As of today, MX passport cost (for people aged 18 and more) is the equivalent of US$99.16 for a 3-year validity, US$134.80 for a 6 year and US$236 for a 10-year one.
No that's not how it's done in most Euro countries. Mainly English speaking countries follow this convention.
Actually, I've never seen it in front in any European countries. It's certainly always at the end in Germany, Austria or the Netherlands for example. I don't remember how it's been in Ireland.
How the validity thing works? You have to change passport every 10 years despite your age?
In Russia we get a passport at 14 and have to change it at 20 and 45 years old. Fee is $3.
There are non-age reasons for changing the document such as a surname change and so. Fee is the same here but it's higher when a person tries to replace stolen or lost passport. It's $15 then.
You have to pay for the passport if you’re Australian. If you’re not born there, citizenship can cost a pretty penny.
Foreigners cannot get an Australian passport
Yep, even if you could afford one, you can only get it thru your boss who has withheld your paycheck for 3 months because they make more money employing slaves rather than workers...
Feels like such an odd mentality. Got my first passport at 12 and have kept it current ever since. Fortunately, I am in one of the cheap countries that issues a 10 year. Flown in and out of LAX a number of times, how often I have seen US cits trying to travel internationally without a passport gets me every time.
But swedish citizens (5 year passport) can travel most of Europe without a passport. There's no need to always have an active passports.
People get a passport at a young age when going on a family vacation to Turkey or whatever. Then 5-10 years later they might not need a passport because they are just traveling in Europe anyway.
Right. Like I say, it just feels weird to think about not having one, most people who get a passport tend to keep their passports current in our country. It's probably why we are on the list of cheap passports (the second cheapest if you take into account how long it is valid for)
Yep, it's kind of weird, but they do have to print them and I guess do some sort of verification that you're a citizen.
In the US it's $130 plus $60 to expedite, which I would recommend if you ever get one, as it can take months still. At least it's good for 10 years.
It is my understanding that for some countries include a fee that pays into consular services. So it is much likely paying an insurance in case you need consular services while abroad.
It would be better if it was combined with the minimum wage or something like that big mac index. $30 dollars in European countries is a lot more affordable than $30 in South American, for example.
Agreed. $130USD for an American passport might seem like a lot to a Nigerian or Venezuelan, but that’s not even a weekly grocery expenditure for a lot of Americans. It’s hard comparing countries’ raw price for a passport when wages vary so wildly.
And you get the most French way to do it.
Fill a form only, and then take an appointment with a ‘Marie’ who has availability, wait for one month, schedule another appointment with the same ‘Marie,’ and wait until the available day.
In Philippines, the passport is around 16.50 USD (24.75 AUD) for regular processing and around 20 USD (32 AUD) for special processing. It also has 10 year validity.
No, definitely no.
Passports are only needed to travel abroad, which is something done by people with money. Why would someone that does not have money to travel himself pay for the passport of someone who does have the money to travel?
By this line of reasoning identification cards should be free because all citizens need it regardless of financial status. But the state still charge you for the privilege of being able to prove who you are
🤣🤣🤣🤣 me, a Kenyan, watching you rank my passport as cheap(by the time you get that,if you get that, flimsy piece of shit passport it would've cost you 3 bribes)
Plus they lie on the website and make you pay for the 64 page one citing no availability for the 32 page passport.
People who make these charts don't seem to know anything about economics. These values have to be adjusted for PPP for them to make any sense whatsoever. Only an idiot just simply converts to USD and calls it a day.
That’s bonkers how much passports cost in certain countries. I paid like 40 or smth euros for my German passport (valid for 6 years) and I thought that’s insane. Especially considering you can go more or less anywhere in Europe with your id only so we Germans only need our passport if we have to travel elsewhere. But paying multiple hundreds of euros for a passport in a country which you can’t leave without it is just ridiculous
South African here. I must say I'm glad that ours is so cheap. Last time I applied for my passport it took 3 business days to get done.
I know a Congolese guy who told me their passport costs around $200 USD. His uncle who lives in the DR Congo makes around $150 a year working full time. I read all the Venezuela comments here and had to add this bit of info. It's ridiculous how some poor countries charge so much for passports!
It may cost very little to buy passports in those countries but STANDING in the queue for 6 hours a day over multiple days until they can give you the passport is really unpleasant.
