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Canada’s passport 5th most powerful in the world;
Philippines ranked 70th
A global ranking of passports
has Japan in first place providing
Japanese citizens visa-free or visa-
on-arrival access to a record total of
189 destinations.
The ranking was released by the
Henley & Partners, a global leader in
residence and citizenship planning,
on May 22.
Called the Henley Passport In-
dex, the ranking shows Canada in
fifth place with visa-free or visa-on-
arrival access to 185 countries. Also
in fifth place are Denmark, Belgium,
Switzerland, and Ireland.
The U.S. is in fourth place.
Germany and Singapore came
in second place after Japan, with
visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to
188 countries.
The Philippines is ranked 70th.
Holders of Philippine passports have
visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to
66 countries.
According to a media release,
third place is shared by six countries:
one Asian (South Korea) and the rest
European (Finland, France, Italy,
Spain, and Sweden).
Russia is at 47th position.
“The UAE, in 23rd place, re-
mains the fastest overall climber
on the index, ascending 38 places
since 2008,” according to the media
release. “The country has secured
more new visa-waivers for its citizens
in 2018 than any other jurisdiction
in the world and is quickly closing in
on the lead that Israel, in 19th place,
has historically held within the Middle
East region.”
China is at 68th position.
The Henley Passport Index sur-
veys a total of 199 different passports
against 227 different travel destina-
tions, including countries, territories,
and micro-states.●
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