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The U.S. government requires all individuals entering or departing the United States by air, or entering the United States by sea from outside the Americas, to hold one of the following documents: [ 1] U.S. passport. Foreign passport; for entry, a U.S. visa is also required except for:
As of 2024, holders of a United States passport may travel to 186 countries and territories without a travel visa, or with a visa on arrival. The United States passport currently ranks [Note 1] 8th in terms of travel freedom, according to the Henley Passport Index. [1] It is also ranked 8th by the Global Passport Power Rank. [2]
The Henley Passport index ranks passports according to the number of destinations that can be reached using a particular country's ordinary passport without the need of a prior visa ("visa-free"). [ 78 ] [ 79 ] [ 80 ] The survey ranks 199 passports against 227 destination [ 81 ] countries , territories , and micro-states .
Procrastinators, rejoice: U.S. passport processing times are down, the State Department said. Travelers whose applications are received on Monday or later can expect to wait between eight and 11 ...
The State Department has launched an updated online passport renewal service, making it possible for travelers to forgo mailing documents and upload them digitally instead. Right now, the rollout ...
United States passports are passports issued to citizens and non-citizen nationals of the United States of America. [ 7] They are issued exclusively by the U.S. Department of State. [ 8] Besides passports (in booklet form), limited-use passport cards are issued subject to the same requirements. [ 9]
The cost of a passport is 200 CNY (approximately US$31) for first time applicants in China and CNY 220 (or US$35) for renewals and passports issued abroad. Effective from 1 July 2017, cost of a biometric ordinary passport is reduced to CNY 160 (approximately US$24) for both first time applicants and renewal applicants. [ 78 ]
Visa requirements for Vatican citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Vatican City. As of May 2023, Vatican citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 154 countries and territories, ranking the Vatican passport 26th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley ...