125 visa-free countries for UK citizens
UK citizens can enter 125 of the 210 countries we hold entry rules for without applying for a visa in advance. A further 31 issue a visa on arrival at the border. 28 can be applied for online before you travel. Every country below links to the full rule for a United Kingdom passport: the stay it allows, the passport validity required and any arrival registration to complete separately.
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Visa-free
125Admitted on arrival with nothing applied for in advance. Passport validity and any arrival registration still apply.
- Albania90 days
- Andorra90 days
- Angola30 days
- Anguilla90 days
- Antigua & Barbuda180 days
- Argentina90 days
- Armenia180 days
- Aruba90 days
- Austria90 days
- Bahamas240 days
- Barbados180 days
- Belarus30 days
- Belgium90 days
- BelizeVisa-free
- BermudaVisa-free
- Bolivia90 days
- Bosnia & Herzegovina90 days
- Botswana90 days
- Brazil90 days
- British Virgin IslandsVisa-free
- Brunei90 days
- Bulgaria90 days
- Cape Verde30 days
- Cayman IslandsVisa-free
- Chile90 days
- China30 days
- Colombia90 days
- Costa Rica180 days
- Croatia90 days
- Curacao90 days
- Cyprus90 days
- Czech Republic90 days
- Denmark90 days
- Dominica180 days
- Dominican Republic90 days
- Ecuador90 days
- El Salvador180 days
- Estonia90 days
- Eswatini30 days
- Fiji120 days
- Finland90 days
- France90 days
- Gambia90 days
- Georgia360 days
- Germany90 days
- Greece90 days
- Grenada90 days
- Guadeloupe90 days
- Guatemala90 days
- Guyana90 days
- Haiti90 days
- Hong Kong180 days
- Hungary90 days
- Iceland90 days
- Ireland90 days
- Italy90 days
- JamaicaVisa-free
- Japan90 days
- Kazakhstan30 days
- Kiribati90 days
- Kosovo90 days
- Kyrgyzstan60 days
- Latvia90 days
- LesothoVisa-free
- Liechtenstein90 days
- Lithuania90 days
- Luxembourg90 days
- Macau180 days
- Malaysia90 days
- Malta90 days
- Marshall Islands90 days
- Martinique90 days
- Mauritius90 days
- Mexico180 days
- Micronesia30 days
- Moldova90 days
- Monaco90 days
- Mongolia30 days
- Montenegro90 days
- Montserrat180 days
- Morocco90 days
- Netherlands90 days
- Nicaragua90 days
- North Macedonia90 days
- Norway90 days
- PalestineVisa-free
- Panama90 days
- Paraguay90 days
- Peru90 days
- Philippines30 days
- Poland90 days
- Portugal90 days
- Romania90 days
- Rwanda90 days
- Saint Lucia42 days
- Saint Martin90 days
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines180 days
- San Marino90 days
- Sao Tome and Principe15 days
- Senegal90 days
- Serbia90 days
- Singapore90 days
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)90 days
- Slovakia90 days
- Slovenia90 days
- South Africa90 days
- South Korea90 days
- Spain90 days
- Sweden90 days
- Switzerland90 days
- Taiwan90 days
- Thailand30 days
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa-free
- Tunisia90 days
- Turkey90 days
- Turks and Caicos Islands90 days
- UAE90 days
- Ukraine90 days
- Uruguay90 days
- Uzbekistan30 days
- Vanuatu120 days
- Vatican City90 days
- Venezuela90 days
- Vietnam45 days
- Zambia90 days
Visa on arrival
31Issued at the border, usually for a fee. The documents it requires are checked at the counter rather than corrected there.
- Bahrain30 days
- Bangladesh30 days
- Burundi30 days
- Cambodia30 days
- Comoros45 days
- Djibouti30 days
- Egypt30 days
- Ethiopia90 days
- Guinea-Bissau90 days
- Indonesia30 days
- Jordan90 days
- Kuwait90 days
- Lebanon30 days
- Madagascar90 days
- Malawi30 days
- Maldives30 days
- Namibia90 days
- Nepal150 days
- Oman30 days
- Palau30 days
- Papua New Guinea60 days
- Qatar30 days
- Samoa90 days
- Sierra Leone30 days
- Solomon Islands45 days
- Syria30 days
- Tanzania90 days
- Timor-Leste30 days
- Tonga31 days
- Tuvalu30 days
- Zimbabwe30 days
e-Visa
27Applied for and approved online before you travel, with no embassy appointment.
- Afghanistan30 days
- Azerbaijan30 days
- Benin30 days
- Bhutan90 days
- Burkina Faso90 days
- Chad90 days
- Cote d'Ivoire90 days
- Cuba90 days
- DR Congo7 days
- Equatorial Guineae-Visa
- Gabon30 days
- Ghanae-Visa
- Guinea90 days
- India30 days
- Iraq30 days
- Laos30 days
- Libyae-Visa
- Mauritania90 days
- Myanmar28 days
- Nigeria30 days
- Pakistan30 days
- Somalia30 days
- South Sudan30 days
- Tajikistan60 days
- Togo15 days
- Turkmenistane-Visa
- Uganda90 days
Visa required in advance
15Apply before you travel. Some of these start online and still involve biometrics, an appointment and several weeks, so open the country for the detail.
- AlgeriaVisa required
- Cameroon180 days
- Central African RepublicVisa required
- EritreaVisa required
- HondurasVisa required
- IranVisa required
- LiberiaVisa required
- MaliVisa required
- NauruVisa required
- NigerVisa required
- North KoreaVisa required
- Republic of the CongoVisa required
- RussiaVisa required
- SudanVisa required
- YemenVisa required
Common questions
Travelling on a United Kingdom passport, answered from the same rules listed above.
125, out of the 210 countries covered here. That counts destinations admitting a United Kingdom passport with nothing applied for in advance. It does not count the 31 that issue a visa at the border or the 27 with an e-visa, which are listed separately below.
Albania, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia and Aruba and 117 more, grouped in the list above by what each one asks for. Every country links to the exact rule, because the stay a visa-free entry allows ranges widely between them.
31 of the 210 listed, including Bahrain, Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt and Ethiopia. A visa on arrival is issued at the border, and the fee and documents it requires are checked at the counter rather than corrected there.
27 of the 210 listed, including Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire and Cuba. An e-visa is applied for and approved online before you travel, with no embassy appointment.
Yes, for Australia, Canada, Israel, Kenya, Mozambique, New Zealand, Saint Kitts and Nevis and Saudi Arabia. A travel authorisation is not a visa — it is an online pre-screening of travellers who already need no visa — but it must be approved before you board, and an airline will refuse check-in without it.
No. All 29 Schengen countries in this list admit a United Kingdom passport without a visa. For travellers admitted as visitors the short-stay allowance is counted across the whole area rather than per country, so days spent in one member count against the rest.
Other passports
The same question on a different nationality. Rules differ sharply between passports, so check the one you will actually travel on.
- Lithuania
- Germany
- United States
- France
- Poland
- Netherlands
- Spain
- Italy
- Brazil
- India
- China
- Turkey
- Nigeria
- South Africa
- Philippines
- Pakistan
- Bangladesh
- Indonesia
- Egypt
- Vietnam
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