Why UAE passport is ranked among the best passports in the World ?

Javeria Nawaz cheema
3 min readDec 9, 2022

Countries like Germany, Sweden , Luxembourg and Finland are now nowhere in front of UAE. UAE. Is enjoying the status of the best passport holder in the world. It is rich in economic opportunity, social mobility and political stability. Diplomatic relations of UAE are ranked the most safe ties in the world and states which are in foreign relation with UAE are now more prone towards making their ties strong and strengthen.

Opportunities for Emirati passport holder

Emirati passport holder can get free visa of 121 countries and can get a visa of arrival further of 59 countries. It means they need only the visa for 19 countries. Fortunately and amazingly they have the access to the 90% countries of the world without applying visa before traveling. What a progress, what a development and what a leading master.

UAE leaving Germany , Finland and Sweden behind in diplomatic mission.
  1. Why UAE is enjoying this status only than many comparatively other rich states of the World ?The UAE, a desert hub for business and travel. It is the home to the most multinational company headquarters of any Middle Eastern country and achieved the list-topping “mobility score” of 180. This is the methodology behind the visa-free and visa on arrival privileges in other states , and “the higher the mobility score, the better the chances of mobility passport holding.
  2. Geographically United Arab Emirates is economic giant as it is situated in the Middle East and southwest Asia, bordering with the Gulf of Oman coupled with the Persian Gulf, it is between the Oman and Saudi Arabia. It’s strategic location is along the northern approaches to the Strait of Hormuz, which is a vital transit point for world crude oil. it’s geographic potential makes it vital for sea routes and trading across the world.

4. Shiekhdom’s 90% population is foreign expats. It’s whole economy is strengthened by these foreigners. It has introduced numerous diplomatic reforms e.g recognition of Israel , has increased mobility rate along with security. This diplomatic tie also enhanced it’s trade agreements with several other countries and rated it among the peaceful land for business and investment.

5. UAE has also not evaded trade and travel from Russia and Belarus during Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Which turned UAE desirous for people from such countries to come even without sanctions. The UAE is the unique crossroad said Taufiq Rahim, a research fellow at the Mohammed bin Rashid School of Government in Dubai said

“It is between East and West, advanced economies and developing ones, and open to all. It is hard for any country to compete with this diversity of access and thus no surprise that it would top any passport index.”

6. UAE is trending the business on the fastest speed. A business having UAE passport holder , BinHendi said.

“Speed is everything in business, the faster you are the better the results. We can travel from London to Tokyo on a course of 24 hours which gives us a unique position and sharpens our competitive edge in running our business ventures and franchises.”

Suming up , the harder is the struggle the greater are the rewards. The international survival is the survival of the competitors and challengers. Those who are laging behind in taking challenges and enjoying opportunities are going to be stand nowhere. Every nation should put its assets either human made or natural into right utilization to develop. Without having true mechanism of resource mechanism every heap of gold is the heap of dust.

Reference:

Reuters , 8 December 2022.

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