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Singapore |<\/strong> Singapore holds the top position in the October 2026 Henley Passport Index, with access to 193 destinations without a visa in advance. (Image: Canva)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/p>\n
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Japan, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates |<\/strong> Japan, South Korea and the UAE share second place, with their passport holders able to visit 188 destinations without obtaining a visa in advance. (Image: Canva)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/p>\n
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Sweden |<\/strong> Sweden ranks third, with visa-free access to 187 destinations. (Image: Canva)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/p>\n
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11 countries share fourth place |<\/strong> Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and Spain share the fourth position with visa-free access to 186 destinations. (Image: Canva)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/p>\n
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Austria, Greece, Malta, Portugal and Switzerland |<\/strong> Five countries share fifth place, with access to 185 destinations without a visa in advance. (Image: Canva)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/p>\n
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Hungary, Malaysia, Poland and the United Kingdom |<\/strong> These four countries share sixth place in the index, with visa-free access to 184 destinations. (Image: Canva)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/p>\n
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Seven countries share seventh place |<\/strong> Australia, Canada, Czechia, Latvia, New Zealand, Slovakia and Slovenia share seventh place with visa-free access to 183 destinations. (Image: Canva)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/p>\n
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Croatia and Estonia |<\/strong> Croatia and Estonia jointly rank eighth, with access to 182 destinations. (Image: Canva)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/p>\n
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Liechtenstein and Lithuania |<\/strong> Both countries share ninth place with visa-free access to 181 destinations. (Image: Canva)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/p>\n
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Iceland and the United States |<\/strong> Iceland and the United States rank tenth, with access to 180 destinations. (Image: Canva)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/p>\n
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Where does India rank? |<\/strong> India has moved up one place from 85th in October 2025 to 84th in October 2026. However, the number of destinations accessible without a visa in advance has declined from 57 to 55. India shares its current rank with Algeria and Mauritania. (Image: Canva)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nContinue Reading<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By CNBCTV18.com \u00a0October 15, 2026, 9:47:18 PM IST (Published) India has improved its position in the Henley Passport Index in 2026 compared to 2025, when it ranked 85th. The October 2026 edition features countrie…Read More 1\/11 Singapore | Singapore holds the top position in the October 2026 Henley Passport Index, with access to 193 destinations…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}