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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 .
1. Holders of diplomatic and special
Afghanistan Colombia Indonesia (7) Mongolia Sri Lanka passports do not require a visa for
Albania Comoros Iran Montenegro Sudan official visits, tourist visits or transit.
Algeria Congo Iraq Morocco Surinam 2. Holders of diplomatic passports do not
require a visa. Service passport
Angola Congo Dem. Ivory Coast Mozambique Swaziland holders may transit without a visa.
Armenia Republic (Zaire) Jamaica Nepal Syria (8) Holders of a public affairs passport
Azerbaijan Cuba Jordan Niger Taiwan (6) may not transit without a visa. Service
Bahrain (1) Cyprus northern Kazakhstan Nigeria Tajikistan and public affairs passport holders do
Bangladesh part of (3) Kenya Oman (5) Tanzania not require a visa if travelling with a
serving Chinese government minister
Belarus Djibouti Korea (Dem. Pakistan Thailand on an official visit to the UK.
Benin Dominican Republic People’s Republic) Palestinian Togo 3. Passport not recognised by HM
Bhutan Ecuador Kosovo Territories Tunisia Government – visa should be issued
Bolivia Egypt Kuwait (5) Peru Turkey (7) on a uniform format form (UFF).
Equatorial Guinea Turkmenistan 4. Holders of diplomatic or official
Bosnia and Kyrgyzstan Philippines passports may transit without a visa.
Herzegovina Eritrea Laos Qatar (5) Uganda 5. Holders of diplomatic and special
Burkina Faso Ethiopia Lebanon Russia Ukraine passports do not require a visa for
Burma (Myanmar) Fiji Lesotho Rwanda United Arab official visits, tourist visits or transit.
Burundi Gabon Liberia Sao Tome e Emirates (5) Holders of ordinary passports do not
require a visa if they hold a valid
Cambodia Gambia Libya Principe Uzbekistan electronic visa waiver (EVW)
Cameroon Georgia Macedonia (F.Y.R of) Saudi Arabia Venezuela (non document.
Cape Verde Ghana Madagascar Senegal biometric) 6. Passports that include a personal ID
Central African Guinea (Malagasy) Serbia Venezuela number on the biodata page are
Guinea-Bissau (biometric) exempt from the visa requirement.
Republic Malawi Sierra Leone 7. Holders of diplomatic passports do not
Chad Guyana Mali Somalia (3) Vietnam (4,7) require a visa for official visits, tourist
China (People’s Haiti Mauritania South Africa (7) Yemen visits or transit.
Republic of) (2) India (4) Moldova South Sudan Zambia 8. Holders may not use a B1/B2 USA
Zimbabwe visa to transit the UK.
Produced by: CARRIERS LIAISON SECTION, HOME OFFICE TEL: +44 20 3014 8282 (FAX 8221) CarriersLiaisonSection@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk The information on this poster was correct: October 2017