🇬🇧 United Kingdom visa requirements by nationality
As of 2026, 35 of the world’s 198 passports can enter United Kingdom without applying for a visa in advance: 35 visa-free, 0 with a visa on arrival and 54 with an electronic travel authorisation. A further 0 can apply online before travelling, and 109 must obtain a visa from an embassy or consulate.
Visa-free access to United Kingdom by continent
All passports and their United Kingdom status
- AfghanistanVisa required
- AlbaniaVisa required
- AlgeriaVisa required
- AndorraVisa-free · 180d
- AngolaVisa required
- Antigua & BarbudaeTA
- ArgentinaeTA
- ArmeniaVisa required
- AustraliaeTA
- AustriaVisa-free · 180d
- AzerbaijanVisa required
- BahamaseTA
- BahraineTA
- BangladeshVisa required
- BarbadoseTA
- BelarusVisa required
- BelgiumVisa-free · 180d
- BelizeeTA
- BeninVisa required
- BhutanVisa required
- BoliviaVisa required
- Bosnia & HerzegovinaVisa required
- BotswanaeTA
- BrazileTA
- BruneieTA
- BulgariaVisa-free · 180d
- Burkina FasoVisa required
- BurundiVisa required
- CambodiaVisa required
- CameroonVisa required
- CanadaeTA
- Cape VerdeVisa required
- Central African RepublicVisa required
- ChadVisa required
- ChileeTA
- ChinaVisa required
- ColombiaVisa required
- ComorosVisa required
- Congo - BrazzavilleVisa required
- Congo - KinshasaVisa required
- Costa RicaeTA
- Côte d’IvoireVisa required
- CroatiaVisa-free · 180d
- CubaVisa required
- CyprusVisa-free · 180d
- CzechiaVisa-free · 180d
- DenmarkVisa-free · 180d
- DjiboutiVisa required
- DominicaVisa required
- Dominican RepublicVisa required
- EcuadorVisa required
- EgyptVisa required
- El SalvadorVisa required
- Equatorial GuineaVisa required
- EritreaVisa required
- EstoniaVisa-free · 180d
- EswatiniVisa required
- EthiopiaVisa required
- FijiVisa required
- FinlandVisa-free · 180d
- FranceVisa-free · 180d
- GabonVisa required
- GambiaVisa required
- GeorgiaVisa required
- GermanyVisa-free · 180d
- GhanaVisa required
- GreeceVisa-free · 180d
- GrenadaeTA
- GuatemalaeTA
- GuineaVisa required
- Guinea-BissauVisa required
- GuyanaeTA
- HaitiVisa required
- HondurasVisa required
- Hong Kong SAR ChinaeTA
- HungaryVisa-free · 180d
- IcelandVisa-free · 180d
- IndiaVisa required
- IndonesiaVisa required
- IranVisa required
- IraqVisa required
- IrelandVisa-free
- IsraeleTA
- ItalyVisa-free · 180d
- JamaicaVisa required
- JapaneTA
- JordanVisa required
- KazakhstanVisa required
- KenyaVisa required
- KiribatieTA
- KosovoVisa required
- KuwaiteTA
- KyrgyzstanVisa required
- LaosVisa required
- LatviaVisa-free · 180d
- LebanonVisa required
- LesothoVisa required
- LiberiaVisa required
- LibyaVisa required
- LiechtensteinVisa-free · 180d
- LithuaniaVisa-free · 180d
- LuxembourgVisa-free · 180d
- Macao SAR ChinaeTA
- MadagascarVisa required
- MalawiVisa required
- MalaysiaeTA
- MaldiveseTA
- MaliVisa required
- MaltaVisa-free · 180d
- Marshall IslandseTA
- MauritaniaVisa required
- MauritiuseTA
- MexicoeTA
- MicronesiaeTA
- MoldovaVisa required
- MonacoVisa-free · 180d
- MongoliaVisa required
- MontenegroVisa required
- MoroccoVisa required
- MozambiqueVisa required
- Myanmar (Burma)Visa required
- NamibiaVisa required
- NaurueTA
- NepalVisa required
- NetherlandsVisa-free · 180d
- New ZealandeTA
- NicaraguaeTA
- NigerVisa required
- NigeriaVisa required
- North KoreaVisa required
- North MacedoniaVisa required
- NorwayVisa-free · 180d
- OmaneTA
- PakistanVisa required
- PalaueTA
- Palestinian TerritoriesVisa required
- PanamaeTA
- Papua New GuineaeTA
- ParaguayeTA
- PerueTA
- PhilippinesVisa required
- PolandVisa-free · 180d
- PortugalVisa-free · 180d
- QatareTA
- RomaniaVisa-free · 180d
- RussiaVisa required
- RwandaVisa required
- SamoaeTA
- San MarinoVisa-free · 180d
- São Tomé & PríncipeVisa required
- Saudi ArabiaeTA
- SenegalVisa required
- SerbiaVisa required
- SeychelleseTA
- Sierra LeoneVisa required
- SingaporeeTA
- SlovakiaVisa-free · 180d
- SloveniaVisa-free · 180d
- Solomon IslandseTA
- SomaliaVisa required
- South AfricaVisa required
- South KoreaeTA
- South SudanVisa required
- SpainVisa-free · 180d
- Sri LankaVisa required
- St. Kitts & NeviseTA
- St. LuciaeTA
- St. Vincent & GrenadineseTA
- SudanVisa required
- SurinameVisa required
- SwedenVisa-free · 180d
- SwitzerlandVisa-free · 180d
- SyriaVisa required
- TaiwaneTA
- TajikistanVisa required
- TanzaniaVisa required
- ThailandVisa required
- Timor-LesteVisa required
- TogoVisa required
- TongaeTA
- Trinidad & TobagoeTA
- TunisiaVisa required
- TürkiyeVisa required
- TurkmenistanVisa required
- TuvalueTA
- UgandaVisa required
- UkraineVisa required
- United Arab EmirateseTA
- United StateseTA
- UruguayeTA
- UzbekistanVisa required
- VanuatuVisa required
- Vatican CityVisa-free · 180d
- VenezuelaVisa required
- VietnamVisa required
- YemenVisa required
- ZambiaVisa required
- ZimbabweVisa required
Frequently Asked Questions
How many countries can enter United Kingdom without a visa?
35 passports enter United Kingdom visa-free, 0 receive a visa on arrival and 54 use an electronic travel authorisation — 198 passports in total are covered here. 0 more can apply for an e-visa online.
Does this page tell me whether I need a visa for United Kingdom?
Yes, if you tell us your passport. Pick your passport once and every page on this site answers for it. We never assume your nationality silently: when a passport is guessed from your device it is labelled as a guess.
Is this information official?
Partly. Where we have an official government source for a passport we use it and say so on the page. Everything else comes from an open, community-maintained dataset and is guidance for planning, not legal advice. Visa rules change without notice; confirm with the destination’s own authority before booking.
Data last rebuilt 2026-08-26. Official government data is used for these passports: TR; all others come from the open passport-index dataset and are guidance only — confirm with an official source before you travel.
Important: this content is general information
Visa rules can change without notice. Always confirm your situation with an official source before you travel: Also check with the embassy or consulate of your destination country in your own country. The information on this page is guidance, not legal advice.