Visa requirements for British citizens

Visa requirements for British citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of the United Kingdom. In February 2016, British citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 175 countries and territories, ranking the British passport 3rd in the world (tied with Finnish, French, Italian and Spanish), just after German (177) and Swedish (176).^[1] Additionally, the World Tourism Organization also published a report on 15 January 2016 ranking the British passport 1st in the world (tied with Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and Singapore) in terms of travel freedom, with a mobility index of 160 (out of 215 with no visa weighted by 1, visa on arrival weighted by 0.7, eVisa by 0.5, and traditional visa weighted by 0).^[2]

Visa requirements for other classes of British nationals such as British Nationals (Overseas), British Overseas Citizens, British Overseas Territories Citizens, British Protected Persons or British Subjects are different.

Visa requirements map

Visa requirements for British citizens

  Freedom of movement

  Visa-free / electronic authorization

  Visa on arrival

  Limited visa on arrival

  eVisa

  Pre-approved visa pick up on arrival

  Visa required

Visa requirements

Country	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Afghanistan	Visa required[3]
Albania	Visa not required[4]	90 days
Algeria	Visa required[5]
Andorra	Visa not required[6]
Angola	Visa required[7]
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa not required[8]
Argentina	Visa not required[9]	90 days[10]
Armenia	Visa not required[11]	Stay up to 90 days within 180 period days[12][13]
Australia	eVisitor[14]	90 days on each visit in 12-month period if granted.[15]
Austria	EU !Visa not required[16]	Freedom of movement
Azerbaijan	Visa required[17]	Visa.[18] eVisa can be obtained through approved travel agencies[19][20][21]
Bahamas	Visa not required[22]	21 days - extendable up to eight months[23][24]
Bahrain	Visa on arrival[25]	Up to 3 months visa-on-arrival[26] or eVisa for 14 days (extendable for another 14 days)[27]
Bangladesh	Visa on arrival[28]	30 days Visa-on-arrival only arriving to Dhaka Int Airport[29][30][31]
Barbados	Visa not required[32]	Up to 6 months[33][34]
Belarus	Visa required[35]	Visa are also issued on arrival at the Minsk International Airport if the support documents were submitted by inviting organization/person not later than 3 business days before expected date of arrival.[36]
Belgium	EU !Visa not required[37]	Freedom of movement
Belize	Visa not required[38]	30 days
Benin	Visa required[39]
Bhutan	Visa required[40]	Visa via approved tour operators only[41][42]
Bolivia	Visa not required[43]	30 days - extendable up to 90 days.[44] Note: vaccination against yellow fever might be required upon arrival in some location.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa not required[45]	90 days
Botswana	Visa not required[46]	Up to 90 days
Brazil	Visa not required[47]	up to 90 days - extendable for further 90 days[48]
Brunei	Visa not required[49]	Up to 90 days[50]
Bulgaria	EU !Visa not required[51]	Freedom of movement
Burkina Faso	Visa on arrival[52]	1 month
Burundi	Visa on arrival[53]	3 months
Cambodia	Visa on arrival[54]	eVisa 30 days - extendable for another 30 days.[55][56]
Cameroon	Visa required[57][58]	Pre-approved visa can be picked up on arrival.
Canada	Visa not required[59]	6 months; eTA required if arriving by air.[60]
Cape Verde	Visa on arrival[61]
Central African Republic	Visa required[62][63]
Chad	Visa required[64]
Chile	Visa not required[65]	90 days - extendable.
China	Visa required[66]	72-hours visa free visit when in transit at Beijing, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Guangzhou, Guilin, Harbin, Kunming, Qingdao, Shenyang, Tianjin, Wuhan, Xi'an and Xiamen. 144-hours visa free visit when in transit at Hangzhou, Nanjing and Shanghai's Hongqiao and Pudong international airports, Railway Station and port. Visiting visas issued to British citizens are generally valid for 2 years[67]
Colombia	Visa not required[68]	Up to 90 days - extendable up to 180-days stay within a one-year period[69]
Comoros	Visa on arrival[70]
Republic of the Congo	Visa required[71][72]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Visa required[73][74]
Costa Rica	Visa not required[75]	Up to 3 months
Croatia	EU !Visa not required[76]	Freedom of movement
Cuba	Visa required !Tourist Card required[77]
Cyprus	EU !Visa not required[78]	Freedom of movement
Czech Republic	EU !Visa not required[79]	Freedom of movement
