Re:U.S. citizens no longer have access to most of the world
by ghaff on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @04:29PM
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>US-China relations are bad
That's true although going back over 10 years (and I'm sure before) at least getting a Chinese business visa has been a bit of a pain--not really difficult but a bunch of paperwork. On the plus side, as of a few years ago, you could get a 10-year visa.
And India was just a bureaucratic mess. I ended up canceling two different business trips to India because I couldn't get a visa in the necessary window. My understanding is that in normal now there's visa on arrival.
I actually went through the list to see what the differences were in terms of access between Japan (the top ranking passport right now) and the US passport. These are ignoring any COVID related temporary closures.
A Japanese passport will get you into the following countries visa-free that the US passport won't:
- China
- India
- Myanmar
- Pakistan
- Vietnam
- Suriname
- Venezuela
- Azerbaijan
- Iran
- Turkey
A US passport will get you into the following countries visa-free that the Japanese passport won't:
- Burkina Faso
- Central African Republic
To be honest, nearly all of the above make sense
- US-China relations are bad
- The US middle-eastern wars have pissed off:
- The US currently has sanctions against VenezuelaI am a little surprised about India, Myanmar, Suriname, and Vietnam. However, it doesn't appear that European passports will get you into India visa-free either.