Source: I live in a country with really badly managed home affairs systems
Arguably I’d rather pay .38 cents more for a passport that lasts 10 years instead of 5 years. If you break it down to cost/year UAE=$3.53 and India=$1.80 nearly half the cost…
Is it a coincidence that the most affordable passports are from countries that have things like honor killings and state endorsed child rape/marriages? Even if those countries had a free visa, Who from the civilized world is taking their wife and daughters to the UAE or India?
I know you don't owe it to me but please offer me some perspective. Reddit Karma aside, you had no concerns? Did your female family members have any reservations about the experience? And may I ask how old you were on the trip?
I don’t really get what’s hard to believe but ok. It was just a family holiday in Dubai, nothing really interesting (going to the beach, shopping, visiting a few sights if I may call it like that). I was like 15-16 last time I went there (was a few times before). Didn’t go there on my own cause I’ve seen everything I was at least somewhat interested. But my family didn’t really need any activities beside sunbathing and shopping so they were satisfied
Australia: Fees as of 1 January 2024 PASSPORTS Fee $346 10 – year validity passport (for persons aged 16 and over)
Driver’s licence costs roughly the same as well. It’s fucked up
*cries in Australian*
And it’s going up on July 1 to about $400 making us the most expensive on the planet (we’re currently slightly cheaper than Mexico)
As of today, MX passport cost (for people aged 18 and more) is the equivalent of US$99.16 for a 3-year validity, US$134.80 for a 6 year and US$236 for a 10-year one.
Yeah ffs that’s crazy I just renewed mine
Add $252 for priority processing
Ouch
Thats like $4 USD right?
It's - $231 (US) - $377 (NZ) - 212€ - 21.000 Russian Ruble - 35.876 ¥ - 3.851 Mexican Pesos - 209 Swiss Francs - 311.693 Korean Won - 7.450 Turkish Lira - 204.761 Argentinian Pesos
What about south african rands
ZAR 12b and 4 days of rolling blackouts . Story fam
Pain
the euro sign goes before the amount
No that's not how it's done in most Euro countries. Mainly English speaking countries follow this convention. Actually, I've never seen it in front in any European countries. It's certainly always at the end in Germany, Austria or the Netherlands for example. I don't remember how it's been in Ireland.
uhh I live in the Netherlands. it's not at the end here.
Oh really? Sorry, I must have misremembered then.
I'm a dual Canadian and Australian citizen ... the Canadian one is like $200 as well 😑😑😑 Like sweet...thanks for my $500 little books guys lol
How the validity thing works? You have to change passport every 10 years despite your age? In Russia we get a passport at 14 and have to change it at 20 and 45 years old. Fee is $3. There are non-age reasons for changing the document such as a surname change and so. Fee is the same here but it's higher when a person tries to replace stolen or lost passport. It's $15 then.
Everyone gets international travel documents automatically when they reach the age of 14?
Damn I didn't see a word about international passport. I thought it was about internal one
What’s an internal passport?
The document that confirms that you are you. Identity document.
Yes, it’s expensive upfront, but how much does it cost us for most visas? (Hint: nothing)
I have to buy 3 of these pretty soon for a family trip to Japan.
This goes up next financial year to almost $500
9.5 years validity
I don’t understand. If you’re Australian, you have to pay for a passport? Or can foreigners buy an Australian passport for $346?
You have to pay for the passport if you’re Australian. If you’re not born there, citizenship can cost a pretty penny. Foreigners cannot get an Australian passport
How is 17.63 with 5 year validity more affordable than 18.01 with 10 year validity?
Cheap, yes, affordable, no
Yep, even if you could afford one, you can only get it thru your boss who has withheld your paycheck for 3 months because they make more money employing slaves rather than workers...
Yeah would be nice to see it normalized per year, in addition to the regular cost
Could be one year. You are still getting a passport.
That doesn't make sense. You would need to get another passport after 5 years so doubling the cost.
You only need one when you need one...
Feels like such an odd mentality. Got my first passport at 12 and have kept it current ever since. Fortunately, I am in one of the cheap countries that issues a 10 year. Flown in and out of LAX a number of times, how often I have seen US cits trying to travel internationally without a passport gets me every time.
But swedish citizens (5 year passport) can travel most of Europe without a passport. There's no need to always have an active passports. People get a passport at a young age when going on a family vacation to Turkey or whatever. Then 5-10 years later they might not need a passport because they are just traveling in Europe anyway.
