What is the criteria of evaluation of Passport?
On What basis is passport's ranking is determined they are all merely a travel document
What differentiates each is how well he Nation issuing passport has relations with other country where the person is travelling from
Is the criteria for measurement as follow ?
- Country to Country , easy travel agreements?
- Country to Country , money carrying allowance ?
- Number of Flights between two countries ?
- Visa free travel to country to country travel?
- Accuracy of Data on Passport reducing manual checks for selected travelers?
- Biometric Passport / Using Latest chip based Passports ?
- Economic Strength Index for Nation ?
Because unless you know what is being evaluated how can you go about fixing something ?
The lower grade or index is not ideal because
- Pakistan now issues a more advance Passport with security Chip
- NADRA does a pretty decent job with it's software system
- Terrorism has dropped in Pakistan since the Rad-Ul Fassad operations
- Pakistan's economy is on Upward trend
Reference:
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Visa Required Designation is certainly a hindrance for Pakistan , as 158 Nations of world do not allow Pakistani Citizens into their country unless a Visa Application is made
- Costs money
- Costs time to Evaluate & Check the credentials of the person applying for visa
In order for improvements to happen the foreign Office need to move their asses and ensure new agreements are made with nations , so our favorable position is realized in world
1- Red Color Nations in Map below don't allow Pakistanis Direct Entry
2- Few African countries allow Pakistanis in with Visa on Arrival at Airport
3- Poor Nations of Nepal/Cambodia and Madagascar allow Visa on Arrival
4- Few Poor African Countries in Africa allow Pakistanis in to the country visa on arrival
5- Qatar only country in Middle East which gives visa on Arrival to Pakistani
6- Poor country of Haiti offers visa free travel to Pakistani
WTF chart