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How much does a second passport actually add?

The honest answer depends entirely on the passport you already hold. Mirabello tracks visa-free baselines for 84 origin nationalities, which is what turns a headline mobility number into a real, personal gain. Destination figures below are scoped to the 37 programmes for which we hold a verified visa-free count.

Last updated 2026-09-12
84Origin passports tracked
135Median origin baseline
193Strongest origin
28Weakest origin

Why does the value of a second passport depend on your current one?

165
destination gap between strongest and weakest origin

Origin baselines in our backbone run from 28 visa-free destinations (AF) to 193 (JP), a gap of 165 destinations. The same second passport is transformational at one end of that range and close to worthless at the other.

What is the median visa-free baseline across tracked origins?

135
across 84 origin nationalities

The median origin nationality we track holds visa-free access to 135 destinations before any second citizenship.

Which origins gain least from a second passport?

10
origins already above most CBI passports

Strong-passport nationals, JP, SG, DE, KR, MT, SE among them, already exceed most investment-migration passports on visa-free access. For them the honest case for a second citizenship is optionality, tax residence or succession, not travel.

The detail

Full breakdown

Origin nationalityVisa-free baseline
JP193
SG193
DE192
KR192
MT191
SE190
KP40
YE35
PK34
IQ31
SY30
AF28
Source and scope. Mirabello mobility backbone (84 origin nationalities). Visa-free counts are indicative and change frequently; verify against the destination authority before travel. Figures are indicative and change without notice; every figure in the Mirabello backbone carries a source, a verification date and a confidence score.

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Mirabello Consultancy, “How much does a second passport actually add?”, 2026-09-12. https://www.mirabelloconsultancy.com/statistics/passport-mobility-by-origin

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Mirabello Consultancy provides information and advisory services on investment-migration programmes. Figures are indicative, verified against official sources and provenance-tracked, and are information, not legal, tax or immigration advice. Programme terms change, confirm the detail with a specialist before acting.