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Seychelles passport

Rank #24 · Strength 167 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 77.7

Seychelles passport

Citizens of Seychelles can reach 167 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 140 visa-free, 20 visa on arrival and 7 eTA. Ranked #24 for passport strength worldwide.

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140Visa-free
20Visa on arrival
7eTA
35e-⁠Visa
45Visa required

Seychelles passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 73% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. It is the strongest passport in Africa (54 passports). Across 6 major destinations: the Schengen Area allows visa-free entry; the United Kingdom requires an eTA; the United States, Canada and Japan require a consular visa; Australia issues an e-⁠Visa online. Beyond those 167 destinations, 35 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 45 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (140)

Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Austria Bahamas Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Cambodia Cayman Islands China Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Côte d’Ivoire Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Estonia Eswatini Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guernsey Haiti Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Iran Ireland Isle of Man Italy Jamaica Jersey Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Latvia Lesotho Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Malawi Malaysia Malta Martinique Mauritius Mayotte Micronesia Moldova Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Mozambique Namibia Netherlands New Caledonia Nigeria Niue North Macedonia Norway Oman Palestine Panama Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Serbia Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda United Arab Emirates Uruguay Vanuatu Vatican City Wallis and Futuna Zambia Zimbabwe Åland Islands

Visa on arrival (20)

Bahrain Bangladesh Bolivia Burundi Cape Verde Comoros Egypt Ethiopia Guinea-Bissau Indonesia Jordan Laos Madagascar Maldives Marshall Islands Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Saudi Arabia Timor-Leste

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (7)

Ghana New Zealand South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Korea Sri Lanka Suriname United Kingdom

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (35)

Australia Bhutan Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cuba DR Congo Djibouti El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Gabon Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands India Iraq Kyrgyzstan Liberia Libya Mauritania Mongolia Norfolk Island Pakistan Papua New Guinea Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Tajikistan Ukraine Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam

Visa required (45)

Afghanistan American Samoa Argentina Armenia Azerbaijan British Indian Ocean Territory Brunei Canada Central African Republic Chile Colombia Congo Eritrea Gambia Guam Guatemala Guyana Honduras Israel Japan Kuwait Lebanon Mali Mexico Morocco Myanmar Nauru Nicaragua Niger North Korea Northern Mariana Islands Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Senegal Sudan Syria Taiwan Tokelau Turkmenistan United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands 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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