The Antigua and Barbuda passport has reached its strongest position to date, rising three places in the 2026 Henley Passport Index.
The country moved from 27th in 2025 to 24th this year, despite increased global scrutiny of citizenship-by-investment programmes and wider geopolitical pressures.
Passport holders now have visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to about 154 destinations worldwide, according to the index, which measures travel freedom using data from the International Air Transport Association.
The improved ranking places Antigua and Barbuda among the better-performing nations globally and highlights growing international confidence in its passport and border controls.
Within the Caribbean, the country ranks fifth, behind Barbados, The Bahamas, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and St Kitts and Nevis.
The results are seen as a boost to Antigua and Barbuda’s international standing, as it continues to meet global security and travel compliance standards.
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Some good news at last; and hopefully when Prime Minister Browne amends the CBI programme (in relation to vetting practices and longer-term residency), so by the next time of the Henley Passport Index release, Antigua & Barbuda will be in the top 20 – if not higher.👏🏾
That is good news to hear about my country’s passport. However, I still have a problem of the selling and issuing the passport to any and anyone without proper background checks on the individuals.
@Brix
You do know that this is not a index that depicts the culture of a country right, but how much money you you can spend to buy property?
That’s all the CBI is about in any island or country who has a CBI program.
Selling ones sovereignty is nothing as sexy as they put it as on these index’s.
Look at the DR (Dominican Republic) They do not offer citizenship in their residency program, and if you want to be a citizen, you better live there and learn not just the country, but their language.
It’s like when you go to Miami..there are many Hispanics who do not speak english,or down right refused to speak it, because they are so patriotic to their culture, that they are not changing for anyone.
We don’t have that solidarity here in Antigua about our sovereignty and patriotism. In fact you can say that the Spanish here in Antigua refuse to assimilate the same way the ones in Miami operates. They don’t follow the the good ole creed ” when in Rome”.
That’s what worries me with the Antigua slack and corrupt CBI, and plus our culture has drastically changed by these passport seekers who refuse to assimilate to our culture one bit.
So now we as Antiguan’s are constantly asking, who are we as a people these days?
Many don’t even know.. “friends to all” comes with a heavy cultural price.
So which is the lesser of both evils?
That’s the sacrifice that has to be made. Invite everyone to our shores for a few dollars and lose our culture, or fix our very pourous immigration system?
It’s a choice.
So the term ” good news” is a very relative term in this situation.
Good for them. All you better not let uncle Trump see that cause is more sanctions in our backside
Strong passport and we cannot go US. Just leave me alone
This shows that despite all the noise anyigua still meeting international standards
I hear you @Islanman26 👍🏾
As you know, I thoroughly enjoy when people defend their corner. On these ANR threads they are very few and far between.
However, the Gaston Browne supporters do make it easy for me 🤣.
What use is high ranking passport when citizens cannot use it to go to the most sought after destination. Status without meaning! Until the Antigua and Barbuda passport can accommodate and provide unimpeded access to the US in particular, all this horn blowing about passport status and rank amounts to nothing.
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