{"id":686556,"date":"2026-07-11T20:39:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T20:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/686556\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T20:39:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T20:39:12","slug":"full-list-nigeria-114-countries-whose-citizens-need-uk-visas-for-under-six-month-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/686556\/","title":{"rendered":"FULL LIST: Nigeria, 114 countries whose citizens need UK visas for under six-month visit"},"content":{"rendered":"

The United Kingdom<\/a> has reaffirmed that citizens of Nigeria and 114 other countries and territories must obtain a visa before travelling to the UK for visits or stays lasting less than six months.<\/p>\n

Full list of countries whose nationals require a UK visa<\/a>Other travellers who require entry clearance<\/a><\/p>\n

The requirement is contained in the updated Immigration Rules Appendix Visitor, released by the UK Home Office on July 1, 2026.<\/p>\n

According to the updated guidance, nationals of the listed countries must obtain entry clearance before travelling to the UK unless they qualify for specific exemptions provided under the immigration rules.<\/p>\n

The Home Office also stated that stateless persons and individuals travelling on documents other than a national passport or, where permitted, a national identity card, must obtain entry clearance before travelling unless the document was issued by the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n

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The guidance further noted that limited exemptions apply to nationals of the People\u2019s Republic of China and Taiwan, as indicated in the Immigration Rules.<\/p>\n

Full list of countries whose nationals require a UK visa<\/p>\n

Afghanistan
\nAlbania
\nAlgeria
\nAngola
\nArmenia
\nAzerbaijan
\nBangladesh
\nBelarus
\nBenin
\nBhutan
\nBolivia
\nBosnia and Herzegovina
\nBotswana
\nBurkina Faso
\nBurundi
\nCambodia
\nCameroon
\nCape Verde
\nCentral African Republic
\nChad
\nPeople\u2019s Republic of China
\nColombia
\nComoros
\nRepublic of the Congo
\nC\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire
\nCuba
\nDemocratic Republic of the Congo
\nDjibouti
\nDominica
\nDominican Republic
\nEcuador
\nEgypt
\nEl Salvador
\nEquatorial Guinea
\nEritrea
\nEswatini
\nEthiopia
\nFiji
\nGabon
\nGambia
\nGeorgia
\nGhana
\nGuinea
\nGuinea-Bissau
\nHaiti
\nHonduras
\nIndia
\nIndonesia
\nIran
\nIraq
\nJamaica
\nJordan
\nKazakhstan
\nKenya
\nNorth Korea
\nKosovo
\nKyrgyzstan
\nLaos
\nLebanon
\nLesotho
\nLiberia
\nLibya
\nMadagascar
\nMalawi
\nMali
\nMauritania
\nMoldova
\nMongolia
\nMontenegro
\nMorocco
\nMozambique
\nMyanmar
\nNamibia
\nNauru
\nNepal
\nNicaragua
\nNiger
\nNigeria
\nNorth Macedonia
\nPakistan
\nPalestine
\nPhilippines
\nRussia
\nRwanda
\nS\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe
\nSenegal
\nSerbia
\nSierra Leone
\nSomalia
\nSouth Africa
\nSouth Sudan
\nSri Lanka
\nSt Lucia
\nSudan
\nSuriname
\nSyria
\nTaiwan*
\nTajikistan
\nTanzania
\nThailand
\nTimor-Leste
\nTogo
\nTrinidad and Tobago
\nTunisia
\nTurkey
\nTurkmenistan
\nUganda
\nUkraine
\nUzbekistan
\nVanuatu
\nVenezuela
\nVietnam
\nYemen
\nZambia
\nZimbabwe<\/p>\n

Other travellers who require entry clearance<\/p>\n

The updated immigration rules also require the following categories of travellers to obtain entry clearance before travelling to the UK:<\/p>\n

Stateless persons.
\nIndividuals travelling on documents other than a national passport or, where applicable, a national identity card, except where the travel document was issued by the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n

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