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An application for a United States passport made abroad is forwarded by a U.S. embassy or consulate to Passport Services for processing in the United States. The resulting passport is sent to the embassy or consulate for issuance to the applicant. An emergency passport is issuable by the embassy or consulate. As per Haig v.
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.
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.
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 world’s most powerful passports for 2024 have been revealed in a new ranking, ... The US has retained seventh place with access to 188 destinations without requiring a visa in advance. It ...
Arton’s Global Passport Power Rank 2025 puts the United Arab Emirates in the top spot, with a visa-free/visa-on-arrival score of 180. Second place is held by Spain, with a score of 179. The most ...
As of 2025, holders of a United States passport may travel to 183 countries and territories without a travel visa, or with a visa on arrival. The United States passport ranks [Note 1] 9th in terms of travel freedom, according to the Henley Passport Index. [1] It is also ranked 8th by the Global Passport Power Rank. [2]
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.