![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/worlds-most-powerful-passports-revealed-as-the-uk-moves-up-in-latest-rankings/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_Immigration-and-passport-control-at-the-airport-woman-border-control-officer-puts-a-stamp-in-the-De.jpg&description=The UK's passport fortunes have finally brightened after six years of decline following the Brexit referendum, according to the Henley Passport Index, which measures how many countries different citizens can visit visa-free Brits are now the proud owners of the fourth most powerful passport in the world after a change in fortunes. For six years following the Brexit referendum the iconic travel document had been in decline according to the Henley Passport Index, which measures how many countries different citizens can visit visa-free. According to the residence experts "the UK appears to have finally turned the corner after a six-year decline, jumping up two places on the latest ranking to 4th place — a position it last held in 2017". UK passport holders can now visit 188 out of 227 locations looked at by Henley, as can joint fourth placed countries Denmark, Ireland and the Netherlands. The 188 destinations include countries Brits can visit with no passport, by obtaining either a visa, a visitor's permit or an electronic travel authority on arrival. Importantly these visa-types require no pre-departure government approval, because of the specific visa-waiver programs in place. For the first time in five years Japan has be knocked off the top spot, falling to third place in the rankings, which are based on exclusive and official data from the International Air Transport Association. Singapore is now officially the most powerful passport in the world, with its citizens able to visit 192 travel destinations out of 227 around the world visa-free. Germany, Italy, and Spain all move up into second place with visa-free access to 190 destinations, and Japanese passport holders join those of six other nations — Austria, Finland, France, Luxembourg, South Korea, and Sweden — in third place with access to 189 destinations without a prior visa. The US, on the other hand, continues its now decade-long slide down the index, plummeting a further two places to eighth spot with acces){kind=link}
The UK’s passport fortunes have finally brightened after six years of decline following the Brexit referendum, according to the Henley Passport Index, which measures how many countries different citizens can visit visa-free
Brits are now the proud owners of the fourth most powerful passport in the world after a change in fortunes.
For six years following the Brexit referendum the iconic travel document had been in decline according to the Henley Passport Index, which measures how many countries different citizens can visit visa-free.
According to the residence experts “the UK appears to have finally turned the corner after a six-year decline, jumping up two places on the latest ranking to 4th place – a position it last held in 2017”.
UK passport holders can now visit 188 out of 227 locations looked at by Henley, as can joint fourth placed countries Denmark, Ireland and the Netherlands.