Travelling can be a bureaucratic nightmare for those on restricted passports.
Here we look at the best passport to have in 2018 based on the freedom it provides.
Ten years ago, in my first job after graduation, I shared an office with a researcher called Munir who
I nicknamed Dr2 because he not only had a PhD but was also qualified as a medical doctor. (I recognise
it’s not the wittiest name in the world but it was the best I could do at the time.)
Munir played loud Arabic music while he worked, loved learning British colloquialisms (“armchair critic”,
“fairweather friend”), and held a Jordanian passport. One day, he came into work clearly frustrated and
announced that he was giving up on travel.
Stationed in the UK for three years, he thought he would have a great opportunity to see Europe while he was here.
Alas, his passport was so restrictive that securing visas became distinctly Sisyphean.
He as a doctor (twice over) had fewer rights than I did as a new grad with relatively few skills just because our
passports were different. It was the first time I realised how lucky I was to have a British passport.
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