haiti, Madagascar, Rwanda - 48
90. Comoros, Jordan, Laos, Vietnam - 47
91. Guinea - 46
92. Angola, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria - 45
93. Congo (Republic of), Djibouti - 44
94. Liberia - 43
95. Burundi, North Korea, Myanmar - 42
96. Bangladesh, Congo (Democratic Republic of), Lebanon, Sri Lanka - 39
97. Kosovo, South Sudan, Yemen - 38
98. Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Nepal, Palestinian Territory, Sudan - 37
99. Libya - 36
100. Syria - 32
101. Somalia - 31
102. Iraq - 30
103. Pakistan - 29
104. Afghanistan - 25
Source: Henley & Partners
The result of the EU referendum will have several impacts on UK holidaymakers, one in the next couple of years, will likely be a change in how easily Brits can travel within the rest of Europe without the need for a visa.
There has already been a surge in Britons clamouring to get an Irish passport in the wake of the Brexit result, with desperate UK citizens eager to retain a link with the European Union.
But what other passports should citizens with a foreign heritage look into applying for? According to a study, Germany has claimed bragging rights in an annual ranking of the world’s most powerful passports, with Sweden close behind.
German citizens currently hold the world’s most powerful passport as they can visit 177 countries without a visa, while US tourists can travel to 174.
British travellers can currently enter 175, but that could well change in the next couple of years.
With a maximum attainable score of 218, the visa restriction index by Henley & Partners, a citizenship and planning firm, ranks nations or territories based on the number of countries their citizens can travel to visa-free.
The annual report is based on visa restrictions that were in place on 1 January.
Germany claimed sole possession of first spot this year after three countries lifted visa restrictions for its citizens, edging Sweden, which finished second with visa-free access to 176 countries.
After three consecutive years in first, the UK fell to third and was tied with Finland, France, Italy and Spain with a score of 175, up one from 174 last year, while the US shared fourth spot with Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands.
As for the world’s least powerful passports, Afghanistan found itself at the bottom of the table with visa-free access to just 25 countries.Pakistan was in second-last place (29), just behind Iraq (30), Somalia (31) and Syria (32).
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