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Compare passports.

Stack two or three passports to see how they differ on visa access, residency pathways, and remote-work options — and find the best one for travel, tax, or long-term mobility.

Passport A

Passport B

Passport C

🇯🇵 Japan

The world's most powerful passport — near-universal access on arrival.

Rank: #2
Destinations: 187
Move-to options: 75
Nomad visas: 57

🇺🇸 United States

Strong global access with notable exceptions across Asia and Africa.

Rank: #10
Destinations: 179
Move-to options: 74
Nomad visas: 59

02.

Visa access, side-by-side

Differences only

199 destinations

Destination

🇯🇵 JP

🇺🇸 US

🇦🇫Afghanistan

Visa required

🇦🇱Albania

Visa-free

🇩🇿Algeria

Visa required

🇦🇩Andorra

Visa-free

🇦🇴Angola

Visa-free

🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda

Visa-free

🇦🇷Argentina

Visa-free

🇦🇲Armenia

Visa-free

🇦🇺Australia

ETA / online

🇦🇹Austria

Visa-free

🇦🇿Azerbaijan

Visa on arrival

🇧🇸Bahamas

Visa-free

🇧🇭Bahrain

Visa on arrival

🇧🇩Bangladesh

Visa on arrival

🇧🇧Barbados

Visa-free

🇧🇾Belarus

Visa-free

eVisa

🇧🇪Belgium

Visa-free

🇧🇿Belize

Visa-free

🇧🇯Benin

eVisa

🇧🇹Bhutan

eVisa

🇧🇴Bolivia

Visa-free

🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina

Visa-free

🇧🇼Botswana

Visa-free

🇧🇷Brazil

Visa-free

eVisa

🇧🇳Brunei

Visa-free

🇧🇬Bulgaria

Visa-free

🇧🇫Burkina Faso

eVisa

Admission restricted

🇧🇮Burundi

Visa on arrival

🇨🇻Cabo Verde

Visa on arrival

Visa-free

🇰🇭Cambodia

Visa on arrival

🇨🇲Cameroon

eVisa

🇨🇦Canada

ETA / online

Visa-free

🇨🇫Central African Republic

Visa required

🇹🇩Chad

eVisa

Visa required

🇨🇱Chile

Visa-free

🇨🇳China

Visa-free

Visa required

🇨🇴Colombia

Visa-free

🇰🇲Comoros

Visa on arrival

🇨🇬Congo

Visa required

eVisa

🇨🇷Costa Rica

Visa-free

🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire

eVisa

🇭🇷Croatia

Visa-free

🇨🇺Cuba

eVisa

🇨🇾Cyprus

Visa-free

🇨🇿Czechia

Visa-free

🇩🇰Denmark

Visa-free

🇩🇯Djibouti

Visa on arrival

🇩🇲Dominica

Visa-free

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

Visa-free

🇨🇩DR Congo

eVisa

🇪🇨Ecuador

Visa-free

🇪🇬Egypt

Visa on arrival

🇸🇻El Salvador

Visa-free

🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea

eVisa

🇪🇷Eritrea

Visa required

🇪🇪Estonia

Visa-free

🇸🇿Eswatini

Visa-free

🇪🇹Ethiopia

Visa on arrival

🇫🇯Fiji

Visa-free

🇫🇮Finland

Visa-free

🇫🇷France

Visa-free

🇬🇦Gabon

eVisa

🇬🇲Gambia

Visa required

Visa on arrival

🇬🇪Georgia

Visa-free

🇩🇪Germany

Visa-free

🇬🇭Ghana

Visa required

eVisa

🇬🇷Greece

Visa-free

🇬🇩Grenada

Visa-free

🇬🇹Guatemala

Visa-free

🇬🇳Guinea

eVisa

🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau

Visa on arrival

🇬🇾Guyana

Visa-free

🇭🇹Haiti

Visa-free

🇭🇳Honduras

Visa-free

🇭🇰Hong Kong

Visa-free

🇭🇺Hungary

Visa-free

🇮🇸Iceland

Visa-free

🇮🇳India

Visa on arrival

eVisa

🇮🇩Indonesia

Visa on arrival

🇮🇷Iran

Visa-free

Visa required

🇮🇶Iraq

eVisa

🇮🇪Ireland

Visa-free

🇮🇱Israel

ETA / online

🇮🇹Italy

Visa-free

🇯🇲Jamaica

Visa-free

🇯🇵Japan

—

Visa-free

🇯🇴Jordan

Visa on arrival

🇰🇿Kazakhstan

Visa-free

🇰🇪Kenya

ETA / online

🇰🇮Kiribati

Visa-free

🇽🇰Kosovo

Visa-free

🇰🇼Kuwait

Visa on arrival

🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan

Visa-free

🇱🇦Laos

Visa-free

Visa on arrival

🇱🇻Latvia

Visa-free

🇱🇧Lebanon

Visa on arrival

🇱🇸Lesotho

Visa-free

🇱🇷Liberia

Visa required

🇱🇾Libya

eVisa

🇱🇮Liechtenstein

Visa-free

🇱🇹Lithuania

Visa-free

🇱🇺Luxembourg

Visa-free

🇲🇴Macao

Visa-free

🇲🇬Madagascar

Visa on arrival

🇲🇼Malawi

Visa on arrival

🇲🇾Malaysia

Visa-free

🇲🇻Maldives

Visa on arrival

🇲🇱Mali

Visa required

