Visa-Free Countries for UK citizens (2026)
A UK passport enters 121 countries visa-free, gets a visa on arrival in 29 more, and an eTA in 7 — 157 of 198 destinations you can reach without arranging a visa before you go. 28 need an e-visa applied for online, and 13 need a consular visa. As of 20 July 2026.
- 121
- VISA-FREE
- 7
- ETA
- 29
- VISA ON ARRIVAL
- 28
- E-VISA
- 13
- VISA REQUIRED
Counts are for a standard tourist passport, from our open visa-matrix dataset, which cross-checks Wikipedia against a second source and records every disagreement rather than picking one silently. This is a starting point, not legal advice — a rule can change between snapshots, so confirm the current requirement with the destination's official source before you book. Rows marked ⚑ disputed are corridors where our two sources disagree; treat those as "verify first".
Visa-free 121
Walk up to the border with just your passport. No form, no fee, no advance step.
- Albania90d
- Andorra90d
- Angola30d
- Antigua and Barbuda180d
- Argentina90d
- Armenia180d
- Australia90d
- Austria90d
- Bahamas240d
- Barbados180d
- Belarus10d
- Belgium90d
- Belize
- Bolivia90d
- Bosnia and Herzegovina90d
- Botswana90d
- Brazil90d
- Brunei90d
- Bulgaria90d
- Cabo Verde30d
- Chile90d
- China30d⚑
- Colombia90d
- Costa Rica180d
- Croatia90d
- Cyprus90d
- Czechia90d
- Denmark90d
- Dominica180d
- Dominican Republic30d
- Ecuador90d
- El Salvador180d
- Estonia90d
- Eswatini30d
- Fiji120d
- Finland90d
- France90d
- Gambia90d
- Georgia365d
- Germany90d
- Greece90d
- Grenada180d
- Guatemala90d
- Guyana90d
- Haiti90d
- Hong Kong180d
- Hungary90d
- Iceland90d
- Iran⚑
- Ireland
- Italy90d
- Jamaica180d
- Japan90d
- Kazakhstan30d
- Kiribati90d
- Kosovo90d
- Kyrgyzstan30d
- Latvia90d
- Lesotho14d
- Liechtenstein90d
- Lithuania90d
- Luxembourg90d
- Macao180d
- Macedonia90d
- Malaysia90d
- Malta90d
- Marshall Islands90d
- Mauritius90d
- Mexico180d
- Micronesia30d
- Moldova90d
- Monaco90d
- Mongolia30d
- Montenegro90d
- Morocco90d
- Netherlands90d
- New Zealand180d
- Nicaragua90d
- Norway90d
- Oman14d⚑
- Palestine
- Panama90d
- Paraguay90d
- Peru183d
- Philippines30d
- Poland90d
- Portugal90d
- Qatar30d⚑
- Romania90d
- Rwanda30d
- Saint Lucia42d
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines180d
- San Marino90d
- Sao Tome and Principe15d
- Senegal90d
- Serbia90d
- Seychelles90d
- Singapore90d
- Slovakia90d
- Slovenia90d
- South Africa90d
- South Korea90d
- Spain90d
- Suriname90d
- Sweden90d
- Switzerland90d
- Taiwan90d
- Thailand60d
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia90d
- Turkey90d
- Ukraine90d
- United Arab Emirates90d
- United States90d
- Uruguay90d
- Uzbekistan30d
- Vanuatu120d
- Vatican90d
- Venezuela90d
- Vietnam45d
- Zambia30d
Electronic authorisation (eTA) 7
Visa-free in practice, but you must register an eTA online before you fly. Minutes, not weeks.
- Canada180d
- Israel90d
- Kenya90d
- Mozambique30d
- Saint Kitts and Nevis180d
- Saudi Arabia180d⚑
- Sri Lanka30d⚑
Visa on arrival 29
Nothing to arrange in advance — the visa is issued at the border, usually for a fee.
- Bahrain14d
- Bangladesh30d
- Burundi30d
- Cambodia30d
- Comoros45d
- East Timor30d
- Egypt30d
- Ethiopia90d
- Guinea-Bissau90d
- Indonesia30d
- Jordan
- Kuwait90d
- Laos30d
- Lebanon30d
- Madagascar90d
- Malawi90d⚑
- Maldives30d
- Namibia90d
- Nepal90d
- Palau30d
- Papua New Guinea60d
- Samoa90d
- Sierra Leone30d
- Solomon Islands90d
- Syria30d⚑
- Tanzania90d
- Tonga31d
- Tuvalu30d
- Zimbabwe30d
E-visa (apply online first) 28
You must apply and be approved online before departure. Not a border formality.
- Afghanistan30d⚑
- Azerbaijan30d
- Benin30d
- Bhutan90d
- Burkina Faso
- Burma28d
- Cameroon
- Chad
- Cuba90d
- Djibouti90d⚑
- DR Congo7d
- Equatorial Guinea
- Gabon90d
- Ghana⚑
- Guinea90d
- India30d
- Iraq30d
- Ivory Coast90d⚑
- Liberia⚑
- Libya90d
- Mauritania30d
- Nigeria30d
- Pakistan90d
- Somalia30d
- South Sudan
- Tajikistan60d
- Togo15d
- Uganda90d
Visa required 13
A consular visa is needed before travel — start early.
- Algeria
- Central African Republic
- Congo
- Eritrea
- Honduras
- Mali
- Nauru
- Niger
- North Korea
- Russia
- Sudan
- Turkmenistan
- Yemen