United Kingdom visa requirements by nationality
Whether you need a visa for United Kingdom depends on the passport you hold. Find your passport in the table below for the exact rule, the stay length, the passport validity required, and any arrival registration you have to complete separately.
The United Kingdom is not in the Schengen Area or the European Union. A Schengen visa does not admit you to the UK, and time spent in the UK does not count against your Schengen days.
Entry rules by passport
Select your nationality for the full answer: stay length, passport validity, pre-registration and how to apply.
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Where to stay in United Kingdom
Featured stays on trip1. Book once you know what you need to get in.
Need a United Kingdom visa?
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What to do next
The part most visa checkers leave out: what actually needs doing before you fly.
Confirm with the official source
Rules change without notice, and only the immigration authority of United Kingdom can tell you where you stand. Search for its official site before you travel.
Check your passport
Passport validity required: valid for period of stay. Renew first if you are close, because this is the most common reason travellers are turned away.
Check the rule for your own passport
What United Kingdom asks for depends on the passport you travel on, and the table above differs from row to row. Open your nationality for the stay length, the validity required and whether anything has to be applied for.
Good to know about United Kingdom
Treat Britain and mainland Europe as two separate permissions on the same trip.
The Common Travel Area covers movement between the UK and Ireland and is separate from anything on this page.
Not your passport?
Check any of the 211 nationalities we hold rules for.
Now pick the passport you travel on.
Once you are in United Kingdom
Where trip1 travellers go, and what to read before you book.
Travelling somewhere else?
Check any passport against any destination
🇬🇧 United Kingdom travel guide