Canada Ranks 9th in Visa Restriction Index

[shibuya]

According to the Henley Visa Global Ranking Index, Canada currently ranks 9th in terms of the number of countries that its citizens can travel to without a visa. As of August, 2010, Canadians could travel to 157 countries without a visa.Canada is currently behind Austria (158), the United States, Norway, and Ireland (159), Belgium, Japan, and Spain (160), France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands (161), Finland (162), Sweden (163), Denmark (164), and the United Kingdom, which currently ranks first with its citizens being able to visit 166 countries without a visa.

Canada is tied with Australia and New Zealand.

For comparison sake, here are the numbers for some of the countries which ranked below Canada:

Country
# of Places One Can Travel Visa Free

Canada
157

Hong Kong
140

Israel
133

Brazil
130

Mexico
120

Guatemala, El Salvador
105

South Africa
88

Russia
83

Ukraine
64

Taiwan
60

Saudi Arabia
57

Philippines
54

Nigeria
51

India
50

Indonesia
46

Sri Lanka
43

China
38

Iran
34


The ability of Canadians to travel freely as shown in the data is just a reminder of why Canada is considered to be such a strong destination country.

It’s also a reminder of how far we have to go in enhancing global mobility.
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[SISH7255]

Nice thread.

From India we can visit 50 countries without visa? Where we can find a list of those countries?

BTW, Thanks for the information.

 

[ankit_20]

hmmm interesting

 

[Cappuccino]

Wow 166 countries I can visit on my UK passport without a visa

So far I've been to
- Canada
- America
- France
- Italy
- Greece
- Spain
- New Zealand

Erm that's about it. That's 7, so another 159 to go!

Wayne.

 

[karsatjaya]

Nice thread.

From India we can visit 50 countries without visa? Where we can find a list of those countries?

BTW, Thanks for the information.

Please check the below link for details.

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/772153.html

 

[edupolo]

Got both UK and Spanish passport! So who knows if I can get to more than 166 if I combine both lists of countries! I think with Spanish passport I can go to Equatorial Guinea but not with UK passport.

I wonder which 9countries Canadians cannot go to that British can... of the top of my head, I think some of them are Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay.

 

[Alexandros]

According to the Henley Visa Global Ranking Index, Canada currently ranks 9th in terms of the number of countries that its citizens can travel to without a visa. As of August, 2010, Canadians could travel to 157 countries without a visa.Canada is currently behind Austria (158), the United States, Norway, and Ireland (159), Belgium, Japan, and Spain (160), France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands (161), Finland (162), Sweden (163), Denmark (164), and the United Kingdom, which currently ranks first with its citizens being able to visit 166 countries without a visa.
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Thanks for this great information, didn't know all this,

Cheers

 

[cabharatbhushan]

Will the Canadian PR holders be allowed to visit 157 countries without Visa

 

[shibuya]

Bharat,
After gaining PR u need to take the citizenship of Canada and possess a Canadian passport to avail of this option to visit those countries without a visa.

 

[qorax]

Please check the below link for details.

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/772153.html

Don't know about the others, but 2 r definitely wrong in that list - Bahrain & Qatar. An Indian pp holder cannot visit those 2 countries w/out a pre-arranged visa. In fact, in neither of the Middle East (GCC) countries.

Qorax

 

[konda]

good to see.......common guys start saving money to roam world with Canada citizenship
i think we have only 3yrs with us....work day and night then only u can see all those countries.

 

[SISH7255]

Please check the below link for details.

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/772153.html

karsatjaya, Thanks for the list

Regards,
SISH7255

 

[Alexandros]

Don't know about the others, but 2 r definitely wrong in that list - Bahrain & Qatar. An Indian pp holder cannot visit those 2 countries w/out a pre-arranged visa. In fact, in neither of the Middle East (GCC) countries.

Qorax

Thanks for the clarifications Qorax

 

[dnyfyn]

I really doubt about Sri Lanka.

They can only travel to Maldives and Singapore without a visa.