Admission restricted

🇲🇹Malta

Visa-free

🇲🇭Marshall Islands

Visa on arrival

Visa-free

🇲🇷Mauritania

eVisa

🇲🇺Mauritius

Visa-free

🇲🇽Mexico

Visa-free

🇫🇲Micronesia

Visa-free

🇲🇩Moldova

Visa-free

🇲🇨Monaco

Visa-free

🇲🇳Mongolia

Visa-free

🇲🇪Montenegro

Visa-free

🇲🇦Morocco

Visa-free

🇲🇿Mozambique

Visa-free

ETA / online

🇲🇲Myanmar

Visa on arrival

eVisa

🇳🇦Namibia

Visa on arrival

🇳🇷Nauru

Visa required

🇳🇵Nepal

Visa on arrival

🇳🇱Netherlands

Visa-free

🇳🇿New Zealand

ETA / online

🇳🇮Nicaragua

Visa-free

🇳🇪Niger

Visa required

Admission restricted

🇳🇬Nigeria

eVisa

🇰🇵North Korea

Visa required

🇲🇰North Macedonia

Visa-free

🇳🇴Norway

Visa-free

🇴🇲Oman

Visa on arrival

Visa-free

🇵🇰Pakistan

eVisa

🇵🇼Palau

Visa on arrival

Visa-free

🇵🇸Palestine

Visa-free

🇵🇦Panama

Visa-free

🇵🇬Papua New Guinea

ETA / online

eVisa

🇵🇾Paraguay

Visa-free

🇵🇪Peru

Visa-free

🇵🇭Philippines

Visa-free

🇵🇱Poland

Visa-free

🇵🇹Portugal

Visa-free

🇶🇦Qatar

Visa on arrival

Visa-free

🇷🇴Romania

Visa-free

🇷🇺Russia

eVisa

Visa required

🇷🇼Rwanda

Visa on arrival

🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis

ETA / online

🇱🇨Saint Lucia

Visa-free

🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Visa-free

🇼🇸Samoa

Visa on arrival

🇸🇲San Marino

Visa-free

🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe

Visa-free

🇸🇦Saudi Arabia

Visa on arrival

🇸🇳Senegal

Visa-free

🇷🇸Serbia

Visa-free

🇸🇨Seychelles

Visa-free

ETA / online

🇸🇱Sierra Leone

Visa on arrival

🇸🇬Singapore

Visa-free

🇸🇰Slovakia

Visa-free

🇸🇮Slovenia

Visa-free

🇸🇧Solomon Islands

Visa on arrival

🇸🇴Somalia

eVisa

🇿🇦South Africa

Visa-free

🇰🇷South Korea

Visa-free

🇸🇸South Sudan

eVisa

🇪🇸Spain

Visa-free

🇱🇰Sri Lanka

Visa on arrival

🇸🇩Sudan

Visa required

🇸🇷Suriname

ETA / online

Visa-free

🇸🇪Sweden

Visa-free

🇨🇭Switzerland

Visa-free

🇸🇾Syria

eVisa

🇹🇼Taiwan

Visa-free

🇹🇯Tajikistan

Visa-free

🇹🇿Tanzania

Visa on arrival

🇹🇭Thailand

Visa-free

🇹🇱Timor-Leste

Visa on arrival

🇹🇬Togo

eVisa

🇹🇴Tonga

Visa on arrival

🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago

Visa-free

🇹🇳Tunisia

Visa-free

🇹🇷Turkey

Visa-free

🇹🇲Turkmenistan

Visa required

🇹🇻Tuvalu

Visa on arrival

🇺🇬Uganda

eVisa

🇺🇦Ukraine

Visa-free

🇦🇪United Arab Emirates

Visa-free

🇬🇧United Kingdom

ETA / online

🇺🇸United States

ETA / online

—

🇺🇾Uruguay

Visa-free

🇺🇿Uzbekistan

Visa-free

🇻🇺Vanuatu

Visa-free

🇻🇦Vatican City

Visa-free

🇻🇪Venezuela

Visa-free

Visa required

🇻🇳Vietnam

Visa-free

eVisa

🇾🇪Yemen

Visa required

🇿🇲Zambia

Visa-free

🇿🇼Zimbabwe

Visa on arrival

03.

Residency & relocation options

A curated selection of popular residency programs, independent of your passport selection.

04.

Remote-work visas

A curated selection of popular remote-work visas, independent of your passport selection.

🇵🇹 Portugal

D8 Digital Nomad Visa

1 year · ~$3,974 / month

EU permanent-residency pathway from Lisbon, Porto or Madeira. The residence permit is renewable. Permanent residency requires 5 years; citizenship now requires 10 years for most nationals (7 years for EU/CPLP nationals) following Portugal's 2026 Nationality Law changes.

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🇪🇸 Spain

Digital Nomad Visa

1 year · ~$3,077 / month

Beckham-law 24% flat tax for the first six years (year of arrival plus five).

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🇹🇭 Thailand

DTV — Destination Thailand Visa

5 years · None stated

Multi-entry remote-work visa covering work, soft-power and wellness stays.

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🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates