Northern Europe
Northern EuropeUnited Kingdom visa requirements
Travellers from 84 of 198 countries can visit the United Kingdom easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
What 198 passports need to visit the United Kingdom
Find your own passport in the list below for the exact rule.
- No visa needed2 of 198 passportsJust show your passport at the border.
- Free to visit, live and work1 of 198 passportsVisit, live and work freely.
- eTA needed81 of 198 passportsA short online form, not a full visa.
- eVisa6 of 198 passportsApply on the official website.
- Visa needed108 of 198 passportsApply at the embassy or consulate.
Types of United Kingdom visa
- Tourist and visitor permission4 optionsFor a holiday, you may need a Standard Visitor visa or an ETA (an online travel permit). Some travellers can enter without either.
- Transit permission6 optionsYour permission depends on whether you stay inside the airport's international transit area or pass through UK border control.
- Business and paid engagement permission3 optionsA Permitted Paid Engagement route covers limited authorised paid activities. Separate arrangements apply to some official business travellers.
- Study visas3 optionsThe listed study routes are the Short-term study visa, Student visa and Child Student visa.
- Work visas and permits22 optionsSeparate work routes cover skilled jobs, temporary work, business transfers and other types of employment.
- Family and marriage routes3 optionsNamed routes cover marriage visits, parents of child students and certain family members of European citizens.
- eVisa digital immigration record1 optionsAn eVisa is a digital record of your UK immigration permission. It replaces physical immigration documents.
Find your passport
198 of 198 passports
- Hong KongVisa not requiredEastern Asia180 days
- MacauVisa not requiredEastern Asia180 days
- IrelandFreedom of movementNorthern Europe
- AndorraeTA requiredSouthern Europe180 days
- Antigua and BarbudaeTA requiredCaribbean180 days
- ArgentinaeTA requiredSouth America180 days
- AustraliaeTA requiredAustralia and New Zealand180 days
- AustriaeTA requiredCentral Europe180 days
- BahamaseTA requiredCaribbean180 days
- BahraineTA requiredWestern Asia180 days
- BarbadoseTA requiredCaribbean180 days
- BelgiumeTA requiredWestern Europe180 days
- BelizeeTA requiredCentral America180 days
- BrazileTA requiredSouth America180 days
- BruneieTA requiredSouth-Eastern Asia180 days
- BulgariaeTA requiredSoutheast Europe180 days
- CanadaeTA requiredNorth America180 days
- ChileeTA requiredSouth America180 days
- Costa RicaeTA requiredCentral America180 days
- CroatiaeTA requiredSoutheast Europe180 days
- CypruseTA requiredSouthern Europe180 days
- Czech RepubliceTA requiredCentral Europe180 days
- DenmarkeTA requiredNorthern Europe180 days
- EstoniaeTA requiredNorthern Europe180 days
- FinlandeTA requiredNorthern Europe180 days
- FranceeTA requiredWestern Europe180 days
- GermanyeTA requiredWestern Europe180 days
- GreeceeTA requiredSouthern Europe180 days
- GrenadaeTA requiredCaribbean180 days
- GuatemalaeTA requiredCentral America180 days
- GuyanaeTA requiredSouth America180 days
- HungaryeTA requiredCentral Europe180 days
- IcelandeTA requiredNorthern Europe180 days
- IsraeleTA requiredWestern Asia180 days
- ItalyeTA requiredSouthern Europe180 days
- JapaneTA requiredEastern Asia180 days
- KiribatieTA requiredMicronesia180 days
- KuwaiteTA requiredWestern Asia180 days
- LatviaeTA requiredNorthern Europe180 days
- LiechtensteineTA requiredWestern Europe180 days
- LithuaniaeTA requiredNorthern Europe180 days
- LuxembourgeTA requiredWestern Europe180 days
- MalaysiaeTA requiredSouth-Eastern Asia180 days
- MaldiveseTA requiredSouthern Asia180 days
- MaltaeTA requiredSouthern Europe180 days
- Marshall IslandseTA requiredMicronesia180 days
- MauritiuseTA requiredEastern Africa180 days
- MexicoeTA requiredNorth America180 days
- MicronesiaeTA requiredMicronesia180 days
- MonacoeTA requiredWestern Europe180 days
- NetherlandseTA requiredWestern Europe180 days
- New ZealandeTA requiredAustralia and New Zealand180 days
- NorwayeTA requiredNorthern Europe180 days
- OmaneTA requiredWestern Asia180 days
- PalaueTA requiredMicronesia180 days
- PanamaeTA requiredCentral America180 days
- Papua New GuineaeTA requiredMelanesia180 days
- ParaguayeTA requiredSouth America180 days
- PerueTA requiredSouth America180 days
- PolandeTA requiredCentral Europe180 days
- PortugaleTA requiredSouthern Europe180 days
- QatareTA requiredWestern Asia180 days
- RomaniaeTA requiredSoutheast Europe180 days
- Saint Kitts and NeviseTA requiredCaribbean180 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadineseTA requiredCaribbean180 days
- SamoaeTA requiredPolynesia180 days
- San MarinoeTA requiredSouthern Europe180 days
- Saudi ArabiaeTA requiredWestern Asia180 days
- SeychelleseTA requiredEastern Africa180 days
- SingaporeeTA requiredSouth-Eastern Asia180 days
- SlovakiaeTA requiredCentral Europe180 days
- SloveniaeTA requiredCentral Europe180 days
- Solomon IslandseTA requiredMelanesia180 days
- South KoreaeTA requiredEastern Asia180 days
- SpaineTA requiredSouthern Europe180 days
- SwedeneTA requiredNorthern Europe180 days
- SwitzerlandeTA requiredWestern Europe180 days
- TaiwaneTA requiredEastern Asia180 days
- TongaeTA requiredPolynesia180 days
- TuvalueTA requiredPolynesia180 days
- United Arab EmirateseTA requiredWestern Asia180 days
- United StateseTA requiredNorth America180 days
- UruguayeTA requiredSouth America180 days
- Vatican CityeTA requiredSouthern Europe180 days
- AlbaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe
- BangladesheVisaSouthern Asia
- IndiaeVisaSouthern Asia
- MoldovaeVisaEastern Europe
- Sri LankaeVisaSouthern Asia
- UkraineeVisaEastern Europe
- AfghanistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- AngolaVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ArmeniaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- AzerbaijanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- BelarusVisa requiredEastern Europe
- BeninVisa requiredWestern Africa
- BhutanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- BoliviaVisa requiredSouth America
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- BotswanaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- Burkina FasoVisa requiredWestern Africa
