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United States Passport

Passport rankings out of 198 countries

Freedom of travel12

Asset protection7

Quality of life9

"Plan B"14

af-flag

Afghanistan

Visa is required

al-flag

Albania

Visa-free for 360 days

dz-flag

Algeria

Visa is required

ad-flag

Andorra

Visa-free for 90 days

ao-flag

Angola

Visa-free for 30 days

ag-flag

Antigua & Barbuda

Visa-free for 180 days

ar-flag

Argentina

Visa-free for 90 days

am-flag

Armenia

Visa-free for 180 days

au-flag

Australia

eTA

at-flag

Austria

Visa-free for 90 days

az-flag

Azerbaijan

eTA

bs-flag

Bahamas

Visa-free for 240 days

bh-flag

Bahrain

Visa upon arrival

bd-flag

Bangladesh

Visa upon arrival

bb-flag

Barbados

Visa-free for 180 days

by-flag

Belarus

Visa is required

be-flag

Belgium

Visa-free for 90 days

bz-flag

Belize

Visa-free for 180 days

bj-flag

Benin

eTA

bt-flag

Bhutan

eTA

bo-flag

Bolivia

Visa upon arrival

ba-flag

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Visa-free for 90 days

bw-flag

Botswana

Visa-free for 90 days

br-flag

Brazil

Visa-free for 90 days

bn-flag

Brunei

Visa-free for 90 days

bg-flag

Bulgaria

Visa-free for 90 days

bf-flag

Burkina Faso

Visa upon arrival

bi-flag

Burundi

Visa upon arrival

kh-flag

Cambodia

Visa upon arrival

cm-flag

Cameroon

eTA

ca-flag

Canada

Visa-free for 180 days

cv-flag

Cape Verde

Visa-free for 30 days

cf-flag

Central African Republic

Visa is required

td-flag

Chad

Visa is required

cl-flag

Chile

Visa-free for 90 days

cn-flag

China

eTA

co-flag

Colombia

Visa-free

km-flag

Comoros

Visa upon arrival

cg-flag

Congo - Brazzaville

Visa is required

cd-flag

Congo - Kinshasa

eTA

cr-flag

Costa Rica

Visa-free for 180 days

hr-flag

Croatia

Visa-free for 90 days

cu-flag

Cuba

eTA

cy-flag

Cyprus

Visa-free for 90 days

cz-flag

Czechia

Visa-free for 90 days

ci-flag

Côte d’Ivoire

eTA

dk-flag

Denmark

Visa-free for 90 days

dj-flag

Djibouti

Visa upon arrival

dm-flag

Dominica

Visa-free for 180 days

do-flag

Dominican Republic

Visa-free

ec-flag

Ecuador

Visa-free for 90 days

eg-flag

Egypt

Visa upon arrival

sv-flag

El Salvador

Visa-free for 180 days

gq-flag

Equatorial Guinea

eTA

er-flag

Eritrea

Visa is required

ee-flag

Estonia

Visa-free for 90 days

sz-flag

Eswatini

Visa-free for 30 days

et-flag

Ethiopia

Visa upon arrival

fj-flag

Fiji

Visa-free for 120 days

fi-flag

Finland

Visa-free for 90 days

fr-flag

France

Visa-free for 90 days

ga-flag

Gabon

eTA

gm-flag

Gambia

Visa upon arrival

ge-flag

Georgia

Visa-free for 360 days

de-flag

Germany

Visa-free for 90 days

gh-flag

Ghana

Visa upon arrival

gr-flag

Greece

Visa-free for 90 days

gd-flag

Grenada

Visa-free for 90 days

gt-flag

Guatemala

Visa-free for 90 days

gn-flag

Guinea

eTA

gw-flag

Guinea-Bissau

Visa upon arrival

gy-flag

Guyana

Visa-free for 90 days

ht-flag

Haiti

Visa-free for 90 days

hn-flag

Honduras

Visa-free for 90 days

hk-flag

Hong Kong SAR China

Visa-free for 90 days

hu-flag

Hungary

Visa-free for 90 days

is-flag

Iceland

Visa-free for 90 days

in-flag

India

eTA

id-flag

Indonesia

Visa upon arrival

ir-flag

Iran

Visa is required

iq-flag

Iraq

Visa upon arrival

ie-flag

Ireland

Visa-free for 90 days

il-flag

Israel

Visa-free for 90 days

it-flag

Italy

Visa-free for 90 days

jm-flag

Jamaica

Visa-free for 180 days

jp-flag

Japan

Visa-free for 90 days

jo-flag

Jordan

Visa upon arrival

kz-flag

Kazakhstan

Visa-free for 30 days

ke-flag

Kenya

eTA

ki-flag

Kiribati

Visa-free for 90 days

kw-flag

Kuwait

Visa upon arrival

kg-flag

Kyrgyzstan

Visa-free for 60 days

la-flag

Laos

Visa upon arrival

lv-flag

Latvia

Visa-free for 90 days

lb-flag

Lebanon

Visa upon arrival

ls-flag

Lesotho

Visa-free

lr-flag

Liberia

Visa is required

ly-flag

Libya

eTA

li-flag

Liechtenstein

Visa-free for 90 days

lt-flag

Lithuania

Visa-free for 90 days

lu-flag

Luxembourg

Visa-free for 90 days

mo-flag

Macao SAR China

Visa-free for 30 days

mg-flag

Madagascar

Visa upon arrival

mw-flag

Malawi

Visa-free for 30 days

my-flag

Malaysia

Visa-free

mv-flag

Maldives

Visa upon arrival

ml-flag

Mali

Visa is required

mt-flag

Malta

Visa-free for 90 days

mh-flag

Marshall Islands

Visa-free

mr-flag

Mauritania

Visa upon arrival

mu-flag

Mauritius

Visa-free for 90 days

mx-flag

Mexico

Visa-free for 180 days

fm-flag

Micronesia

Visa-free for 30 days

md-flag

Moldova

Visa-free for 90 days

mc-flag

Monaco

Visa-free for 90 days

mn-flag

Mongolia

Visa-free for 90 days

me-flag

Montenegro

Visa-free for 90 days

ma-flag

Morocco

Visa-free for 90 days

mz-flag

Mozambique

Visa-free for 30 days

mm-flag

Myanmar (Burma)