Denmark	EU !Visa not required[80]	Freedom of movement (DK)
Djibouti	Visa on arrival[81]
Dominica	Visa not required[82]	6 months
Dominican Republic	Visa on arrival !Tourist Card on arrival[83]	30 days (USD $10 Tourist Card must be purchased upon arrival)
Ecuador	Visa not required[84]	Up to 90 days - extendable.
Egypt	Visa on arrival[85]	30 days
El Salvador	Visa not required[86]	3 months
Equatorial Guinea	Visa required[87][88]
Eritrea	Visa required[89][90]	Pre-approved visa can be picked up on arrival.
Estonia	EU !Visa not required[91]	Freedom of movement
Ethiopia	Visa on arrival[92]	Visa-on-arrival only at the Addis Ababa Bole Int. Airport.[93]
Fiji	Visa not required[94]	4 months
Finland	EU !Visa not required[95]	Freedom of movement
France	EU !Visa not required[96]	Freedom of movement (in Regions of France)
Gabon	e-Visa[97]	Must arrive via Libreville International Airport.
Gambia	Visa not required[98]	90 days
Georgia	Visa not required[99]	360 days[100]
Germany	EU !Visa not required[101]	Freedom of movement
Ghana	Visa required[102][103]	Pre-approved visa can be picked up on arrival.
Greece	EU !Visa not required[104]	Freedom of movement
Grenada	Visa not required[105]	6 months
Guatemala	Visa not required[106]	90 days
Guinea	Visa required[107][108]
Guinea-Bissau	Visa on arrival[109]	90 days
Guyana	Visa not required[110]	3 months
Haiti	Visa not required[111]	90 days
Honduras	Visa not required[112]	3 months
Hungary	EU !Visa not required[113]	Freedom of movement
Iceland	EU !Visa not required[114]	Freedom of movement
India	e-Tourist Visa[115]	30 days[116]
Indonesia	Visa not required[117]	30 days[118]
Iran	Visa required[119]
Iraq	Visa required[120]	Visa on arrival for 30 days at Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports.
Ireland	EU !Visa not required[121]	Freedom of movement, Common Travel Area
Israel	Visa not required[122]	3 months
Italy	EU !Visa not required[123]	Freedom of movement
Ivory Coast ! Ivory Coast	eVisa[124]	3 months; eVisa holders must arrive via Port Bouet Airport.
Jamaica	Visa not required[125]	180 days
Japan	Visa not required[126]	90 days, extendable once
Jordan	Visa on arrival !Free visa on arrival[127][128]	Conditions apply[129]
Kazakhstan	Visa not required[130]	15 days, until 31 December 2017[131]
Kenya	eVisa[132]	3 months
Kiribati	Visa not required[133]	30 days
North Korea	Visa required[134][135]
South Korea	Visa not required[136]	90 days
Kuwait	eVisa[137]	3 months
Kyrgyzstan	Visa not required[138]	60 days[139][140]
Laos	Visa on arrival[141]	30 days
Latvia	EU !Visa not required[142]	Freedom of movement
Lebanon	Visa on arrival[143]	1 month extendable for 2 additional months; granted free of charge at Beirut International Airport or any other port of entry if there is no Israeli visa or seal, holding a telephone number, an address in Lebanon, and a non refundable return or circle trip ticket.
Lesotho	Visa not required[144]	90 days
Liberia	Visa required[145][146]	Pre-approved visa can be picked up on arrival.
Libya	Visa required[147]	Pre-approved visa can be picked up on arrival.
Liechtenstein	EU !Visa not required[148]	Freedom of movement
Lithuania	EU !Visa not required[149]	Freedom of movement
Luxembourg	EU !Visa not required[150]	Freedom of movement
Macedonia	Visa not required[151]	90 days
Madagascar	Visa on arrival[152]	30 days
Malawi	Visa on arrival[153]
Malaysia	Visa not required[154]	3 months
Maldives	Visa on arrival !Free visa on arrival[155]	30 days
Mali	Visa required[156]
Malta	EU !Visa not required[157]	Freedom of movement
Marshall Islands	Visa on arrival !Free visa on arrival[158]	90 days. Free of charge.
Mauritania	Visa on arrival[159]	Available at Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport.
Mauritius	Visa not required[160]	90 days
Mexico	Visa not required[161]	180 days[162]
Micronesia	Visa not required[163]	30 days
Moldova	Visa not required[164]	90 days
Monaco	Visa not required[165]
Mongolia	Visa required[166][167]
Montenegro	Visa not required[168]	90 days
Morocco	Visa not required[169]	90 days
Mozambique	Visa required[170]	Visa on arrival is no longer available to citizens of countries that host an embassy of Mozambique.[171][172][173]
Myanmar	eVisa[174]	eVisa for 28 days. eVisa holders must arrive via Yangon, Nay Pyi Taw or Mandalay airports[175] Regular visa for up to three months[176]
Namibia	Visa not required[177]	3 months[178][179]
Nauru	Visa required[180]
Nepal	Visa on arrival[181]	Up to 90 days Visa-on-arrival - extendable[182]
Netherlands	EU !Visa not required[183]	Freedom of movement (European Netherlands)
New Zealand	Visa not required[184]	6 months
