Comorian passport

The Comorian passport is issued to citizens of the Union of the Comoros for international travel. As of 1 January 2017, Comorian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 48 countries and territories, ranking the Comorian passport 88th in terms of travel freedom (tied with Algerian, Cambodian, Egyptian, Guinean and Laotian passports) according to the Henley visa restrictions index.[1]

Comorian passport
The front cover of a contemporary Comorian passport.
TypePassport
Issued by Comoros
PurposeIdentification
EligibilityComorian citizenship

The UAE and other countries in the Arabian Gulf have a partnership with Comoros in which, Comoros islands passports are given to many people (including dissidents).[2][3]

See also

References
  1. "Global Ranking - Visa Restriction Index 2017" (PDF). Henley & Partners. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  2. "Special report: Ten years on, the UAE's stateless people reflect on how life has improved and on the challenges ahead". The National. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  3. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/05/17/the-controversial-plan-to-give-kuwaits-stateless-people-citizenship-of-a-tiny-poor-african-island/

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