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Nationals or citizens of the following countries or territorial
entities require a visa to enter the UK:
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Benin
Bhutan
Bosnia Herzegovina
Burkina Faso
Burma
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
People's Republic of China (except those holding passports
issued by Hong Kong or Macau Special Administrative Regions)
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Cuba
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Fiji
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Korea (North)
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Liberia
Libya
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Moldova
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Nepal
Niger
Nigeria
Oman
Pakistan
Peru
Philippines
Qatar
Russia
Rwanda
Sao Tome e Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somalia
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Surinam
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
The territories formerly comprising the socialist Federal Republic
of Yugoslavia
Also:
- Persons who hold passports or travel documents issued by
the former Soviet Union or by the former Socialist Federal Republic
of Yugoslavia.
- Stateless persons.
- Persons who hold non-national documents.
The following persons
do NOT need a visa for the UK:
- those who qualify for admission to the United Kingdom as
returning residents;
- those who seek permission to enter the United Kingdom within
the period of their earlier leave and for the same purpose as
that for which that leave was granted, unless it
(i) was for
a period of six months or less; or
(ii) was extended
by statutory instrument or by section 3C of the Immigration Act;
- those nationals or citizens of the People's Republic of China
holding passports issued by Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region; or
- those nationals or citizens of the People's Republic of China
holding passports issued by Macao Special Administrative Region.
- those who arrive in the United Kingdom with leave to enter
which is in force but which was given before arrival so long
as those in question arrive within the period of their earlier
leave and for the same purpose as that for which leave was granted,
unless that leave
(i) was for
a period of six months or less, or
(ii) was extended
by statutory instrument or by section 3C of the Immigration Act.
source: Home Office, February 2008 |