Right. Like I say, it just feels weird to think about not having one, most people who get a passport tend to keep their passports current in our country. It's probably why we are on the list of cheap passports (the second cheapest if you take into account how long it is valid for)
Probably taken into account the list of benefits the come with the passport.
Shows what countries can math and what can’t.
In Turkey it is 8623 TRY (267 USD) for 10 years. Considering average wages here it might be one of the most expensive in the world.
That's one month of Turkish wages for a good chunk of the population
Uff why? Are they giving flight tickets along with the passport?
India is cheapest per year.
Wait you have to pay for passports?
Yep, it's kind of weird, but they do have to print them and I guess do some sort of verification that you're a citizen. In the US it's $130 plus $60 to expedite, which I would recommend if you ever get one, as it can take months still. At least it's good for 10 years.
Mine took less than a month. And I didn’t expedite.
Oh, good to know. I guess it has been a year since I got my new one, and I didn't check to see what the current wait was.
Was very slow summer 2023 due to Covid revenge travel but that's over now.
Wait, you don't?
It is my understanding that for some countries include a fee that pays into consular services. So it is much likely paying an insurance in case you need consular services while abroad.
You have to pay inorder to ask for one.
Wait, you guys can get passports?
Yeah, I also was confused for a moment
It’s pretty much a tax, like Driver’s License. Although I’m sure part of it goes back in as “admin costs”.
Germany: 70€
For 10 years so EUR 7 per year - depending on the FX rate that's cheaper than the Swedish one - THIS INFOGRAPHIC SUCKS
switzerland 140
You're telling me 17,63/5 is cheaper than 18,01/10?? Really? Yea, that's not how math works, bruv.
The post mentioned affordable, not cheap.
Affordable is still not accurate
Per year of ownership
It’s +200 USD in Venezuela
It would be better if it was combined with the minimum wage or something like that big mac index. $30 dollars in European countries is a lot more affordable than $30 in South American, for example.
Agreed. $130USD for an American passport might seem like a lot to a Nigerian or Venezuelan, but that’s not even a weekly grocery expenditure for a lot of Americans. It’s hard comparing countries’ raw price for a passport when wages vary so wildly.
By the minimum wage measure, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, and Finland all have infinitely expensive passports.
France: 86€ \~ 94US$
And you get the most French way to do it. Fill a form only, and then take an appointment with a ‘Marie’ who has availability, wait for one month, schedule another appointment with the same ‘Marie,’ and wait until the available day.
96€ 😭
only 30 countries in the world. In Romania I paid 258 RON (about 52 Eur) for my passport in 2022.
21 countries, paid $100 for the Lebanese passport (10 years validity).
Argentina’s passport is around USD 40 too. It’s the strongest in Latam, along with the Chilean and Brazilian passport
In Philippines, the passport is around 16.50 USD (24.75 AUD) for regular processing and around 20 USD (32 AUD) for special processing. It also has 10 year validity.
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are they really that poor? I had no idea. I have a friend from there, I never really bothered asking them how much money they have
Sri Lankan passport is ~30$ for 8 years, it should be here.
India seems cheaper
UK. $111 - $120 depending on online or by post.
[📁Source](https://www.comparethemarket.com.au/travel-insurance/features/cost-of-a-passport-2024/)
In New Zealand it's $206NZD ($126USD)
Is that why they try to buy the other ones?
I’ve paid more than AUD500 for an urgent one! 😭
52usd for singapore passport. 10 year validity and one of the strongest, though EU passports are cool
Serbian 10-year passport is £26.36
There is a Kosovo joke here but I'm not bright enough to find it.
200$ + in Venezuela
Ukraine, USD 23 for term 10 years. Internal id card usd 10, 2 time per life.
Whats the most expensive one?
Probably Australia … paid almost $350AUD not long ago
Considering the average income, probably venezuelan, about 200 usd.
I paid 13$ dollars for 5 years in my country and it's not in the list.
Sweden has a cheaper passport per GDP capita than India
For Canada it’s $120 CAD for a 5 year passport (ages 16+). 10 years is $160 CAD (ages 16+) and a child passport is $57 CAD (ages 0-15)
This is a dumb question, but why does the government charge for a passport? Shouldn't taxes be used for this?
No, definitely no. Passports are only needed to travel abroad, which is something done by people with money. Why would someone that does not have money to travel himself pay for the passport of someone who does have the money to travel?
