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Palau passport

Rank #41 · Strength 141 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 63.8

Palau passport

Citizens of Palau can reach 141 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 109 visa-free, 24 visa on arrival and 8 eTA. Ranked #41 for passport strength worldwide.

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109Visa-free
24Visa on arrival
8eTA
58e-⁠Visa
48Visa required

Palau passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 62% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Oceania it ranks 7 of 14; the strongest in the region is Australia, with 195 destinations. Across 6 major destinations: the Schengen Area and the United States allow visa-free entry; the United Kingdom requires an eTA; Canada and Japan require a consular visa; Australia issues an e-⁠Visa online. Beyond those 141 destinations, 58 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 48 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (109)

Albania American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Aruba Austria Barbados Belgium Belize Bermuda Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Bouvet Island British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Cayman Islands Colombia Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominica Ecuador Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guernsey Haiti Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Isle of Man Italy Jersey Kiribati Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malaysia Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Netherlands New Caledonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Palestine Panama Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Russia Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Serbia Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia Spain Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tonga Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands Vanuatu Vatican City Wallis and Futuna Zambia Åland Islands

Visa on arrival (24)

Bahrain Bangladesh Burundi Cambodia Comoros Egypt Gambia Guinea-Bissau Jordan Laos Macao Madagascar Malawi Maldives Mauritius Nauru Nepal Papua New Guinea Pitcairn Islands Rwanda Saint Lucia Tanzania Timor-Leste Zimbabwe

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (8)

Israel Kenya Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Korea Sri Lanka Suriname United Kingdom

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (58)

Antigua and Barbuda Armenia Australia Bahamas Benin Bhutan Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon Georgia Ghana Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands India Indonesia Iran Iraq Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Liberia Libya Mauritania Mongolia Mozambique New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Oman Pakistan Qatar Saint Kitts and Nevis Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Tajikistan Thailand Togo Trinidad and Tobago Uganda Ukraine Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam

Visa required (48)

Afghanistan Algeria Argentina Azerbaijan Belarus Bolivia Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory Brunei Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chile China Congo Dominican Republic Eritrea Guatemala Guyana Honduras Ireland Jamaica Japan Kuwait Lebanon Lesotho Mali Morocco Myanmar Namibia Nicaragua Niger North Korea North Macedonia Paraguay Saudi Arabia Senegal South Africa Sudan Syria Tokelau Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uruguay Western Sahara Yemen

What the index measures

  • 248 destinations, countries and territories
  • Strength = visa-free + visa on arrival + eTA; e-⁠Visa is not taken into account.
  • Passports with the same score share a rank

Data sources

  • Government portals of each destination.
  • Immigration authorities, foreign ministries, and official e-⁠Visa and eTA portals.
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Method

  • How each entry condition is classified
  • The limits of the data and how to check official sources
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