UK VISA REQUIREMENTS

ALL nationals of the countries and territories listed below in red (underlined) need visas to enter or transit the UK.

ALL nationals of the countries and territories listed below in black need visas to enter or transit the UK landside.

ALL visa nationals may transit the UK without a visa (TWOV) in certain circumstances. Please see below for details.

Afghanistan

Albania

Benin

Bhutan

Bolivia

Bosnia and

Herzegovina

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cambodia

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Congo

Congo Dem.

Cyprus northern

part of (2)

Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea

Georgia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Haiti

Honduras

India (3)

Indonesia (5)

Kenya

Korea (Dem.

People’s Republic)

Kosovo

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Lebanon

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Montenegro

Airside transit passengers are those who do not need to change airports and do not need to

pass through the UK border. Passengers cannot transit AIRSIDE to the Republic of Ireland

or anywhere within the common travel area.

Transit without visa (TWOV)

ALL visa nationals seeking to transit the United Kingdom AIRSIDE without a visa must:

(i) arrive and depart by air; and

(ii) have a confirmed onward flight departing the same day from the same airport; and

(iii) hold the correct documents for their destination (e.g. a visa for that country if required)

less than 6 months since the holder last entered that country with a valid entry visa.

(iii) a valid permanent residence permit issued by:

(a) Australia

(b) Canada, issued after 28 June 2002

(c) New Zealand

(d) USA issued after 21 April 1998; or a valid US Immigrant visa endorsed with a

US arrival stamp (a wet-ink/ADIT stamp version will NOT be accepted by UK

border control); or an expired I-551 Permanent Residence card provided it is

accompanied by a valid I-797 letter authorising extension; or a standalone US

Immigration Form 155A/155B (attached to a sealed brown envelope); or

(viii) a valid airline ticket FROM the Schengen area; provided the holder can demonstrate

they entered there no more than 30 days previously on the basis of a valid Schengen

ADS visa

NB: E-visas or e-residence permits are not acceptable unless the airline is able to verify it

with the issuing country

Landside transit passengers are those who need or wish to pass through the UK border and

enter the UK (e.g. to change airport, to collect baggage or arrive at airports where no airside

transfer is possible)

Transit without visa (TWOV)

ALL visa nationals seeking to transit the United Kingdom LANDSIDE without a visa must:

(iv) arrive and depart by air; and

(v) have a confirmed onward flight that departs before 23:59hrs the following day; and

(vi) hold the correct documents for their destination (e.g. a visa for that country if required)

(iii) a visa for entry to Australia, Canada, New Zealand or the USA as part of a

reasonable journey FROM the country in respect of which the visa is held and it is

less than 6 months since the holder last entered that country with a valid entry visa;

or

(iv) a valid permanent residence permit issued by:

(a) Australia

(b) Canada, issued after 28 June 2002

(c) New Zealand

(d) USA issued after 21 April 1998; or a valid US Immigrant visa endorsed with a

US arrival stamp (a wet-ink/ADIT stamp version will NOT be accepted by UK

of Ireland; or

(viii) an Irish biometric visa endorsed BC or BC BIVS and travelling FROM the Republic

of Ireland provided it is less than 3 months since the holder last entered there

NB: E-visas or e-residence permits are NOT acceptable for landside transit

UK permanent residents

If a visa national is permanently resident in the UK they do not need a visa, as long as they return to the UK within two years of their last departure.

Passengers with the right of abode in the UK

Seafarer

A seafarer travelling on duty, who is a visa national (including those in transit through the UK) does not need a visa if they hold a valid seafarer’s book issued by one of these countries which also

contains a statement that it is issued under ILO108 (or convention of 1958) or ILO185, having previously ratified ILO108 (or convention of 2003): Algeria, Anguilla, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda,

Azerbaijan, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Isles, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Ghana,

Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Iceland, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova

(Republic of), Montserrat, Morocco, Norway, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the Russian Federation, Seychelles, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sri Lanka, St Lucia, St Vincent and the

country that issued the document