Afghanistan has been ranked as the world's weakest passport for 2023, according to the Henley Passport Index's latest power list. Afghanistan placed firmly at the bottom in the 109th place, with only 27-visa free destinations for Afghan passport holders.
The Least Powerful Passports
Many of least powerful passports come out of war-torn and politically unstable nations. As visas for travel are typically required to counter illicit activity, these nations are often flagged whether justly or not. One immediate standout among the least powerful passports is North Korea.
New Zealand and Australia have one of the most powerful passports in the world. If you hold a New Zealand or an Australian passport, you have one of the most influential documents in the world, according to the latest Henley Passport Index.
The Australian passport continues to be one of the most powerful in the world. Australia scraped into the top 10 for the Henley Passport Index, which ranks the 'travel-friendliness' of a country's passport.
According to the Henley Passport Index, the Australian passport is considered the 9th most powerful passport in terms of travel freedom. That means that at the present time, Australian nationals can travel to around 100 countries visa-free and more than 30 countries with a visa on arrival.
Australia (Ranked 16th) :: Legatum Prosperity Index 2023.
The Australian passport is one of the world's most "powerful", according to the Henley Passport Index. An adult passport costs $325 and lasts for 10 years, with a new "R series" rolling out in 2023. One of the key features of the passport is its extensive security measures.
Since 2005, the Australian government has stored a digitised photograph of an applicant's face in a national database and on a computer chip embedded in the passport. These added security measures make the Australian passport costly to produce; it is now among the most expensive in the world.
The Top 10 Most Powerful Passports in the World
The top 10 most powerful passports in 2023 are those issued by Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Germany, Spain, Italy, Finland, Luxembourg, Austria, and Denmark.
The Order of Malta, a Catholic religious order without official territory but solid diplomatic relationships with 112 countries, has the rarest and most uncommon passport on earth, the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM) Passport.
The Australian passport ranks 33rd in the world as of June 2023 according to VisaGuide Passport Index. This means that Australian citizens can travel visa-free to 144 countries in the world. However, to enter the remaining countries, Australian passport holders must apply for a visa beforehand.
The UAE passport topped global ranks to become the most powerful passport in the world, according to Passport Index. Passports are ranked based on mobility score, which indicates how many countries the passport holder can travel to hassle-free.
Yes, if you can show us that: visa waiting times would cause significant travel delays if you only had one passport, or. a destination country won't accept a passport showing evidence of travel to a third country, or. you have another good reason to need an additional passport.
Passport of Australia. Rank = 4. Passport Index 2023. How powerful is yours?
Blue Passports
They many not all be the same shade of navy blue, but they all use some shade of the colour. Hrant told The Telegraph that blue passports are used to represent "New World" countries, countries that way back when, were discovered by European explorers.
Australia ranks amongst the highest in the world for quality of life, health, education, economic freedom, civil liberties and political rights.
Australians are the richest people in the world, with a median wealth three times that of the average American, a new report has shown.
Australia has a highly developed market economy and one of the highest per capita incomes globally. Australia is a regional power, and has the world's thirteenth-highest military expenditure.
Australia is one of the countries that is part of the Visa Waiver Program for the United States of America, having been added to the list in 1996. This means that Australian nationals enjoy visa exemption for short-term visits for leisure, business, or transit.
Are you a dual national and wondering whether you can leave or return to Australia on your foreign passport instead of your Australian one? In short, the Department of Home Affairs' advice is that Australian citizens, including dual nationals, should leave and enter Australia on their Australian passport.