Passport power rankings

[dmitri]

C'mon Tony Abbot, sort out your shi#t, surely we can't be beaten by New Zealand in a passport competition.

Passport Index - World's passports in one place.

cheers,

 

[defurax]

C'mon Tony Abbot, sort out your shi#t, surely we can't be beaten by New Zealand in a passport competition.

Passport Index - World's passports in one place.

cheers,

The funny thing is that the only visa free country making a difference (139 NZ vs 138 Oz ) is Australia!

Only Kiwis can travel to Australia visa free.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Only Kiwis can travel to Australia visa free.

While New Zelanders can travel to Australia without a visa, they cannot enter without a valid visa.

 

[Isochronous]

Don't they also get visa free entry to Brunei?

 

[Spongbob]

While New Zelanders can travel to Australia without a visa, they cannot enter without a valid visa.

Well, yes and no. The DIPB website states: "On arrival in Australia, most New Zealand citizens who do not hold another visa and present a valid New Zealand passport are granted a Special Category Visa (subclass 444) (SCV). Grant of an SCV is also subject to the applicant meeting health and character requirements. The SCV is a temporary visa that allows the holder to remain and work in Australia indefinitely as long as the holder remains a New Zealand citizen."

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Well, yes and no. The DIPB website states: "On arrival in Australia, most New Zealand citizens who do not hold another visa and present a valid New Zealand passport are granted a Special Category Visa (subclass 444) (SCV). Grant of an SCV is also subject to the applicant meeting health and character requirements. The SCV is a temporary visa that allows the holder to remain and work in Australia indefinitely as long as the holder remains a New Zealand citizen."

exactly - they can travel here without a visa (ie they will be allowed to board their aircraft), but they cannot enter (cross the border) unless they are granted a SCV.

 

[defurax]

I guess the numbers refer to "visa free for tourism". Most countries require visa for almost all other purposes.

 

[burmans]

Don't they also get visa free entry to Brunei?

This is I believe correct.

 

[ChasingDaylight]

The venerable black passport with silver fern motif also grants entry to Brazil sans visa, which the Australian one does not..

 

[AviationNZ]

There are some other strange differences such as Kiwi passport holders don't have to pay the Argentina reciprocity fee, whereas Australian passport holders need to pay it.

 

[Warks]

Twenty odd years ago I was flying from Cairo to Nairobi with some Kiwis who were ribbing me about needing a visa for Kenya. I had a laugh when they got pulled aside at immigration though! They were granted theirs on landing but apparently back then I couldn't enter without a visa.

 

[clifford]

There are some other strange differences such as Kiwi passport holders don't have to pay the Argentina reciprocity fee, whereas Australian passport holders need to pay it.

And NZ passport holders are allowed to stay in the EU much longer. Glad I also have one of the #1 passports.