Visa Requirements for British Passports

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British passport holders can travel to all 43 European destinations on this list without applying for a visa in advance, one of the few passports in this group with a perfect record across the continent. Coverage across the Americas and Asia looks a lot like what US and Canadian travelers get, with the majority of countries visa-free and most of the rest offering an eVisa or visa on arrival option. Africa is where the gaps show up most, since fewer than a third of African destinations let UK citizens in without some form of advance approval.

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This page covers requirements for short-stay tourist and visitor travel only. Business trips, work assignments, study programs, and immigration all follow separate application processes with their own documentation, so check with the relevant embassy or consulate before traveling for any of those purposes.

Visa requirement data last verified September 19, 2026. Fee and refusal-rate figures are sourced separately -- see the methodology page for how refusal rates are calculated.

Destination	Requirement	Typical stay	Fee	Refusal Rate	Documents Needed
Afghanistan	eVisa	30 days	—	—	1+
Albania	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Algeria	Visa required	—	—	—	1+
Andorra	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Angola	Visa not required	30 days	—	—	1+
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa not required	180 days	—	—	1+
Argentina	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Armenia	Visa not required	180 days	—	—	1+
Australia	eVisitors	90 days	—	—	1+
Austria	Visa not required	90 days	—	8.4%	1+
Azerbaijan	eVisa	30 days	—	—	1+
Bahamas	Visa not required	240 days	—	—	1+
Bahrain	Visa on arrival	30 days	—	—	1+
Bangladesh	Visa on arrival	30 days	—	—	1+
Barbados	Visa not required	180 days	—	—	1+
Belarus	Visa not required	30 days	—	—	1+
Belgium	Visa not required	90 days	—	14.8%	1+
Belize	Visa not required	—	—	—	1+
Benin	eVisa	30 days	—	—	1+
Bhutan	eVisa	90 days	—	—	1+
Bolivia	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Botswana	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Brazil	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Brunei	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Bulgaria	Visa not required	90 days	—	28.7%	1+
Burkina Faso	eVisa	90 days	—	—	1+
Cabo Verde	Visa not required	30 days	—	—	1+
Cambodia	Visa on arrival	30 days	—	—	1+
Cameroon	Online visa required	180 days	—	—	1+
Canada	eTA	180 days	—	—	1+
Chad	eVisa	90 days	—	—	1+
Chile	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
China	Visa not required	30 days	—	—	1+
Colombia	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Comoros	Visa on arrival	45 days	—	—	1+
Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)	Visa required	—	—	—	1+
Costa Rica	Visa not required	180 days	—	—	1+
Côte d'Ivoire	Pre-enrollment	90 days	—	—	1+
Croatia	Visa not required	90 days	—	8.3%	1+
Cuba	eVisa	90 days	—	—	1+
Cyprus	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Democratic Republic of the Congo	eVisa	7 days	—	—	1+
Denmark	Visa not required	90 days	—	31.6%	1+
Djibouti	Visa on arrival	30 days	—	—	1+
Dominica	Visa not required	180 days	—	—	1+
Dominican Republic	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Ecuador	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Egypt	Visa on arrival	30 days	USD 30	—	1+
El Salvador	Visa not required	180 days	—	—	1+
Equatorial Guinea	eVisa	—	—	—	1+
Eswatini (fmr. "Swaziland")	Visa not required	30 days	—	—	1+
Ethiopia	Visa on arrival	90 days	USD 62	—	1+
Fiji	Visa not required	120 days	—	—	1+
Finland	Visa not required	90 days	—	21.4%	1+
France	Visa not required	90 days	—	8.5%	1+
Gabon	eVisa	30 days	—	—	1+
Gambia	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Georgia	Visa not required	360 days	—	—	1+
Germany	Visa not required	90 days	—	3.2%	1+
Grenada	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Guatemala	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Guinea	eVisa	90 days	—	—	1+
Guinea-Bissau	Visa on arrival	90 days	—	—	1+
Guyana	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Haiti	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Holy See	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Honduras	Visa required	—	—	—	1+
Hungary	Visa not required	90 days	—	10.0%	1+
Iceland	Visa not required	90 days	—	32.0%	1+
India	eVisa	30 days	—	—	1+
Indonesia	Visa on arrival	30 days	—	—	1+
Iraq	eVisa	30 days	—	—	1+
Ireland	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Israel	eTA	90 days	—	—	1+
Italy	Visa not required	90 days	—	6.0%	1+
Jamaica	Visa not required	—	—	—	1+
Japan	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Jordan	Visa on arrival	90 days	—	—	1+
Kazakhstan	Visa not required	30 days	—	—	1+
Kuwait	Visa on arrival	90 days	—	—	1+
Kyrgyzstan	Visa not required	60 days	—	—	1+