Nicaragua	Visa not required[185]	90 days
Niger	Visa required[186][187]
Nigeria	Visa required[188]	Pre-approved visa can be picked up on arrival.
Norway	EU !Visa not required[189]	Freedom of movement
Oman	Visa on arrival[190]	3 months
Pakistan	Visa required[191]	Visa on arrival when travelling on business valid for 30 days. Conditions apply.[192] Visa on arrival when travelling as part of a group through a designated tour operator.[193]
Palau	Visa on arrival !Free visa on arrival[194]	30 days
Panama	Visa not required[195]	180 days
Papua New Guinea	Visa on arrival !Free visa on arrival[196][197]	60 days. Free of charge.
Paraguay	Visa not required[198]	90 days
Peru	Visa not required[199]	183 days
Philippines	Visa not required[200]	30 days
Poland	EU !Visa not required[201]	Freedom of movement
Portugal	EU !Visa not required[202]	Freedom of movement
Qatar	Visa on arrival[203]	1 month
Romania	EU !Visa not required[204]	Freedom of movement
Russia	Visa required[205]	Visa on arrival (72 hours) for Kaliningrad Oblast (70 €) with appointment at least 72 hours in advance[206]
Rwanda	Visa on arrival[207]	30 days
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa not required[208]	3 months
Saint Lucia	Visa not required[209]	6 weeks
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa not required[210]	1 month
Samoa	Visa on arrival !Free Entry Permit on arrival[211]	60 days. Free of charge.
San Marino	Visa not required[212]
São Tomé and Príncipe	Visa not required[213]	15 days
Saudi Arabia	Visa required[214]
Senegal	Visa not required[215]	90 days
Serbia	Visa not required[216]	90 days
Seychelles	Visa on arrival !Free Visitor's Permit on arrival[217]	3 months. Free of charge.
Sierra Leone	Visa required[218][219]	Pre-approved visa can be picked up on arrival.
Singapore	Visa not required[220]	90 days
Slovakia	EU !Visa not required[221]	Freedom of movement
Slovenia	EU !Visa not required[222]	Freedom of movement
Solomon Islands	Visa on arrival !Free Visitor's permit on arrival[223]	3 months. Free of charge.
Somalia	Visa required[224]	Visa may be obtained on arrival, provided an invitation letter by the sponsor had been submitted to the authorities before arrival.
South Africa	Visa not required[225]	90 days[226]
South Sudan	Visa required[227][228]
Spain	EU !Visa not required[229]	Freedom of movement
Sri Lanka	Electronic Travel Authorization[230]	30 days (British citizens are allowed 2 further extensions in country 1st extension 60 days normally given without additional requirements 2nd extension 90 days with interview) These are single entry extensions.[231]
Sudan	Visa required[232][233]
Suriname	Visa on arrival !Tourist Card on arrival[234]	90 days
Swaziland	Visa not required[235]	30 days
Sweden	EU !Visa not required[236]	Freedom of movement
Switzerland	EU !Visa not required[237]	Freedom of movement
Syria	Visa required[238][239]
Tajikistan	Visa on arrival[240]	45 days at Dushanbe International Airport. Visa also available online. E-visa holders can enter through all border points.[241]
Tanzania	Visa on arrival[242]
Thailand	Visa not required[243]	30 days[244][245]
Timor-Leste	Visa on arrival[246]	30 days. Not available at all entry points.[247]
Togo	Visa on arrival[248]	7 days
Tonga	Visa on arrival !Free visa on arrival[249]	31 days. Free of charge.
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa not required[250]	90 days
Tunisia	Visa not required[251]	3 months
Turkey	eVisa[252]	3 months
Turkmenistan	Visa required[253]	Pre-approved visa can be picked up on arrival.
Tuvalu	Visa on arrival !Free visa on arrival[254]	1 month. Free of charge.
Uganda	Visa on arrival[255]	May apply online.[256]
Ukraine	Visa not required[257]	90 days within 180 days[258][259][260]
United Arab Emirates	Visa on arrival !Free visa on arrival[261]	30 days. Free of charge.
United States	Visa not required !Visa Waiver Program[262]	90 days on arrival from overseas; ESTA (valid for 2 years when issued) required if arriving by air or cruise ship.[263]
Uruguay	Visa not required[264]	90 days
Uzbekistan	Visa required[265]	Pre-approved visa can be picked up on arrival. Simplified procedure for British citizens.[266]
Vanuatu	Visa not required[267]	30 days
Vatican City	Visa not required[268]
Venezuela	Visa not required[269]	90 days[270]
Vietnam	Visa not required[271]	15 days; effective from 1 July 2015 – 30 June 2017.[272][273]
Yemen	Visa required[274][275]
Zambia	Visa on arrival[276]	90 days; also eligible for a universal visa allowing access to Zimbabwe.[277]
Zimbabwe	Visa on arrival[278]	3 months; also eligible for a universal visa allowing access to Zambia.[277]

