Immigration: How many countries can a Somali passport be issued without a visa?

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Countries around the world are proud of the power of passports which is how many countries a person can travel to easily.

Japan and Singapore are vying for the top spot this year, in terms of the cost of their passports.

Somali passports are ranked 106th in the world this year. So which countries can a Somali enter without a visa?

A total of 33 countries can enter with Somali passports, ahead of passports in Yemen, Pakistan, Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.

However, not all of these countries allow Somalis with Somali passports to enter without a visa.

According to VisaIndex and PassportIndex, 9 countries can be reached with a Somali passport without applying for a visa.

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In these countries, the only thing you need to do is book a ticket directly to the destination.Therefore, when he lands he will be given an ID showing his presence.

These countries are:

Benin - a country in West Africa.

Gambia - a small country in West Africa.

Haiti - a country in the Caribbean region of Latin America.

Dominica - another country in the same Caribbean. But it is not the Dominican Republic, although they are in the same region.

Cooc Islands - islands in the Pacific Ocean. He has political ties with New Zealand.

Malaysia - a country in Asia. However, Somali passports are currently banned in the country due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Micronesia - an island nation of Ociana in the western Pacific. Its flag, which is somewhat similar to that of Somalia, is blue with four white five-pointed stars in the middle.

Niue - an island nation in the southern part of the Pacific Ocean.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - an island nation in the southern Caribbean.

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All but one of the nine countries in the world require different types of visas for Somali passport holders.

Some of them require visas upon arrival, such as Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Varde, Comoros, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Lebanon, Maldives, Mauritania, Palau, Rwanda, Samoa. , Senegal, Togo, Timor-Leste and Tuvalu.