The Japanese passport has been ranked the most powerful passport in the world with citizens enjoying visa-free/visa-on-arrival access to 190 destinations.
According to the Henley Passport Index which depends on data provided by the International Air Transport Authority (IATA), Nigeria gained visa-free access (net-free access) to three new countries, bring its visa-free access to 47 countries.
Speaking on the methodology of the ranking, Henley said: “For each travel destination, if no visa is required for passport holders from a country or territory, then a score with value = 1 is created for that passport.
“A score with value = 1 is also applied if passport holders can obtain a visa on arrival, a visitor’s permit, or an electronic travel authority (ETA) when entering the destination. These visa-types require no pre-departure government approval, because of the specific visa-waiver programs in place.
“Where a visa is required, or where a passport holder has to obtain a government-approved electronic visa (e-Visa) before departure, a score with value = 0 is assigned. A score with value = 0 is also assigned if passport holders need pre-departure government approval for a visa on arrival, a scenario we do not consider ‘visa-free’.”
Cambodia *
Maldives *
Timor-Leste *
Benin *
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Cape Verde Islands
Chad
Comores Islands *
Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
Djibouti *
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya *
Liberia
Madagascar *
Mali
Mauritania *
Mauritius *
Mozambique *
Niger
Rwanda *
Senegal
Seychelles *
Sierra Leone
Somalia *
Tanzania *
Togo
Uganda *
Cook Islands
Fiji
Micronesia
Niue
Palau Islands *
Samoa *
Tuvalu *
Vanuatu
Barbados
Dominica
Haiti
Montserrat
St. Kitts and Nevis
Bolivia*
Iran *
Lebanon *
Countries with asterisk require visa on arrival.
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This is a good development. Does the double asterisk on Samoa signify anything or it’s just an error?
It’s a typographical error, I think the asterisk at the beginning actually belonged in front of Palau Islands.
The first asterisk is probably for Palau Islands.
Am not surprised at all
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