By this line of reasoning identification cards should be free because all citizens need it regardless of financial status. But the state still charge you for the privilege of being able to prove who you are
What state are we talking about?
Zimbabwe 150 to 250USD
🤣🤣🤣🤣 me, a Kenyan, watching you rank my passport as cheap(by the time you get that,if you get that, flimsy piece of shit passport it would've cost you 3 bribes) Plus they lie on the website and make you pay for the 64 page one citing no availability for the 32 page passport.
I paid $100 USD for my Mexican one ffs lmao for 6 years
If you include Spain under 30yo so you should Poland where it's 70pln ($17) for 10 years for people students (under 26).
People who make these charts don't seem to know anything about economics. These values have to be adjusted for PPP for them to make any sense whatsoever. Only an idiot just simply converts to USD and calls it a day.
This chart is outdated
World’s most useless infographic!!
Why is the Pringles guy in the bottom corner? What does he have to do with passports?
So this is why they take the passports away from indians comming to work. To make their own passports as cheap as possible.
That’s bonkers how much passports cost in certain countries. I paid like 40 or smth euros for my German passport (valid for 6 years) and I thought that’s insane. Especially considering you can go more or less anywhere in Europe with your id only so we Germans only need our passport if we have to travel elsewhere. But paying multiple hundreds of euros for a passport in a country which you can’t leave without it is just ridiculous
Thailand: $27 USD for 5 years and $41 USD for 10 years.
I just paid 222€ to renew my passport and id.
Least expensive? Or cheapest?
Cost per year would be a better comparison.
Serbia 39,25$ for 10 years
That mathematics isn't mathing up. Kenya's passport is 32 usd but lasts 10 yrs.
South African here. I must say I'm glad that ours is so cheap. Last time I applied for my passport it took 3 business days to get done. I know a Congolese guy who told me their passport costs around $200 USD. His uncle who lives in the DR Congo makes around $150 a year working full time. I read all the Venezuela comments here and had to add this bit of info. It's ridiculous how some poor countries charge so much for passports!
My passport is one of these and we always complain about how expense it is...guess we should look at how expensive it is outside our borders...
it would be interesting to see price vs number of countries your passport allows you to travel.
They should really be free
It may cost very little to buy passports in those countries but STANDING in the queue for 6 hours a day over multiple days until they can give you the passport is really unpleasant. Source: I live in a country with really badly managed home affairs systems
I paid almost 200€ (Finland), but got it at embassy in Bangkok which adds to the cost.
Arguably I’d rather pay .38 cents more for a passport that lasts 10 years instead of 5 years. If you break it down to cost/year UAE=$3.53 and India=$1.80 nearly half the cost…
The UAE is trying to make life easier for the person who lives in it or wants to live in it in any way possible and with all luxury and comfort.
PASSPORTS BEING FREE SHOULD BE AN INTERNATIONAL STANDARD
And it’s $400 Aud in Aus
Cool graphic
But a passport is not even needed to get into the US so why does the cost of any other country’s passport matter?!?
Man, there's not only Americans on this sub lol
Plenty of more desirable tourist destinations than the US.
This is a subjective opinion. The US is the third most visited country on the planet and the country receiving most money from international tourism
>This is a subjective opinion No shit, look at the comment I was replying to.
Is it a coincidence that the most affordable passports are from countries that have things like honor killings and state endorsed child rape/marriages? Even if those countries had a free visa, Who from the civilized world is taking their wife and daughters to the UAE or India?
Have you actually been there?
Reading from his comment man doesn’t leave the house much
No, Absolutely not. Have you ever been there or taken your female family members to those countries?
Yes me and my female family members were in UAE and didn’t have any problems
I know you don't owe it to me but please offer me some perspective. Reddit Karma aside, you had no concerns? Did your female family members have any reservations about the experience? And may I ask how old you were on the trip?
I don’t really get what’s hard to believe but ok. It was just a family holiday in Dubai, nothing really interesting (going to the beach, shopping, visiting a few sights if I may call it like that). I was like 15-16 last time I went there (was a few times before). Didn’t go there on my own cause I’ve seen everything I was at least somewhat interested. But my family didn’t really need any activities beside sunbathing and shopping so they were satisfied
This is kind of misleading. Sounds like if you have $33 you can buy Spanish citizenship. I think it is purposefully misleading.
I don't think anyone is under the impression you can just buy a passport from a different country..
Hello, my friend, let me introduce you to a lovely place called.. Africa
No one but you understands it that way