While you probably own a passport, there’s a handful of travel documents from around the world that are deemed the rarest.
Henley & Partners recently ranked the passport the most powerful in the world, giving the holder access to 192 countries visa-free, no questions asked.
Used by ambassadors, they often come with certain benefits to help them travel such as exemptions to certain visa requirements or conditions of entry to a country. Diplomatic passport holders are also exempt from most Covid travel restrictions, to help civil servants navigate the pandemic. The royal mailmen aren’t the only ones with professional passports. Some international organisations have their own passes.As of 1946 the UN began issuing its own ‘laissez-passer’ travel documents – the sky blue and red books are granted to workers for the various arms of the United Nations, the International Labour Organisation and World Health Organisation.
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