FULL LIST: UK Releases Updated List of Countries That Need Visas for Stays Under Six Months

• The United Kingdom has updated its Immigration Rules, confirming more than 100 countries and territories whose nationals must obtain a visa before travelling to the UK for visits or stays of less than six months.

The United Kingdom has updated its Immigration Rules Appendix Visitor, reaffirming the countries and categories of travellers who must obtain a visa before travelling to the UK for visits or any stay lasting less than six months.

According to the updated guidance released by the UK Home Office on July 1, nationals and citizens of more than 100 countries and territories are required to obtain entry clearance before travelling unless they qualify for specific exemptions under the UK’s immigration rules.

The guidance also states that stateless persons and individuals travelling on documents other than a national passport—or, where applicable, a national identity card—must obtain entry clearance before travelling unless the document was issued by the United Kingdom.

The Home Office noted that certain exceptions apply to nationals of the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan, as indicated by an asterisk in the Immigration Rules.

Full list of countries whose nationals require a UK visa

• Afghanistan
• Albania
• Algeria
• Angola
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Bangladesh
• Belarus
• Benin
• Bhutan
• Bolivia
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cambodia
• Cameroon
• Cape Verde
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• People’s Republic of China*
• Colombia
• Comoros
• Republic of the Congo
• Côte d’Ivoire
• Cuba
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Djibouti
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• Egypt
• El Salvador
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Ethiopia
• Fiji
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Georgia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Haiti
• Honduras
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Iraq
• Jamaica
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Kenya
• North Korea
• Kosovo
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos
• Lebanon
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Moldova
• Mongolia
• Montenegro
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Myanmar
• Namibia
• Nauru
• Nepal
• Nicaragua
• Niger
• Nigeria
• North Macedonia
• Pakistan
• Palestine
• Philippines
• Russia
• Rwanda
• São Tomé and Príncipe
• Senegal
• Serbia
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• South Africa
• South Sudan
• Sri Lanka
• St Lucia
• Sudan
• Suriname
• Syria
• Taiwan*
• Tajikistan
• Tanzania
• Thailand
• Timor-Leste
• Togo
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• Uganda
• Ukraine
• Uzbekistan
• Vanuatu
• Venezuela
• Vietnam
• Yemen
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Other categories that require a UK visa

In addition to nationals of the countries listed above, the UK Immigration Rules require the following travellers to obtain entry clearance before travelling:

• Stateless persons.
• Individuals travelling on any document other than a national passport or, where permitted under the rules, a national identity card, unless the document has been issued by the United Kingdom.

The updated rules apply to travellers visiting the UK or planning to stay for less than six months, unless they qualify for one of the exemptions contained elsewhere in the UK’s Immigration Rules.