Territories and partially recognized states

Visa requirements for British citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries and restricted zones:

United Kingdom related (British citizens who also have a connection to the BOTs, have no restriction on their stay)

•  Anguilla — Visa not required for 3 months.^[279][280]
•  Bermuda — Visa not required for 21 days (extendable).^[281][282]
•  British Antarctic Territory — Permit required.^[283][284]
•  British Indian Ocean Territory — Permit required.^[285][286]
•  British Virgin Islands — Visa not required for 1 month (extendable).^[287][288]
•  Cayman Islands — Visa not required for 6 months.^[289][290]
•  Falkland Islands — Visitor Permit valid for 4 weeks is issued on arrival, unless connection with the Falkland Islands, in which case right of abode.^[291][292]
•  Guernsey – Right of abode (work/employment permit not required)^[293]
•  Alderney – Right of abode (work/employment permit required for persons without Guernsey (Alderney) status)^[294]
•  Sark – Right of abode^[295]
•  Isle of Man — Right of abode (work/employment permit required for person without "Isle of Man worker" status)^[296][297]
•  Jersey – Right of abode (work/employment permit not required)^[298]
•  Gibraltar — Right of abode.^[299]
•  Montserrat — Visa not required for 6 months, unless connection with Montserrat, in which case right of abode.^[300]
•  Pitcairn Islands — 14 days visa free and landing fee 35 USD or tax of 5 USD if not going ashore.^{[301][302][303][304]}
•  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
  •  Ascension Island — Entry Permit must be obtained minimum 28 days in advance (3 months for 20/30 pounds sterling, single/double entry).^[305]
  •  Saint Helena — Entry Permit (£25) for 183 days is issued on arrival.^[306]
  •  Tristan da Cunha — Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands, unless connection with Tristan da Cunha, in which case right of abode.^[307]
•  Turks and Caicos Islands — Visa not required for 90 days.^[308][309]
•  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands — Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).^{[310][311][312]}

