page_title: Emirati passport
hierarchical_section_title: Emirati passport
caption_attribution_description: English: United Arab Emirates passport prior to 2011.
context_page_description: The Emirati passport is issued to citizens of the United Arab Emirates for international travel.
  In terms of the number of countries its holders can visit visa-free, the Emirati passport is one of five passports with the most improved rating globally since 2006. In 2018, the Emirati passport became the largest individual climber in the Henley Passport Index over the past decade, increasing its global rank by 28 places.
  The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation plans to make the UAE passport one of the five strongest passports in the world by 2021. According to The Passport Index, this goal has been achieved as of December 2018, ranking the Emirati passport as the strongest passport in the world with a visa-free score of 170. However Henley Passport Index ranking the Emirati passport 15th in the world in terms of travel freedom based on a different criteria.
context_section_description: The Emirati passport (Arabic: جواز السفر الإماراتي‎) is issued to citizens of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for international travel.
  In terms of the number of countries its holders can visit visa-free, the Emirati passport is one of five passports with the most improved rating globally since 2006. In 2018, the Emirati passport became the largest individual climber in the Henley Passport Index over the past decade, increasing its global rank by 28 places.
  The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation plans to make the UAE passport one of the five strongest passports in the world by 2021. According to The Passport Index, this goal has been achieved as of December 2018, ranking the Emirati passport as the strongest passport in the world with a visa-free score of 170. However Henley Passport Index ranking the Emirati passport 15th in the world in terms of travel freedom based on a different criteria.
caption: United Arab Emirates machine-readable passport issued prior to 2011. The passport is invalidated as evident by holes punctured on the cover.
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