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A US passport is not as powerful as it once was, according to the annual Henley & Partners Passport Index. The index ranks passports by visa-free access to 227 destinations, and the US is only ninth.
It is unlawful for US citizens and nationals to enter or exit the country without a valid US passport or passport-replacement document compliant with the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, [10] [11] though there are many exceptions; [12] waivers are generally granted for U.S. citizens returning without a passport, and the exit requirement is ...
The Passport Index ranks passports based on a "total visa-free score," which assigns passports a point for each country their holders can visit without a visa, with a visa on arrival or by obtaining electronic travel authorization (ETA). The country with the highest visa-free score has the most powerful passport.
The Afghan passport has once again been labelled by the index as the least powerful passport in the world, with its nationals only able to visit 28 destinations visa-free. [29] [30] This was followed by the Syrian passport at 29 destinations, the Iraqi passport at 31 destinations and the Pakistani and Yemini passports at 34 destinations.
For the past 19 years, the Henley Passport Index, created by London-based global citizenship and residence advisory firm Henley & Partners, has been tracking global freedoms in 227 countries and ...
In a big shakeup of a quarterly list of the world’s most powerful passports, an unprecedented six countries are tied in the top spot for the hottest travel documents for 2024.
The quote came from testimony Lehman gave before a House subcommittee in 1947 — and it was first added to U.S. passports as part of a redesign for passports issued after 2004, a State Department ...
The average wait time for nonexpedited passports has dropped from 18 weeks to as low as eight weeks. Passport wait times continue to drop, with the latest estimate at 8 to 11 weeks Skip to main ...