Europe
Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Abkhazia	Visa required[313]
Mount Athos	Special permit required	Special permit required (4 days: 25 euro for Orthodox visitors, 35 euro for non-Orthodox visitors, 18 euro for students). There is a visitors' quota: maximum 100 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed.[314][315]
Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park	Visa not required	Visa-free for 3 days;[316] must first obtain an electronic pass[317]
Crimea	Visa required	Visa issued by Russia is required.[318]
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	Visa not required	Visa free access for 3 months. Passport required.[319][320]
UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus	Access Permit required[321]	Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas.
Faroe Islands	Visa not required[322]
Jan Mayen	Permit required	Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours[323] and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.[324]
Kosovo	Visa not required	Visa free 90 days[325]
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic	Visa required[326][327]	Visa required (issued for single entry for 21 days/1/2/3 months or multiple entry visa for 1/2/3 months). Travellers with Nagorno-Karabakh visa (expired or valid) or evidence of travel to Nagorno-Karabakh (stamps) will be permanently denied entry to Azerbaijan.[328]
Novorossiya	Restricted area	Crossing from Ukraine requires visit purpose to be explained to Ukrainian passport control on exit and those who entered from Russia are not allowed to proceed further into Ukraine.[329][330]
Russia	Special authorization required	Several closed cities require special authorization.[331]
South Ossetia	Visa not required	Visa free. Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.[332][333]
Transnistria	Visa not required	Visa free. Registration required after 24h.[334][335]
Africa
Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Eritrea outside Asmara	Travel permit required	Visa covers Asmara only; to travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).[336]
Mayotte	Visa not required	Visa not required for 90 days.[337]
Réunion	Visa not required	Visa not required for 90 days.[338]
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	Visa not required	Visa not required up to 3 months in the Western Sahara controlled territory.[339]
Somaliland	Visa on arrival	Visa issued on arrival (30 days for 30 US dollars, payable on arrival).[340][341]
Sudan	Travel permit required	All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometers outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit.
Darfur	Travel permit required	Separate travel permit is required.[342]
Asia
Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Hainan	Visa on arrival[343]	Visa on arrival for 15 days. Available at Haikou Meilan International Airport and Sanya Phoenix International Airport. Visa not required for 21 days for travelling as part of a tourist group (5 or more people)[344]
Hong Kong	Visa not required	Visa not required for 180 days.[345]Prior to April 1997, British citizens were allowed to land and remain in Hong Kong for 12 months without being subject to any other condition of stay.[346]
India PAP/RAP	PAP/RAP required	Protected Area Permit (PAP) required for whole states of Nagaland and Sikkim and parts of states Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh. Restricted Area Permit (RAP) required for all of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and parts of Sikkim. Some of these requirements are occasionally lifted for a year.[347][348][349][350][351][352]
Iraqi Kurdistan	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival for 15 days is available at Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports.[120]
Kazakhstan	Special permission required	Special permission required for the town of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Gvardeyskiy near Almaty.[353]
Kish Island	Visa not required	Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa.[354]
Macao	Visa not required	Visa not required for 6 months[355]
Sabah and Sarawak	Visa not required	These states have their own immigration authorities and passport is required to travel to them, however the same visa applies.[356]
Maldives	Permission required	With the exception of the capital Malé, tourists are generally prohibited from visiting non-resort islands without the express permission of the Government of Maldives.[357]
Palestine	Visa not required[358]	Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.[359]
Taiwan	Visa not required	Visa not required for 90 days[360]
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province	OIVR permit required	OIVR permit required (15+5 Tajikistani Somoni) and another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.[361][362][363]
Turkmenistan	Special permit required	A special permit, issued prior to arrival by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is required if visiting the following places: Atamurat, Cheleken, Dashoguz, Serakhs and Serhetabat.[364]
Tibet Autonomous Region	TTP required	Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars).[365][366][367]
Korean Demilitarized Zone	Restricted zone.
UNDOF Zone and Ghajar	Restricted zone.
Phú Quốc	Visa not required	Can visit without a visa for up to 30 days.[368]
Yemen	Special permission required	Special permission needed for travel outside Sana’a or Aden.[369]
Caribbean and North Atlantic
Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Aruba	Visa not required	Visa not required for 30 days, extendable to 180 days.[370][371]
Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba	Visa not required	Visa not required up to 3 months[372][373]
San Andrés and Leticia	Tourist Card on arrival	Visitors arriving at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport and Alfredo Vásquez Cobo International Airport must buy tourist cards on arrival.[374]
Curaçao	Visa not required	Visa not required for 3 months.[375]
Greenland	Visa not required[322]
Guadeloupe	Visa not required	Visa not required for 90 days.[376]
Margarita Island	Visa not required	All visitors are fingerprinted.[377]
Martinique	Visa not required	Visa not required for 90 days.[378]
Puerto Rico	Visa not required	Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required.[379]
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Visa not required	Visa not required for 90 days.[380]
Sint Maarten	Visa not required	Visa not required for 3 months.[381][382]
U.S. Virgin Islands	Visa not required[383]	Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required.[379]
Oceania
Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
American Samoa	Entry Permit required[384]
Ashmore and Cartier Islands	Special authorisation required	Special authorisation required.[385]
Clipperton Island	Special permit required	Special permit required.[386]
Cook Islands	Visa not required	Visa free access for 31 days.[387]
Lau Province	Special permission required	Special permission required.[388]
French Polynesia	Visa not required	Visa not required.[389]
Guam	Visa not required[390]	Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required.[379]
New Caledonia	Visa not required	Visa not required for 3 months.[391]
Niue	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival valid for 30 days is issued free of charge.[392]
Northern Mariana Islands	Visa not required[393]	Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required.
Tokelau	Entry Permit required[394]
United States Minor Outlying Islands	Special permits required	Special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island.[395][396][397][398][399][400][401]
Wallis and Futuna	Visa not required	Visa not required.[402]
South America
Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Galápagos	Pre-registration required	Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport prior to departure.[403]
South Atlantic and Antarctica
Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Antarctica	Special authorisation required	Special permits required for  French Southern and Antarctic Lands,  Argentine Antarctica, Australian Antarctic Territory, Chilean Antarctic Territory, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Peter I Island, Queen Maud Land, Ross Dependency.[283][404][405][406][407][408][409][410][411][412]

