DUSHANBE, February 24, 2016, Asia-Plus — The Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index ranks Tajikistan 84th in terms of freedom of movement.
According to Visa Restrictions Index, holders of Tajik passport can travel to 53 countries without a visa or get visa on arrival.
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan are listed 71st, 79th, 85th and 88th respectively.
Holders of Kazakh passport can travel to 67 countries without visa, holders of Kyrgyz passport – 58 countries, holders of Uzbek passport – 52 countries, and holders of Turkmen passport – 49 countries.
Two countries have held their position in the top spot with visa-free access to 173 countries out of a possible 218, Germany and the UK. Finland, Sweden and the US all dropped to the 2nd place.
The four worst passports in the world remain Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia and Pakistan.
The Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index analyzes and ranks more than 200 countries and territories.
The Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index is a global ranking of countries according to the travel freedom that their citizens enjoy. In cooperation with the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which maintains the world”s largest database of travel information, and based on official data from their unique global database, Henley & Partners has analyzed the visa regulations of all the countries and territories in the world for the last ten years and in 2015 published the 10th Anniversary Index.
The Visa Restrictions Index for 2015, along with the unique cumulative data from the last ten years, reportedly gives an unprecedented and inimitable insight into the development of visa policies over this time.
Henley & Partners is the global leader in residence and citizenship planning. Each year, hundreds of wealthy individuals, families and their advisors rely on their expertise and experience in this area.
The concept of residence and citizenship planning was created by Henley & Partners in the 1990s. As globalization has expanded, residence and citizenship have become topics of significant interest among the increasing number of internationally mobile entrepreneurs and investors who work with Henley & Partners.
