{"id":37090,"date":"2023-01-20T09:59:55","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T22:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/?p=37090"},"modified":"2023-10-20T05:07:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T05:07:49","slug":"new-zealand-and-australia-have-one-of-the-most-powerful-passports-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/news\/new-zealand-and-australia-have-one-of-the-most-powerful-passports-in-the-world","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand and Australia have one of the most powerful passports in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you hold a New Zealand or an Australian passport, you have one of the most influential documents in the world, according to the latest Henley Passport Index<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Index is compiled by London-based investment migration consultancy firm Henley & Partners, which uses data from the International Air Transport Authority (IATA) to assess 199 passports and rank them according to the number of destinations their holders can access without a visa.<\/p>\n

Japan is at the top of the list, allowing visa-free entry to 193 destinations around the world, just ahead of Singapore and South Korea whose citizens can freely visit 192 countries, followed by Germany and Spain in equal third.<\/p>\n

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Top 10 powerful passports in 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Japan (193 destinations)<\/li>\n
  2. Singapore and South Korea (192 destinations)<\/li>\n
  3. Germany and Spain (190 destinations)<\/li>\n
  4. Finland, Italy, and Luxembourg (189 destinations)<\/li>\n
  5. Austria, Denmark, Netherlands, and Sweden (188 destinations)<\/li>\n
  6. France, Ireland, Portugal, and the United Kingdom (187 destinations)<\/li>\n
  7. New Zealand, Belgium, Czech Republic, Norway, Switzerland, and the United States (186 destinations)<\/li>\n
  8. Australia, Canada, Greece, and Malta (185 destinations)<\/li>\n
  9. Hungary and Poland (184 destinations)<\/li>\n
  10. Lithuania and Slovakia (183 destinations)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Where can New Zealanders and Australians travel without a visa? <\/strong><\/p>\n

    New Zealand passport holders can travel to 186 countries and Australians have access to 185 international destinations without needing to first apply for a visa, or they are able to obtain a visa, visitor’s permit, or an electronic travel authority (ETA) upon arrival.<\/p>\n

    In Europe, fifty countries allow New Zealand citizens to travel without a visa and 49 destinations can be freely visited by Australians, such as the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, France, and Germany.<\/p>\n

    More than ten destinations in Asia don’t require Australians and New Zealanders to have a visa to enter, such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. Similar numbers in the Caribbean, including Barbados, the Cayman Islands, Curacao, and Jamaica.<\/p>\n

    In the Americas, twenty countries don’t require Australians and New Zealanders to have a visa to enter, such as Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico. The United States and Canada are some of the countries where they can get an ETA upon entry.<\/p>\n

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    If you are planning to apply for your New Zealand or Australian citizenship and obtain one of these powerful passports or need further information, please email <\/strong>aisupport@absoluteimmigration.com <\/strong>to arrange an online consultation.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    New Zealand passport holders can travel to 186 countries and Australians have access to 185 international destinations, without having to apply for a visa prior to travel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":45696,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[93,94],"class_list":["post-37090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","tag-australian-passport","tag-new-zealand-passport"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}