Right to consular protection in non-EU countries

When in a non-EU country where there is no British embassy, British citizens as EU citizens have the right to get consular protection from the embassy of any other EU country present in that country.^[413]

Impact on travel from United Kingdom withdrawal from the European Union

On 23 June 2016, the British electorate voted to leave the European Union in a nationwide referendum in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Gibraltar.^[414] The UK must send notification of their intention to leave the EU to the European Council through Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty. After notifying the European Council, the UK then has two years to negotiate with other member states until it leaves, and British citizens will only then cease to be citizens of the European Union.^{[415][416][417]} British citizens will still have the right of freedom of movement until the UK formally leaves. It has since been suggested that British citizens wishing to travel to EU countries may have to apply for a visa or apply online for an American style ESTA visa waiver and pay a fee in order to enter the country of destination.^[418]

Vaccination

Many African countries, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia require all incoming passengers to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination. Some other countries require vaccination only if the passenger is coming from an infected area.^[419]

Passport validity

Many countries require passport validity of no less than 6 months and one or two blank pages.^[420]

Countries requiring passport validity of at least 6 months on arrival include Afghanistan, Algeria, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Brunei, Cambodia, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Guyana, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq (except when arriving at Basra - 3 months and Erbil or Sulaimaniyah - on arrival), Israel, Kenya, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, countries requiring passport validity of at least 4 months on arrival include Micronesia, Zambia, countries requiring passport validity of at least 3 months on arrival include Georgia, Honduras, Iceland, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Moldova, Nauru, Panama, United Arab Emirates and countries requiring passport validity of at least 1 month on arrival include Eritrea, Hong Kong, Macao, New Zealand, South Africa.^[421] Other countries require either a passport valid on arrival or passport valid throughout the period of intended stay.

