Despite the low ranking of Pakistan and India in the world’s most powerful passports ranking, there are still several countries where the people of two countries can have visa-free entry or visa on arrival.
The Pakistani passport was ranked 101st in the Henley & Partners Passport Index while the Indian passport was ranked 80th.
The South Asian country was ahead of Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan in a ranking of the world’s 199 passports.
The index ranks countries according to the number of destinations their owners can access without a prior visa. It is created by London-based global citizenship and residence advisory firm Henley & Partners, using exclusive data from the International Air Transport Association.
Countries where Pakistanis can visit visa-free or get visa-on-arrival:
Burundi, Cape Verde Islands, Comoro Islands, Djibouti, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Togo
Cambodia, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste
Barbados, Cook Islands, Dominica, Haiti, Montserrat, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago
Micronesia, Niue, Palau Islands, Samoa, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
Qatar
Places where Indians can have visa-free entry or visa-on-arrival
Angola, Burundi, Cape Verde islands, Comoro Islands, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Zimbabwe
Bhutan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Laos, Macao (SAR China), Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste
Bolivia, El Salvador
Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago
Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Niue, Palau Islands, Samoa, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
Jordan, Oman, Qatar
It merits here to mention that Indian nationals with a normal passport, holding a green card or a UK or EU residence ID can obtain a visa on arrival for a maximum stay of 14 days.
The article was originally published in the Khaleej Times.
