Georgian passport takes 19 steps forward in int’l Henley&Partners ranking
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The Georgian passport now holds the 50th place in the Henley Passport Index, which ranks all the passports of the world according to the number of countries their holders can travel to visa-free.
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Now with the ability to travel freely to the European Union/Schengen Zone, the Georgian passport has made 19 steps forward from the previous rating.
With the Henley Passport Index, you can assess where you lie on the spectrum of global mobility and discover how to maximize your travel freedom through citizenship-by-investment”, the Henley Global webpage says giving the list of all the 99 countries where people holding Georgian passport can travel.
The ranking is based on the data provided by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which maintains the world’s largest and most comprehensive database of travel information and is enhanced by extensive in-house research.
The regulation lifting visa requirements for Georgians entered into on March 28 last year.
Georgia’s Ministry for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration has informed the local media that between March 28 and October 20, a total of 161,885 Georgian citizens have traveled visa-free to the EU’s Schengen Zone.
New security measures will track the status of Georgian citizens travelling to the Schengen Zone after new legislation lifting visa-requirements for Georgians will enter into force on March 28.
Georgia has revealed more details of the country’s new visa regulations and announced which countries do and do not need a visa to enter Georgia.
Georgians living abroad with outdated and old identification (ID) documents are eligible to receive new passports equipped with modern biometric information.
A draft Law on Citizenship prepared by the parliamentary committee of legal issues envisages several changes to the existing procedures of issuing Georgian citizenship.
The Georgian passport has taken five steps forward and now ranks 48th in international the passport index rating published by Henley & Partners.
Georgia goes into the new year holding 51st place on the Henley Passport index, with citizens enjoying visa-free/visa-on-arrival access to 114 destinations – two countries more than in 2018.
Georgian and Paraguayan Foreign Ministers, David Zalkaliani and Antonio Rivas Palacios signed a visa-free travel agreement for citizens holding ordinary passports.