A report this week ranked Australia's standard passport as the seventh most powerful in the world. The report comes as demand for Australian citizenship reaches never-before-seen levels, with 189 000 people waiting for the approval of their applications.

 

The Australian passport currently gives holders access to 183 nations without having to pay a fee or pre-apply for a visa before arriving.

 

The most powerful passports based on visa-free access or visa-on-arrival access, is Japan, followed by Singapore.