Ibetnoonehasthisname
Ibetnoonehasthisname t1_j599p55 wrote
Reply to comment by dumpsternow in TIL Japan is considered the world's most powerful passport, with visa-free access to 193 countries. Singapore and South Korea are close behind with 192 countries. Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan are the least powerful, all with visa-free access to 30 or less countries. by grandlewis
Post Brexit I think there's an argument for Irish passports to be considered the most powerful.
I believe it's the only passport in the world right now that allows full freedom of movement within the EU and UK due to the Common Travel Area. Irish citizens living in the UK (and vice versa) can even vote in national elections.
Ibetnoonehasthisname t1_j5o1qgi wrote
Reply to comment by Plinio540 in TIL Japan is considered the world's most powerful passport, with visa-free access to 193 countries. Singapore and South Korea are close behind with 192 countries. Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan are the least powerful, all with visa-free access to 30 or less countries. by grandlewis
Sure yeah, but I don't mean that it's a valuable passport based solely on number of countries/territories.
I was thinking more that the Irish passports arguable value that it's the only passport that allows free movement within all of the EU plus the world's sixth (or is it fifth? Seventh?) largest economy, the UK.
No disrespect to Greenland or French Polynesia of course, I just think being able to up sticks and move to London as well as Amsterdam/Madrid/Munich/Paris basically whenever you want is arguably more economically or professionally valuable that being able to move to Tahiti. But I guess that does depend on your aims/lifestyle I suppose.