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December 11, 2022 11:53 am
  • The UAE has beaten the likes of Germany, Sweden, Finland and Luxembourg in the latest ranking
  • An Emirati passport holder can travel to a huge number of countries visa-free, and in many others you can get a visa right when you arrive

Dubai, UAE— The United Arab Emirates has been ranked as the country with the world’s most powerful travel document.

That is according to the latest publication of the Passport Index, a global ranking by Montreal-based citizenship financial advisory firm Arton Capital.

The UAE has beaten the likes of Germany, Sweden, Finland and Luxembourg in the latest ranking.

An Emirati passport holder can travel to a huge number of countries visa-free, and in many others you can get a visa right when you arrive. They can enter 121 countries without a visa, and get a visa on arrival in a further 59 states.

Also read: UAE passport strongest in GCC, 16th in global ranking

They need a visa for just 19 countries, meaning they’re able to access 91% of the world’s countries without having to apply for a visa before traveling.

Compare that to the United States, whose passport allows visa-free travel to 109 countries and visa-on-arrival to 56, while 26 countries require Americans to apply for visas in order to enter. The U.S. passport’s “world reach” is calculated at 83% of the world’s countries, compared to the UAE’s 91%.

The UAE received a list-topping “mobility score” of 180. The methodology behind that score takes into account visa-free and visa on arrival privileges in other countries, and “the higher the mobility score, the better global mobility its passport bearer enjoys,” according to the report.

Also read: Why are millionaires flocking to UAE?

The UAE has benefitted from numerous reforms in recent years that have brought many more people into the country to live, including normalizing relations with Israel and introducing a remote workers visa.
Its leaders have reopened or improved diplomatic links and made major investments and trade agreements with several different countries.

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