Who Requires UK Visa

United Kingdom

The UK visa rule permits visa-free entrance for up to six months to nationals of some nations, most of which are EU and Commonwealth countries. If you are not from the nations counted in the visa-exclusions, then you will have to apply for a standard UK tourist visa. For stays lengthier than six months as well as tours during which you will work, everybody requires a permit regardless of citizenship.

Who Requires a Visa?

If you are from an EU Fellow Nation, US or individual Commonwealth states, you do not require a permit for the UK for maximum six months. You only require a UK visa if you are from one of the resulting nations:

Afghanistan

Surinam

Morocco

Guyana

The Republic of the Congo

Albania

Swaziland

Mozambique

Haiti

Cuba

Algeria

Syria

Nepal

India

Northern Cyprus

Angola

Tajikistan

Niger

Indonesia

Djibouti

Armenia

Tanzania

Nigeria

Iran

Dominican Republic

Azerbaijan

Thailand

North Korea

Iraq

Ecuador

Bahrain

Togo

Oman***

Ivory Coast

Egypt

Bangladesh

Tunisia

Pakistan

Jamaica

Equatorial Guinea

Belarus

Turkey

Palestinian Authority

Jordan

Eritrea

Benin

Turkmenistan

Peru

Kazakhstan

Ethiopia

Bhutan

Uganda

Philippines

Kenya

Fiji

Bolivia

Ukraine

Qatar***

Kosovo

Gabon

Bosnia-Herzegovina

The United Arab Emirates***

Russia

Kuwait***

The Gambia

Burkina Faso

Uzbekistan

Rwanda

Kyrgyzstan

Georgia

Burma (Myanmar)

Vatican City*

Sao Tome & Principe

Laos

Ghana

Burundi

Venezuela**

Saudi Arabia

Lebanon

Guinea

Cambodia

Vietnam

Senegal

Lesotho

Guinea Bissau

Cameroon

Yemen

Serbia

Liberia

Comoros

Cape Verde

Zambia

Sierra Leone

Libya

Mauritania

The Central African Republic

Zimbabwe

Somalia

Macedonia

Moldova

Chad

The Democratic Republic of the Congo

South Africa

Madagascar

 

China (PRC)

Mongolia

Sri Lanka

Malawi

 

Colombia

Montenegro

Sudan

Mali

 

*Only for owners of emergency and service passports.

**If you have a legal Venezuelan biometric passport with an electronic chip, you do not need a visa.

***Citizens of Kuwait, Oman, Qatar or the United Arab Emirates can also apply for an electronic visa waiver (EVW) instead of a visa.

UK Visa-Exempted Nations

Nationals of the resulting nations do not require a visa to come to the UK for stays of up to six months:

EU/EFTA Member States

Singapore

Nicaragua

Guatemala

Andorra

Solomon Islands

Palau

Honduras

Antigua and Barbuda

South Korea

Panama

Hong Kong

Argentina

Taiwan

Papua New Guinea

Israel

Australia

Tonga

Paraguay

Japan

Bahamas

Trinidad and Tobago

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Kiribati

Barbados

Tuvalu

Saint Lucia

Macau

Belize

United States of America

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Malaysia

Botswana

Uruguay

Samoa

Maldives

Brazil

Vanuatu

San Marino

Marshall Islands

Brunei

Vatican City

Seychelles

Mauritius

Canada

East Timor

Namibia

Mexico

Chile

El Salvador

Nauru

Micronesia

Costa Rica

Grenada

New Zealand

Monaco

Dominica

 

 

 

 

Remember:

  • If you arrive from the Republic of Ireland, you can only stay maximum for three months, not six.
  • Even if you are visa-exempted, you still require to bring the necessary documents for a UK visa appeal to show to the immigration officials.

Is It Necessary to Get a Transit Visa for the UK?

If you naturally require a visa to arrive in the UK as a traveler, you will also need a transit visa. Though there are two sorts of transit visas for the UK, and the necessities vary reliant on which nation you are from:

  • Visitor in Transit Visa: This sort of visa is required if you will go through British border control, but you aim to leave the nation within 48 hours. You require a Visitor in Transit Visa if you are from a nation that naturally needs UK visitor visas.
  • Direct Airside Transit Visa (DATV): This sort of visa is required if you will alter flights in a UK airport, but will not go via British border control. You require a DATV if you are from the following nations:

Afghanistan

Pakistan

Kosovo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo

Albania

Palestinian Authority

Lebanon

Northern Cyprus

Algeria

Rwanda

Lesotho

Ecuador

Angola

Senegal

Liberia

Eritrea

Bangladesh

Serbia

Macedonia

Ethiopia

Belarus

Sierra Leone

Malawi

The Gambia

Bolivia

Somalia

Moldova

Ghana

Burma

South Africa

Mongolia

Guinea

Burundi

Sri Lanka

Montenegro

Guinea-Bissau

Cameroon

Sudan

Nepal

India

China (PRC)

Swaziland

Nigeria

Iran

Colombia

Tanzania

Jamaica

Iraq

Congo

Turkey

Kenya

Ivory Coast

Vietnam

Uganda

Venezuela

Zimbabwe

 

Important Note: Transit Visa if not needed if you already have a legal visa delivered by Australia, Canada, New Zealand or the United States of America.

Will European Union Citizens Require UK Visa after Brexit

There will not be any variations to visa necessities for EU citizens till 31 December 2020, when the Brexit provisional period is due to end. Till then, EU citizens can continue to travel to the UK without a visa for short tours and holidays. It is still unidentified what the visa necessities for short journeys will be starting in January 2021. Yet, for immigration subjects, EU citizens are likely to begin obeying to the UK’s point-based system same as everybody else. This verdict was as an outcome of the British government to prioritize their inhabitants.

Remaining in the UK for More Than Six Months

`Everybody who wishes to remain in the UK for extra than six months will have to obtain a visa. For instance, you have to apply for a UK visa if you are a US national scheduling to move to the UK for work or else, and will reside in the UK for extended than six months. Visa exemptions itemized above only apply for short-term stays which is up to six months during which you will not work in the UK. Necessities for EU citizens: Prior to Brexit, EU citizens enjoyed the liberty of movement to the UK for either pleasure or work, nevertheless of the duration of stay. The UK government has now made variations to their immigration guidelines by making it more robust for inexpert EU citizens to settle in the UK, as they will be verified through the UK’s point-based system for immigration. Yet, it is still not identified how exactly the visa necessities will change once the Brexit provisional period is over on 31 December 2020.


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