A Swiss citizen can travel to 185 countries without a visa
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According to Gulf Business, the Emirati Passport was the strongest passport in the world in 2020. This ranking is given by the Passport Index, which ranks passports from time to time. The UAE’s passport has been ranked 47th over the past decade, ranking 18th, up four places from 22nd last year, and currently offers visa-free service at 171 locations worldwide provides convenience. This index is based on special data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). It comes at a time when global travel has been virtually halted due to corona virus epidemics. According to Christian H. Kaelin, chairman of Henley & Partners, the relative power of such a passport becomes temporarily meaningless in such an unprecedented global health emergency. Swiss citizens can travel to 185 countries around the world without a visa in advance, but over the past few weeks it has become clear that freedom of movement depends on factors that are sometimes completely out of our control. This is something that all citizens of countries with weak passports know about at the bottom of the index. Given that public health and security concerns are now justified. Even within the EU without borders. Now is the time to think about what freedom of citizenship basically means, especially to those who have in the past considered it unnecessary.
Japan is number one again. While its citizens enjoy visa-free access to 191 destinations, Singapore ranks second with access to 190 destinations worldwide. The Gulf Cooperation Council ranks 57th globally in Kuwait and Qatar, with 95 visa-free entries. It is followed by the UAE, followed by Bahrain at 64, Oman at 65 and Saudi Arabia at 67, up from 70 last year. Unnecessary travel is strictly prohibited around the world due to severe travel restrictions and lockdowns caused by the corona virus.
The weakest passport:
According to the Passport Index of 193 member countries of the United Nations, the passports of 8 countries were in the last row in the ranking of the 10 weakest passports in the world by the year 2020. The ‘Passport Index’ is classified according to the number of countries that allow passports to enter or obtain visas without a visa. Holders of Iraqi passports can only travel to 4 countries without a visa, with Iraqi passports at the bottom of the list. This passport is required to arrive in 27 countries, while 167 countries require a visa in advance. Afghanistan ranks second as the weakest passport in the world, Syria third, Somalia fourth, Yemen fifth, Iran sixth, Palestine seventh and Pakistani passport eighth. North Korea’s passport is ranked ninth, while Myanmar’s passport is ranked tenth. According to the website, the corona virus has affected the rankings of many international passports and some passports have dropped even more than last year.
