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The World Service Authority (WSA), founded in 1953 by Garry Davis, [1] is a non-profit organization that claims to educate about and promote "world citizenship", "world law", and world government. It is best known for selling unofficial fantasy[ citation needed ] documents such as World Passports.
The WSA has an office in Washington, D.C., the United States. The office in Shanghai, China, was closed on 1 January 2010. As of 2017 [update] , attorney David M. Gallup was the president of the WSA. [2] [3]
The WSA was founded by Garry Davis, a former Broadway actor and World War II bomber pilot, who officially gave up his U.S. citizenship in 1948 to live as a "citizen of the world". It was set up to be the administrative agency of the "World Government of World Citizens" which he declared on 4 September 1953. [4] The first office was opened in New York City in 1954. [4] In the past, WSA also had offices in Basel, London and Tokyo. [5] [6]
Besides selling World Passports, [7] the WSA registers customers as "world citizens" and sells "world citizen" identity documents, such as fantasy[ citation needed ] birth certificates, identity cards, marriage certificates, political asylum cards, "International Exit Visas" and "International Residence Permits". [8] The organization's legal department is responsible to assist holders of its documents. [9] The organization also promotes programs, such as "Mundialization" – declaring cities and towns as "world territories"; "World Syntegrity Project" – an attempt to create a World Constitution through meetings of citizens; and other programs. [10]
The WSA is also involved in a project to establish a World Court of Human Rights. [11] The WSA has also allegedly sold World Government Postal Stamps, [12] which, according to Garry Davis, helped to convey thousands of letters between China and Taiwan in the early 1980s. [13]
The following is a list of countries which, on at least one occasion, have recognized the World Passport on a "de facto" basis, by stamping a national visa and/or entry/exit stamp. Countries in CAPITAL letters indicate "de jure" or official recognition of the World Passport. WSA requests travelers to send photocopies or scans of visa/entry/exit stamps to the Washington, DC office. This list has been updated in February 2021: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bonaire, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, BURKINA FASO, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo (Republic of), Congo (Democratic Republic of), Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Curacao, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, ECUADOR, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakstan, Kenya, Korea, Kyrghyz Republic, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, MAURITANIA, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, San Marino, Sao Tome & Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, St. Christopher & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Maarten, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, TANZANIA, Tenerife, Thailand, TOGO, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks & Caicos Islands, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, ZAMBIA, Zimbabwe. [14]
A visa is a conditional authorization granted by a polity to a foreigner that allows them to enter, remain within, or leave its territory. Visas typically include limits on the duration of the foreigner's stay, areas within the country they may enter, the dates they may enter, the number of permitted visits, or if the individual can work in the country in question. Visas are associated with the request for permission to enter a territory and thus are, in most countries, distinct from actual formal permission for an alien to enter and remain in the country. In each instance, a visa is subject to entry permission by an immigration official at the time of actual entry and can be revoked at any time. Visa evidence most commonly takes the form of a sticker endorsed in the applicant's passport or other travel document but may also exist electronically. Some countries no longer issue physical visa evidence, instead recording details only in immigration databases.
The World Passport is a fantasy travel document sold by the World Service Authority, a non-profit organization founded by Garry Davis in 1954.
Visa requirements for Afghan citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Afghanistan. In its second quarter 2022 report, the Henley Passport Index indicated that Afghan citizens have visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 26 countries and territories, ranking the Afghan passport 112th and the least powerful passport in the world. Obtaining foreign visas from within Afghanistan is difficult as many embassies in Afghanistan have closed since Taliban takeover of the government in August 2021.
Visa requirements for Emirati citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Visa requirements for Pakistani citizens are administrative entry restrictions imposed on citizens of Pakistan by the authorities of other states. As of September 2023, Pakistani citizens had Visa free, visa-on-arrival and eVisa access to 77 countries and territories. All of the updated links and visa-related requirements can be found listed in the chart below. Pakistani passport holders that hold multi-entry visas or permanent residency permits in certain European countries, Canada, USA, GCC states or Australia may grant the ability to apply for eVisas to certain nations, as well as Visa on Arrival access that they would not have without visas to these nations. The Pakistani passport is currently ranked 100th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index in the first Quarter of 2023.
Visa requirements for Malaysian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Malaysia. As of August 2023, Malaysian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 181 countries and territories, ranking the Malaysian passport 11th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index, making it the 2nd highest-ranked passport in Southeast Asia after Singapore, the 4th highest-ranked in Asia and the highest-ranked passport in the developing world and among Muslim-majority countries.
Visa requirements for Thai citizens are administrative entry restrictions imposed on citizens of Thailand by the authorities of other states. As of January 2023, Thai citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 79 countries and territories, ranking the Thai passport 64th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index. Thailand is also a part of ASEAN and has visa-free access to these countries and vice versa.
Visa requirements for Danish citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of the Kingdom of Denmark as a sovereign state comprising the three constituent countries: Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
Visa requirements for Azerbaijani citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Azerbaijan. As of 8 July 2023, Azerbaijani citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 69 countries and territories, ranking the Azerbaijani passport 76th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.
Visa requirements for Belarusian citizens are administrative entry restrictions imposed on citizens of Belarus by the authorities of other states. As of 20 July 2023, Belarusian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 79 countries and territories, ranking the Belarusian passport 65th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.
Visa requirements for Burundian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Burundi. As of 11 January 2022, Burundian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 51 countries and territories, ranking the Burundian passport 92nd in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley & Partners Passport Index.
Visa requirements for Democratic Republic of the Congo citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Visa requirements for Vanuatu citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Vanuatu. As of 25 June 2022, Ni-Vanuatu had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 103 countries and territories. Vanuatu signed a mutual visa waiver agreement with Schengen Area countries on 28 May 2015.
A mutual visa waiver agreement was signed with Russia on 20 September 2016 and entered into force on 21 October 2016. Obtaining a visa is now required for all 27 EU countries. The EU Council has partially suspended the EU visa waiver agreement with Vanuatu. This means that all Vanuatu citizens with a passport issued after 25 May 2015 are no longer eligible for visa-free travel to Europe. The European Council voted on 8 November, 2022 to fully suspend the visa waiver agreement with Vanuatu, citing risks posed by its investor citizenship program. As a consequence all Vanuatu passport holders require a Schengen visa for the bloc which is represented by the French Embassy in Port-Vila.
Visa requirements for Tongan citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Tonga. As of 2 July 2019, Tongan citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 123 countries and territories, ranking the Tongan passport 46th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.
Visa requirements for Dominican Republic citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of the Dominican Republic. Along with Cuba and Haiti, the Dominican Republic passport is considered the weakest passport in Latin America for traveling.
Visa requirements for Slovenian citizens are administrative entry restrictions imposed on citizens of Slovenia by the authorities of other states. As of May 2023, Slovenian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 184 countries and territories, ranking the Slovenian passport 10th overall in terms of travel freedom, according to the Henley Passport Index.
Visa requirements for Zimbabwean citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Zimbabwe. As of 2 July 2019, Zimbabwean citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 64 countries and territories, ranking the Zimbabwean passport 80th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.
Visa requirements for Andorra citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Andorra. As of 2 July 2019, Andorran citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 166 countries and territories, ranking the Andorran passport 21st in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.
Visa requirements for Mozambican citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Mozambique. As of 2 July 2019, Mozambican citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 58 countries and territories, ranking the Mozambican passport 85th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.
Visa requirements for crew members are administrative entry restrictions imposed by countries on members of the crew during transit or turnaround.
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