For example, a first adult US passport is issued for US$165, and renewals cost US$130. In the UK, online passport applications cost £75.50, while an adult passport in France costs €86.

CNN looked into the price of passports around the world to find out where this document costs the most to travel-hungry nationals.

In Lebanon, for example, a passport costs 1,200,000 Lebanese pounds, or about US$795.

However, obtaining a Lebanese passport for expatriates is less expensive, at about US$600. And this is not the only country where this identity document costs a hefty sum.

CNN reports that Syrians living abroad have to pay US$300 for a passport. Not only is the document only valid for six years, but it is also one of the world’s least powerful passports, according to a separate annual ranking where it comes 110th in a list that counts 112 places…

In Australia too, the passport process is expensive, at 308 Australian dollars, or about US$220.

In Cuba, anyone hoping to travel will need to be organised, because while a passport can last for six years (and costs 2,500 Cuban pesos), it still has to be renewed every two years to remain valid, for a fee of 500 Cuban pesos each time.

Other expensive passports include the Liechtenstein passport, which costs 256 Swiss francs. Meanwhile, the Swiss face a fee of 145 CHF.