eTA

na-flag

Namibia

Visa-free for 90 days

nr-flag

Nauru

Visa is required

np-flag

Nepal

Visa upon arrival

nl-flag

Netherlands

Visa-free for 90 days

nz-flag

New Zealand

eTA

ni-flag

Nicaragua

Visa-free for 90 days

ne-flag

Niger

Visa is required

ng-flag

Nigeria

eTA

kp-flag

North Korea

Visa is required

mk-flag

North Macedonia

Visa-free for 90 days

no-flag

Norway

Visa-free for 90 days

om-flag

Oman

Visa upon arrival

pk-flag

Pakistan

eTA

pw-flag

Palau

Visa-free for 360 days

ps-flag

Palestinian Territories

Visa-free

pa-flag

Panama

Visa-free for 180 days

pg-flag

Papua New Guinea

eTA

py-flag

Paraguay

Visa-free for 90 days

pe-flag

Peru

Visa-free for 180 days

ph-flag

Philippines

Visa-free for 30 days

pl-flag

Poland

Visa-free for 90 days

pt-flag

Portugal

Visa-free for 90 days

qa-flag

Qatar

Visa-free for 90 days

ro-flag

Romania

Visa-free for 90 days

ru-flag

Russia

Visa is required

rw-flag

Rwanda

Visa upon arrival

ws-flag

Samoa

Visa upon arrival

sm-flag

San Marino

Visa-free for 90 days

sa-flag

Saudi Arabia

Visa upon arrival

sn-flag

Senegal

Visa-free for 90 days

rs-flag

Serbia

Visa-free for 90 days

sc-flag

Seychelles

Visa-free for 90 days

sl-flag

Sierra Leone

Visa upon arrival

sg-flag

Singapore

Visa-free

sk-flag

Slovakia

Visa-free for 90 days

si-flag

Slovenia

Visa-free for 90 days

sb-flag

Solomon Islands

Visa upon arrival

so-flag

Somalia

Visa upon arrival

za-flag

South Africa

Visa-free for 90 days

kr-flag

South Korea

Visa-free for 90 days

ss-flag

South Sudan

eTA

es-flag

Spain

Visa-free for 90 days

lk-flag

Sri Lanka

Visa upon arrival

kn-flag

St Kitts & Nevis

Visa-free for 180 days

lc-flag

St Lucia

Visa-free for 42 days

vc-flag

St. Vincent & Grenadines

Visa-free for 180 days

sd-flag

Sudan

Visa is required

sr-flag

Suriname

Visa is required

se-flag

Sweden

Visa-free for 90 days

ch-flag

Switzerland

Visa-free for 90 days

sy-flag

Syria

eTA

st-flag

São Tomé & Príncipe

Visa-free for 15 days

tw-flag

Taiwan

Visa-free for 90 days

tj-flag

Tajikistan

Visa-free for 30 days

tz-flag

Tanzania

Visa upon arrival

th-flag

Thailand

Visa-free for 60 days

tl-flag

Timor-Leste

Visa upon arrival

tg-flag

Togo

eTA

to-flag

Tonga

Visa upon arrival

tt-flag

Trinidad & Tobago

Visa-free for 90 days

tn-flag

Tunisia

Visa-free for 120 days

tr-flag

Turkey

Visa-free

tm-flag

Turkmenistan

Visa is required

tv-flag

Tuvalu

Visa upon arrival

ae-flag

UAE

Visa-free for 30 days

ug-flag

Uganda

eTA

ua-flag

Ukraine

Visa-free for 90 days

gb-flag

United Kingdom

eTA

us-flag

United States

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uy-flag

Uruguay

Visa-free for 90 days

uz-flag

Uzbekistan

eTA

vu-flag

Vanuatu

Visa-free for 120 days

va-flag

Vatican City

Visa-free for 90 days

ve-flag

Venezuela

Visa is required

vn-flag

Vietnam

eTA

ye-flag

Yemen

Visa is required

zm-flag

Zambia

Visa-free for 90 days

zw-flag

Zimbabwe

Visa upon arrival

​About United States

A U.S. passport can be obtained by birthright, naturalization, adoption, marriage, and military service. American citizenship allows you to travel to 186 countries of the world.

The state is located in North America. It ranks fourth in the world in terms of area and third in terms of population. It borders with Mexico and Canada. The United States consists of 50 states and the District of Columbia. The United States also administers a number of island territories.

Population

333.4 million

Capital

Washington

Official language

No, de facto American English

GDP per capita

$63.416

Time zone

UTC-5…-10

Currency

U.S, dollar

​USA passport ranking and benefits

  • 1

    Residency in the US territory

  • 2

