- What industry do you work in and what is your role?
- What are your responses in your role / position?
- Can you describe to the function of your workplace / company?
- How many departments, how many offices. National or International?
- What are the minimum requirements for employment ie Education or Experience?
- How many opportunities are there to ‘move up the ladder’?
- What is the process for changing job roles ie Interview? Test?
- Current projects? Deadlines? Opportunities?
- Anything of interest happening?
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Japanese and Singaporean passports have been named the most powerful in the world yet again. The Henley Passport Index has been ranking passports for 17 years.
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Using data from the International Air Transport Association, it compares 199 passports to see how easily people with them can travel to 227 destinations. It didn’t include current COVID-19 travel restrictions, however.
(1)Have you ever had to apply for a visa before traveling abroad?
(2)How many countries have you been to? What was the first foreign country you visited?
3.[responsivevoice voice = "US English Female" buttontext = ""]For 2022, Japanese and Singaporean passports were named joint most powerful. People with these passports can travel to 192 destinations without a visa, or they can easily get one when they arrive.
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Passports from Germany and South Korea were named the second most powerful — holders can travel to 190 places without a visa in advance. Passports from Finland, Italy, Luxembourg and Spain were all joint third. The US and UK — which were both named most powerful in 2014 — were joint sixth for 2022.
(1)What do you imagine are the main reasons people visit your country?
(2)Has COVID-19 affected any of your travel plans recently?
(3)What’s the longest you’ve stayed in a foreign country?
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Afghanistan’s passport was named the least powerful — it only allows travel to 26 places without a visa in advance. Iraq, Syria and Pakistan were also at the bottom of the list, all only allowing easy travel to fewer than 30 countries. Japanese and Singaporean passports were also named the joint most powerful in 2021 and 2019. Japan was first and Singapore was second in 2020 and 2018.
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The number of destinations people can travel to easily has been increasing over time. On average, a person could travel to 57 countries without a visa in advance in 2006. For 2022, the average is 107 countries.
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However, the 2022 results have also shown the biggest difference between countries with the most and least powerful passports since the Henley Passport Index began.
