Coat of arms of Syria

Syria passport

Rank #110 · Strength 21 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 0.0

Syria passport

Citizens of Syria can reach 21 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 7 visa-free, 11 visa on arrival and 3 eTA. Ranked #110 for passport strength worldwide.

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7Visa-free
11Visa on arrival
3eTA
64e-⁠Visa
162Visa required

Syria passport: where it stands

This passport is among those with the fewest destinations of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Asia it ranks 50 of 51; the strongest in the region is Singapore, with 209 destinations. Across 6 major destinations: the Schengen Area, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Japan require a consular visa; Australia issues an e-⁠Visa online. Beyond those 21 destinations, 64 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 162 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (7)

Cook Islands Dominica Iran Malaysia Micronesia Samoa Tuvalu

Visa on arrival (11)

Burundi Cambodia Comoros Guinea-Bissau Macao Madagascar Maldives Palau Pitcairn Islands Rwanda Timor-Leste

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (3)

Kenya Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (64)

Albania Angola Antigua and Barbuda Australia Bahamas Bahrain Barbados Benin Bhutan Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Ghana Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands Indonesia Iraq Kyrgyzstan Liberia Libya Malawi Mauritania Moldova Mongolia Mozambique New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Oman Pakistan Papua New Guinea Philippines Qatar Saint Kitts and Nevis Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Suriname Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Trinidad and Tobago Uganda Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Zambia Zimbabwe

Visa required (162)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Argentina Armenia Aruba Austria Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Belize Bermuda Bolivia Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chile China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Eritrea Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gambia Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kiribati Kuwait Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua Niger North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Palestine Panama Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Russia Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Lucia Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tokelau Tonga Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Vatican City Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Yemen Åland Islands

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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