Visas & Passport Information

The following information, whilst correct at time of inclusion, must not be relied upon wholly when checking for visa and passport guidelines prior to booking your trip. We urge you to check with the visa office of the country you intend to visit for up to date information.

A	B	C
Afghanistan	Bahrain	Cambodia
Albania	Bangladesh	Cameroon
Algeria	Benin	Cape Verde
Angola	Bhutan	Central African Republic
	Bosnia-Herzegovina	Chad
	Bulgaria	China (PR)
	Burkina Faso	CIS
	Burundi	Columbia
		Comoros Islands
		Congo (Dem. Rep. Of)
		Congo (Rep. Of) Côte d'Ivoire
		Cuba

 

D	E	F	G	H
Djibouti	Egypt	Fiji	Gabon	Haiti
Dominican	Equatorial	Former	Gambia
republic	Guinea	Yugoslav	Ghana
	Eritrea	Republic of	Guinea
	Ethiopia	Macedonia	Guinea-Bissau
			Guyana

 

I	J	K	L	M
India	Jordan	Kenya	Laos	Madagascar
Indonesia		Korea (DPR)	Lebanon	Maldives
Iran		Kuwait	Liberia	Mali
Iraq			Libya	Mauritania
				Mauritius
				Mongolia
				Morocco
				Mozambique
				Myanmar

 

N	O	P	Q	R
Nepal	Oman	Pakistan	Qatar	Romania
Niger		Papua New		Rwanda
Nigeria		Guinea
		Peru
		Philippines

 

S	T	U	V	W
Sao Tome e	Taiwan	Uganda	Vietnam
Principe	Tanzania	United Arab
Saudi Arabia	Thailand	Emirates
Senegal	Togo
Sierra Leone	Tunisia
Slovak Republic	Turkey
Somalia
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Surinam
Syria

 

	X	Y	Z
	Yemen		Zambia
	Equatorial

Visas : -

Required by the following

(a, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China (PR), CIS, Comoros Islands, Congo (Rep. Of) Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican republic, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Korea (DPR) Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Sao Tome e Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovak Republic, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Surinam, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, Yemen, Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), Zambia and holders of passports endorsed 'Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus' (contact the Southern European Department at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for latest information); (b) persons who hold passports or travel documents issued by the former soviet Union or by the territories formerly comprising the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (except nationals of Croatia and Slovenia). Transit visas are not required by passengers continuing their journey by the same or first connecting aircraft provided holding valid onward or return documentation and not leaving the airport.

Types of visa and cost : Tourist, Business and Transit

Applications to any British visa-issuing post abroad or in the UK, or the visa section of the UK Passport Office in London.

Application requirements :

(a) 1 application form. (b) Valid passport. (c) Proof of hotel reservation. (d) Fee. (e) Return ticket

"Working days required :

Applications are referred to Gibraltar and are normally processed within 20 days.

Note : -

Visas are not required except by stateless persons and nationals of the countries or territorial entities who require visas for the uk (see appendix of uk immigration rules). The gibraltar visa requirement applies even in cases where a visa for the uk is held.

Visa nationals with uk multiple visit visas valid for one year or more, regardless of category, are eligible to enter gibraltar without the need for a visa. This exemption also applies to persons who hold indefinite leave to remain in the uk and to persons who hold uk certificates of entitlement to the right of abode (and have not been absent from the uk for more than 2 years).

Persons who wish to avail themselves of these exemption arrangements but who enter gibraltar from spain intending to return there, or those in transit to spain will only be admitted if they hold valid schengen visas ensuring their re-entry into spain.

Temporary residence : -

Prior permission must be obtained from the Government of Gibraltar if seeking employment (nationals of EU countries are exempt).

UK Passport Agency
Globe House, Eccleston Sq., Victoria
Opening hours: 0815-1600 Monday to Friday

Passports: -

Required by all except EU nationals in possession of a valid national identity card.