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The world’s most powerful passports for 2022.
Japan, Singapore and South Korea have the most powerful passports, according to the Henley & Partners Passport Index of 2022. Meanwhile, India has been ranked 87th on the list. According to the new report released by Henley & Partners, which uses exclusive data from the International Air Transport Authority to rank passports, a Japanese passport provides hassle-free access to 193 countries. Singapore and South Korea are tied in second place, an immigration consultancy.
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India’s passport ranked 87th, offering visa-free access to 60 countries, including Bhutan, Nepal, Indonesia and Macau. According to latest government data, as many as 1,63,370 Indians renounced their citizenship to become citizens of other countries in 2021. Most Indians transferred their citizenship to the United States (78,284), followed by Australia (23,533), Canada (21,597) and the UK(14,637).
The worst passports to hold in July 2022
The index, which uses 17 years of data, helps wealthy individuals and governments assess the value of citizenships around the world based on which passports offer the most prolific visa-free, or visa-on-arrival access. Still, with global travel yet to fully recover from Covid restrictions, the index offers only a notional snapshot of the best documents to hold as the world emerges from the pandemic.
