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Wednesday, July 9, 2025

T&T passport the 5th strongest in the Caribbean, ranked 30th in the world

by

Brent Pinheiro
1272 days ago
20220113
trinidad-passport

trinidad-passport

by Brent Pin­heiro

brent.pin­heiro@guardian.co.tt

Have visa, will trav­el? Well, for­get about those pesky visas be­cause T&T na­tion­als can ac­tu­al­ly trav­el to 150 des­ti­na­tions across the globe with­out re­quir­ing any visas in ad­vance. This, ac­cord­ing to The Hen­ley Pass­port In­dex 2022, which ranks 199 dif­fer­ent pass­ports based on how eas­i­ly a per­son can trav­el to 227 des­ti­na­tions. Lon­don-based firm, Hen­ley & Part­ners, has been com­pil­ing da­ta on the world’s pass­ports since 2006, based on da­ta from the In­ter­na­tion­al Air Trans­port As­so­ci­a­tion (IA­TA). At the bot­tom of the in­dex – Afghanistan, whose cit­i­zens can on­ly ac­cess a mere 26 coun­tries with­out re­quir­ing a visa in ad­vance.

historical-ranking

historical-ranking

In 2019, the T&T pass­port ranked 29th in the world. At that time, cit­i­zens were on­ly able to ac­cess 148 coun­tries. How­ev­er, since 2020, T&T has fluc­tu­at­ed be­tween #30 and #31, with na­tion­als hav­ing ac­cess to 150 des­ti­na­tions ei­ther visa-free or on ar­rival (al­so known as a visa on ar­rival or VOA). T&T shares the 30th spot with An­tigua & Bar­bu­da and Cos­ta Ri­ca. The strongest pass­port in the Caribbean this year is Bar­ba­dos. Their cit­i­zens can vis­it 161 des­ti­na­tions visa-free. Be­hind Bar­ba­dos is St. Kitts and Nevis #25 (157), The Ba­hamas #26 (155), and St Vin­cent & the Grenadines #29 (151). Want to ac­cess the most des­ti­na­tions in the world? Then you’ll need a Japan­ese or Sin­ga­pore­an pass­port. Both coun­tries’ pass­ports tie for #1 on the Pass­port In­dex and pass­port hold­ers can ac­cess a whop­ping 192 coun­tries!

So, could T&T na­tion­als look for­ward to see­ing more coun­tries of­fer­ing visa-free ac­cess in the fu­ture? Well Min­is­ter of For­eign and Cari­com Af­fairs, Dr Amery Browne, told Guardian Me­dia his Min­istry con­tin­ues to “look for op­por­tu­ni­ties to make over­seas trav­el eas­i­er for na­tion­als.” He says it re­mains an “on­go­ing process,” how­ev­er, he’s pleased that na­tion­als “con­tin­ue to ben­e­fit from a pass­port of sig­nif­i­cant strength.”

visa-free-destinations

visa-free-destinations

But be­fore you pack your suit­cas­es, re­mem­ber there is a dif­fer­ence be­tween visa-free and visa on ar­rival. Visa-free means you show up at the coun­try’s bor­der and you’re let in once you sat­is­fy all oth­er en­try re­quire­ments. For T&T na­tion­als, this pol­i­cy ap­plies to places like the Unit­ed King­dom, The Nether­lands, Ja­maica, Sin­ga­pore, etc. A Visa on Ar­rival re­quires you to have all the doc­u­ments you would reg­u­lar­ly need for a visa but, you ap­ply on ar­rival at the coun­try’s bor­ders. Usu­al­ly, there is a fee for this and it may be re­strict­ed to on­ly cer­tain bor­der en­try points. T&T na­tion­als can get a VOA in coun­tries such as Is­rael, Jor­dan, Bo­livia, and Egypt.

Egypt-Entry-visa

Egypt-Entry-visa

Fin­gers crossed Japan, Aus­tralia, and New Zealand get added soon. I’m ready to check them off my buck­et list!


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