Fingerprinting

Several countries including Argentina, Cambodia, Japan, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and the United States demand all adult passengers (age varies by country) to be fingerprinted on arrival.^{[422][423][424][425][426][427][428]}

Conflicts

Israel, subject to the Arab League boycott due to the Arab–Israeli conflict, does not stamp passports anymore. Instead, it issues ID cards to visitors. Previously, it was possible to get the stamp on a separate piece of paper.

However, similar conflicts exist between other countries. Visitors with passport stamp of such countries may have trouble to enter the other countries.

Non-ordinary passports

Holders of various categories of official British passports have additional visa-free access to the following countries - China (diplomatic passports),^[429] Kuwait (diplomatic or official passports),^[430] Mongolia (diplomatic or official passports),^[431] Qatar (diplomatic or official passports and British Diplomatic Messenger or Queen's Messenger Passports)^[432] and the United Arab Emirates (diplomatic or official passports).^[433] Holders of diplomatic or service passports of any country have visa-free access to Cape Verde, Ethiopia,^[434] Mali^[435] and Zimbabwe.^[436] Holders of British official and diplomatic passports require a visa for South Africa.^[437]

Foreign travel statistics

According to the Foreign travel advice provided by the British Government (unless otherwise noted) these are the numbers of British visitors to various countries per annum in 2014 (unless otherwise noted):^[438]