- BurundiVisa requiredEastern Africa
- CambodiaVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- CameroonVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Cape VerdeVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChadVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChinaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- ColombiaVisa requiredSouth America
- ComorosVisa requiredEastern Africa
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- CubaVisa requiredCaribbean
- DjiboutiVisa requiredEastern Africa
- DominicaVisa requiredCaribbean
- Dominican RepublicVisa requiredCaribbean
- DR CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- EcuadorVisa requiredSouth America
- EgyptVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- El SalvadorVisa requiredCentral America
- Equatorial GuineaVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- EswatiniVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- EthiopiaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- FijiVisa requiredMelanesia
- GabonVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- GambiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GeorgiaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- GhanaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GuineaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Guinea-BissauVisa requiredWestern Africa
- HaitiVisa requiredCaribbean
- HondurasVisa requiredCentral America
- IndonesiaVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- IranVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- IraqVisa requiredWestern Asia
- Ivory CoastVisa requiredWestern Africa
- JamaicaVisa requiredCaribbean
- JordanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- KazakhstanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- KenyaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- KosovoVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- KyrgyzstanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- LaosVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- LebanonVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LesothoVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- LiberiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- LibyaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MadagascarVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MalawiVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MaliVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MauritaniaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MongoliaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- MontenegroVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- MoroccoVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MozambiqueVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MyanmarVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- NamibiaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- NepalVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- NicaraguaVisa requiredCentral America
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- NigeriaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- North MacedoniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- PakistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- PalestineVisa requiredWestern Asia
- PhilippinesVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- RussiaVisa requiredEastern Europe
- RwandaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- Saint LuciaVisa requiredCaribbean
- São Tomé and PríncipeVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- SenegalVisa requiredWestern Africa
- SerbiaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- Sierra LeoneVisa requiredWestern Africa
- SomaliaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- South AfricaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- South SudanVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- SurinameVisa requiredSouth America
- SyriaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TajikistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- TanzaniaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- ThailandVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- Timor-LesteVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- TogoVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa requiredCaribbean
- TunisiaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- TürkiyeVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TurkmenistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- UgandaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- UzbekistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- VanuatuVisa requiredMelanesia
- VenezuelaVisa requiredSouth America
- VietnamVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ZambiaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- ZimbabweVisa requiredSouthern Africa
Who can visit easily, by part of the world
For each part of the world: how many countries' travellers can come easily. Easy means no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- Oceania11 of 14 countries
- Europe35 of 45 countries
- Americas20 of 35 countries
- Asia16 of 50 countries
- Africa2 of 54 countries
Questions
How many passports can enter the United Kingdom without a visa?
84 of 198 passports can enter without applying before travel.
Which territories belong to the United Kingdom?
Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar Guernsey, and 7 more and more.
What is the most common entry rule for the United Kingdom?
Visa needed: it applies to 108 passports.
Which passports need an embassy visa for the United Kingdom?
108 passports, including China, Indonesia, Pakistan, Nigeria Russia, and 103 more.
Do India passport holders need a visa for the United Kingdom?
eVisa.
Do China passport holders need a visa for the United Kingdom?
Visa needed.
Do United States passport holders need a visa for the United Kingdom?
eTA needed, for up to 180 days.
Do Nigeria passport holders need a visa for the United Kingdom?
Visa needed.
Do Pakistan passport holders need a visa for the United Kingdom?
Visa needed.
Do Brazil passport holders need a visa for the United Kingdom?
eTA needed, for up to 180 days.
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