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posted by janrinok on Wednesday August 13 2014, @09:56PM   Printer-friendly
from the perhaps-more-people-want-to-leave-the-UK? dept.

The passport to have if you want to avoid complicated visa requirements is a British, Finnish or Swedish one. These passports gives the right to admission into 173 countries without visa or with a simplified visa at arrival according to the British consulting bureau Movehub. Second place is passports from Denmark, Luxembourg, Germany and USA with 172 countries. The passport that gives the least amount of freedom of movement is the Afghan, that gives the right to admission without visa or simplified visa into 28 countries.

However, the US passport is only marginally behind the top 3 - by 1 country!

 
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  • (Score: 2) by pbnjoe on Wednesday August 13 2014, @10:05PM

    by pbnjoe (313) on Wednesday August 13 2014, @10:05PM (#80992) Journal

    Second place is [...] USA with 172 countries. [...] However, the US passport is only marginally behind the top 3 - by 1 country!

    Huh?

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  • (Score: 2) by pbnjoe on Wednesday August 13 2014, @10:07PM

    by pbnjoe (313) on Wednesday August 13 2014, @10:07PM (#80993) Journal

    Just as I posted that I understood. That last line is a bit confusing and seems out of place in my opinion. Saying the US passport is in second place by one country would be clearer I think :)

  • (Score: 1) by azrael on Wednesday August 13 2014, @10:08PM

    by azrael (2855) on Wednesday August 13 2014, @10:08PM (#80995)
    Top 3 countries get you in to one country more than the joint second place countries.
    • (Score: 2) by pbnjoe on Wednesday August 13 2014, @10:18PM

      by pbnjoe (313) on Wednesday August 13 2014, @10:18PM (#81001) Journal

      *nod* I should've typed my "nevermind I get it" comment faster.

    • (Score: 4, Informative) by wonkey_monkey on Wednesday August 13 2014, @10:38PM

      by wonkey_monkey (279) on Wednesday August 13 2014, @10:38PM (#81008) Homepage

      If there are three countries in joint first place, wouldn't the next country/ies be in (joint) fourth place?

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      • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 14 2014, @01:10AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 14 2014, @01:10AM (#81046)

        Not if it's America !

      • (Score: 1) by azrael on Thursday August 14 2014, @10:54AM

        by azrael (2855) on Thursday August 14 2014, @10:54AM (#81183)
        Joint first runner up!!
  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 13 2014, @10:08PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 13 2014, @10:08PM (#80996)

    That would be Cuba, I'm guessing.

    • (Score: 3, Funny) by BasilBrush on Wednesday August 13 2014, @10:32PM

      by BasilBrush (3994) on Wednesday August 13 2014, @10:32PM (#81004)

      No. US citizens are welcome in Cuba. It's the US rules that ban you. But that counts for nothing so long as you go via another country first.

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 14 2014, @12:00AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 14 2014, @12:00AM (#81029)

        Tis true. Fly to Mexico, Bahamas, ect. Or even be sneaky about it and fly to Canada, those flights usually they have a stop in the US, just be careful and not leave the plane. It's a pita, but way to stick it to the man!

  • (Score: 2) by jackb_guppy on Wednesday August 13 2014, @11:56PM

    by jackb_guppy (3560) on Wednesday August 13 2014, @11:56PM (#81028)

    It is a three tie for #1, so #2 and #3 are also gone.
    USA is in a four way tie for #4.
    And so the next level down starts with #8.

  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Thursday August 14 2014, @01:40AM

    by kaszz (4211) on Thursday August 14 2014, @01:40AM (#81055) Journal

    FYI: I didn't write the last comment in the posting asfair..

    • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Thursday August 14 2014, @06:49AM

      by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Thursday August 14 2014, @06:49AM (#81107) Journal

      Sorry Kaszz - it was my mistake. I was editing 2 versions of the same story and got distracted. Unfortunately, I posted the incorrect version!

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