    Traveling to 186 countries worldwide

  • 3

    Education and healthcare in the US

  • 4

    Work and international business

​Grounds for obtaining the United States passport

United States allows dual citizenship

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Birth to citizens of the country

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Marriage to a citizen of the country

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Work for the country's government

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Naturalization

Estimated time: 5 years

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Repatriation

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Adoption

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Parents citizenship

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Special conditions

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Special services to the state

​Obtaining the United States passport by naturalization: requirements for applicants

Knowledge of state language

Assimilation or cultural knowledge

Stable financial status

Good health

No criminal records

​Frequently asked questions

  • How to get a US passport?

    US citizenship can be obtained under the right of blood, by adoption, marriage, military service, or naturalization.

    To obtain US citizenship by naturalization or marriage, one must have lived in the U.S. continuously for three years, pass a language, history, and the Constitution of the country, as well as a pledge of allegiance, and have no criminal record.

    Investors can obtain one the US business visas

    for life, work, and studying in the country. Relatives, spouses, and children of investors also receive permission to move to the country.

  • Does the US recognize dual citizenship?

    Yes, US citizens can hold multiple citizenships, as long as it doesn’t contradict the laws of other countries.

  • How to live in the US with another country’s citizenship?

    Foreigners obtain a residency permit — temporary or permanent — for life in the country. The permits are issued for working, studying, receiving medical treatment, or in exchange for investments.

  • Who can obtain US citizenship by birth?

    US citizenship can be obtained by the right of blood — if a child was born to citizens of the country. The place of birth doesn’t matter.

    Citizenship by the right of the soil can be granted to a child born in the territory of the country.

​Which passports can be obtained by investment

passport of Malta

Malta

passport of Turkey

Turkey

passport of St Kitts & Nevis

St Kitts & Nevis

passport of Grenada

Grenada

passport of St Lucia

St Lucia

passport of Antigua & Barbuda

Antigua & Barbuda

passport of Dominica

Dominica

passport of Vanuatu

Vanuatu

passport of Israel

Israel

passport of Ireland

Ireland

passport of New Zealand

New Zealand

passport of Australia

Australia

passport of Canada

Canada

passport of South Korea

South Korea

passport of Slovenia

Slovenia

passport of Czechia

Czechia

​United States in the passport ranking for freedom of travel

United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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Japan

Japan

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Israel

Israel

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United States

United States

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France

France

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Argentina

Argentina

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St Kitts & Nevis

St Kitts & Nevis

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United States Passport in comparison with other passports

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