Laos	Visa on arrival	30 days	—	—	1+
Latvia	Visa not required	90 days	—	27.5%	1+
Lebanon	Visa on arrival	30 days	—	—	1+
Lesotho	Visa not required	—	—	—	1+
Liberia	Visa required	—	USD 103	—	1+
Libya	eVisa	—	—	—	1+
Liechtenstein	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Lithuania	Visa not required	90 days	—	30.2%	1+
Luxembourg	Visa not required	90 days	—	6.3%	1+
Madagascar	Visa on arrival	90 days	—	—	1+
Malawi	Visa on arrival	30 days	—	—	1+
Malaysia	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Maldives	Free visa on arrival	30 days	—	—	1+
Mali	Visa required	—	—	—	1+
Malta	Visa not required	90 days	—	11.3%	1+
Marshall Islands	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Mauritania	eVisa	90 days	—	—	1+
Mauritius	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Mexico	Visa not required	180 days	—	—	1+
Micronesia	Visa not required	30 days	—	—	1+
Moldova	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Monaco	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Mongolia	Visa not required	30 days	—	—	1+
Montenegro	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Morocco	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Mozambique	eTA	30 days	—	—	1+
Myanmar (formerly Burma)	eVisa	28 days	—	—	1+
Namibia	Visa on arrival	90 days	—	—	1+
Nauru	Visa required	—	—	—	1+
Nepal	Visa on arrival	150 days	—	—	1+
Netherlands	Visa not required	90 days	—	1.0%	1+
New Zealand	eTA	180 days	—	—	1+
Nicaragua	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Niger	Visa required	—	—	—	1+
Nigeria	eVisa	30 days	—	—	1+
North Korea	Visa required	—	—	—	1+
North Macedonia	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Norway	Visa not required	90 days	—	18.8%	1+
Oman	Visa on arrival	30 days	—	—	1+
Pakistan	Visa Grant Notice	30 days	—	—	1+
Palau	Visa on arrival	30 days	—	—	1+
Palestine State	Visa not required	—	—	—	1+
Panama	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Papua New Guinea	Visa on arrival	60 days	—	—	1+
Paraguay	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Peru	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Philippines	Visa not required	30 days	—	—	1+
Poland	Visa not required	90 days	—	13.7%	1+
Portugal	Visa not required	90 days	—	7.3%	1+
Qatar	Free visa on arrival	30 days	—	—	1+
Romania	Visa not required	90 days	—	9.4%	1+
Russia	Visa required	—	—	—	1+
Rwanda	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Saint Kitts and Nevis	eTA	180 days	—	—	1+
Saint Lucia	Visa not required	42 days	—	—	1+
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa not required	180 days	—	—	1+
Samoa	Entry permit on arrival	90 days	—	—	1+
San Marino	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Sao Tome and Principe	Visa not required	15 days	—	—	1+
Saudi Arabia	eTA	180 days	SAR 535	—	1+
Senegal	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Serbia	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Seychelles	eTA	90 days	—	—	1+
Sierra Leone	Visa on arrival	30 days	—	—	1+
Singapore	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Slovakia	Visa not required	90 days	—	0.5%	1+
Slovenia	Visa not required	90 days	—	8.9%	1+
Solomon Islands	Visa on arrival	45 days	—	—	1+
Somalia	eTAS	30 days	—	—	1+
South Africa	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
South Korea	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
South Sudan	eVisa	30 days	—	—	1+
Spain	Visa not required	90 days	—	6.1%	1+
Sri Lanka	eTA	30 days	—	—	1+
Sudan	Visa required	—	—	—	1+
Suriname	Visa not required (Entry Fee)	90 days	—	—	1+
Sweden	Visa not required	90 days	—	0.0%	1+
Switzerland	Visa not required	90 days	—	10.6%	1+
Syria	Visa on arrival	30 days	—	—	1+
Tajikistan	eVisa	60 days	—	—	1+
Tanzania	Visa on arrival	90 days	—	—	1+
Thailand	Visa not required	60 days	USD 0	—	1+
Timor-Leste	Visa on arrival	30 days	—	—	1+
Togo	eVisa	15 days	CFA 25,000	—	1+
Tonga	Visa on arrival	31 days	—	—	1+
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa not required	—	—	—	1+
Tunisia	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Turkey	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Turkmenistan	Visa required	—	—	—	1+
Tuvalu	Visa on arrival	30 days	—	—	1+
Uganda	eVisa	90 days	—	—	1+
Ukraine	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
United Arab Emirates	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
United States of America	ESTA	90 days	—	20.4%	1+
Uruguay	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Uzbekistan	Visa not required	30 days	—	—	1+
Vanuatu	Visa not required	120 days	—	—	1+
Venezuela	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Vietnam	Visa not required	45 days	USD 25	—	1+
Yemen	Visa required	—	—	—	1+
Zambia	Visa not required	90 days	USD 50	—	1+
Zimbabwe	Visa on arrival	30 days	—	—	1+

Sourced from live visa requirement data. Provided for general guidance only and may not reflect the latest rule changes — confirm with the relevant embassy or consulate before booking travel.