Do you need a visa?

This questionnaire will help you to decide if you need to obtain a visa before you travel to the UK. It also contains guidance on the type of visa that you might need.

The questionnaire is for anyone who does not have a UK passport and wants to come to or transit the UK. ('Transit' means to pass through the UK on your way to another country without staying here.)

If you want to travel to some Commonwealth countries and British overseas territories, you may be able to apply for the visa you need through our visa application centres worldwide. Please use our Country finder for information about the application process in the country you live in.

Do you need a visa to come to the UK?

* indicates required information

Please correct errors.

Why do you want to come to the UK?

A 'visit' means a short stay (generally of up to 6 months) in the UK.

'Study' means a course of study at a UK school, university or college.

'Work' means paid or unpaid (voluntary) work for an employer in the UK.

'Join Family' means coming to the UK, with the aim of staying for a long period or permanently, as the partner or family member of a British citizen or someone who has (or is applying for) temporary or indefinite permission to stay here.

'Transit' means passing through the UK on your way to another country (including coutnries within the Common Travel Area), without staying in the UK.

Please select the reason why you want to come to the UK.

What passport do you hold?

Please select the country of which you are a citizen or national. This is not necessarily the country where you were born or the country where you live now.

Please select your a nationality.

Where do you currently live?

You must be living legally in the country that you select.

You cannot apply for a UK visa from a country where you are not living legally.

Please select the country where you are currently living.