Bollywood and curry might have no constraints when it comes to crossing international borders, but Indians themselves figure way down in the list of people with freedom to travel free of visa restrictions. In latest visa restriction index rankings, United Kingdom topped the list with Britons having visa-free access for up to three days to the largest number of countries — 166.
The UK displaced Denmark, which topped the list in 2008 with access to 157 countries out of a total of 192 countries which were part of the survey. The US has been slipping since the first index was published in 2006, when it ranked at the top along with Finland and Denmark. It slipped to number 3 by 2008 and further down to seventh place in 2010. Out of 193 countries surveyed in 2010, Indians have visa-free access to just 50 countries. In 2008 and 2010, Iraq and Afghanistan figured at the bottom of the list.
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