Foreign travel statistics
Country	Number of visitors
Albania	80,000
American Samoa[439]	141
Andorra	30,000
Antigua and Barbuda[note 1][440]	77,890
Anguilla[note 1][441]	6,272
Aruba[442]	10,447
Australia[note 1][443]	688,400
Austria[note 1][note 2][444]	875,664
Azerbaijan[note 1][445]	34,892
Bahamas[note 3][446]	23,989
Bangladesh	150,000
Barbados[note 1][note 2][447]	214,175
Belarus	4,000
Belgium[448]	1,026,003
Belize[note 3][449]	16,827
Bermuda[450]	22,200
Bhutan[note 1][451]	2,958
Bolivia[452]	19,768
Bosnia and Herzegovina[note 1][453]	9,763
Botswana[454]	39,675
Brazil[note 1][455]	189,269
Brunei[note 4][456]	18,222
Bulgaria[note 1][457]	250,038
Cambodia[note 1][458]	154,265
Canada[note 1][459]	733,280
Cape Verde[note 2][note 1][460]	126,685
Cayman Islands[note 1][note 5][461]	14,718
Chile[note 1][462]	46,520
China[note 1][463]	579,600
Cook Islands[note 1][464]	2,568
Costa Rica[note 1][465]	47,499
Croatia[note 1][466]	490,510
Cuba[note 1][467]	155,802
Curacao[note 1][468]	2,686
Cyprus[note 1][469]	1,041,208
Czech Republic[note 1][note 2][470]	441,516
Dominica[note 1][471]	4,951
Dominican Republic[note 1][472]	142,083
Denmark	150,000
Ecuador[473]	27,126
Egypt[note 1]	865,000
Ethiopia	20,000
Estonia[note 1][note 2][474]	48,061
Fiji[note 1][475]	16,716
Finland[note 1][note 2][476]	189,731
France[477]	11,808,357
French Polynesia[note 1][478]	4,711
Ghana	90,000
Georgia[note 1][479]	19,233
Germany[note 1][480]	2,559,678
Greece[note 1][481]	2,397,169
Greenland[note 1][482][483]	1,259
Grenada[note 6][484]	25,791
Guadeloupe	<1,000
Guatemala[485]	35,065
Hong Kong[note 1][486]	529,505
Hungary[note 1][487]	349,584
Iceland[note 1][488]	241,024
Indonesia[489]	249,218
India[note 1][490]	867,601
Ireland[note 1][491]	3,547,000
Israel[note 1][492]	197,900
Italy[note 1][493]	4,474,000
Jamaica[note 1][494]	199,002
Japan[note 1][495]	258,488
Jordan[note 1][496]	60,820
Kiribati[497]	60
Kuwait	5,000
Kenya	117,000
Kyrgyzstan[note 1][498]	6,900
Laos[note 1][499]	41,508
Latvia[note 1][500]	69,404
Lebanon[note 3][501]	48,504
Lesotho[note 3][502]	2,380
Liechtenstein	2,200
Lithuania[note 1][503]	54,100
Luxembourg	120,000
Macau[note 1][504]	59,985
Macedonia[note 1][505]	8,465
Madagascar[note 3]	8,000
Malaysia[note 1][506]	401,019
Malawi[note 7][507]	51,145
Maldives[note 1][508]	92,775
Malta[note 1][509]	526,089
Mauritius[note 1][510]	129,796
Mexico[note 1][511]	505,954
Moldova[note 1][512]	7,820
Mongolia[note 1][513]	6,148
Montenegro[note 2][514]	24,313
Montserrat[note 6][515]	1,380
Morocco	600,000
Myanmar[note 1][516]	45,120
Namibia[note 1][517]	27,365
Nepal[518]	36,759
Nigeria	117,000
Niue[note 7][519]	47
Norway	581,000
Netherlands[520]	1,857,000
New Zealand[note 1][521]	203,952
Nicaragua[note 1][522]	14,737
Oman[note 3][523]	133,529
Pakistan[note 7][524]	275,400
Palau[note 1][525]	724
Panama[note 1][526]	16,338
Papua New Guinea[note 1][527]	7,399
Peru[note 1][528]	63,213
Philippines[note 1][529]	154,589
Poland[530]	1,138,800
Portugal[note 1]	2,600,000
Qatar	40,000
Romania[note 1][531]	125,589
Russia[note 1][532]	190,800
Saba[note 5][533]	200
Saint Kitts and Nevis	8,693
Saint Lucia[note 1][534]	68,175
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines[note 1][535]	17,045
Samoa[note 1][536]	1,773
San Marino[note 1]	5,750
São Tomé and Príncipe[note 8][537]	83
Serbia[note 1][note 2][538]	25,310
Seychelles[note 1][539]	16,572
Singapore[note 1][540]	473,810
Sint Eustatius[note 5][533]	200
Slovakia[note 1][541]	64,891
Slovenia[note 1][542]	88,896
Solomon Islands[note 1][543]	387
South Africa[note 1][544]	407,486
South Korea[note 1][545]	123,274
Spain[note 1][546]	12,790,998
Sri Lanka[note 1][547]	161,845
Suriname[note 1][548]	1,474
Swaziland[note 1][549]	3,504
Switzerland[note 1]	709,925
Sweden[550]	603,000
Taiwan[note 1][551]	58,784
Tanzania[note 3][552]	70,379
Thailand[note 1][553]	946,919
Timor-Leste[note 5][554]	548
Tonga[note 1][555]	787
Trinidad and Tobago[556]	37,473
Turkey[note 1][557]	2,512,139
Turks and Caicos[note 1][558]	6,399
Tuvalu[note 4][559]	22
Uganda[note 3][560]	43,009
Uruguay	20,000
Ukraine[note 1][561]	54,679
United Arab Emirates	1,500,000
United States[562]	4,549,934
Venezuela[note 3][563]	20,837
Vietnam[note 1][564]	212,798
Zambia[565]	31,280

See also

• Visa requirements for the European Union citizens
• British passport
• British National (Overseas) passport
• British nationality law
• Visa requirements for British Nationals (Overseas)
• Visa requirements for British Overseas Citizens
• Visa requirements for British Overseas Territories Citizens
• Visa policy of the United Kingdom

References