UK Passport Visa Free Countries 2024

We have compiled visa requirements full list of countries and territories accessible to british passport holders. As of 2024, the UK passport has 191 visa free destinations becoming 4th best powerful passport in the world according to Henley passport index.

Visa Free Countries

Afghanistan	Visa required
Albania	Visa not required	90 days
Algeria	Visa required
Andorra	Visa not required
Angola	Visa not required	30 days
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa not required	6 months
Argentina	Visa not required	90 days
Armenia	Visa not required	180 days
Australia	eVisitor	90 days
Austria	Visa not required	90 days
Azerbaijan	eVisa	30 days
Bahamas	Visa not required	8 months
Bahrain	eVisa / Visa on arrival	14 days
Bangladesh	Visa on arrival	30 days
Barbados	Visa not required	6 months
Belarus	Visa not required	30 days
Belgium	Visa not required	90 days
Belize	Visa not required
Benin	eVisa	30 days
Bhutan	eVisa
Bolivia	Visa not required	90 days
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa not required	90 days
Botswana	Visa not required	90 days
Brazil	Visa not required	90 days
Brunei	Visa not required	90 days
Bulgaria	Visa not required	90 days
Burkina Faso	eVisa / Visa on arrival	1 month
Burundi	Visa on arrival	1 month
Cambodia	eVisa / Visa on arrival	30 days
Cameroon	eVisa
Canada	Electronic Travel Authorization	6 months
Cape Verde	Visa not required	30 days
Central African Republic	Visa required
Chad	Visa required
Chile	Visa not required	90 days
China	Visa required
Colombia	Visa not required	90 days
Comoros	Visa on arrival	45 days
Republic of the Congo	Visa required
Democratic Republic of the Congo	eVisa	7 days
Costa Rica	Visa not required	3 months
Côte d’Ivoire	eVisa	3 months
Croatia	Visa not required	90 days
Cuba	Tourist card required	90 days
Cyprus	Visa not required	90 days
Czech Republic	Visa not required	90 days
Denmark	Visa not required	90 days
Djibouti	eVisa	90 days
Dominica	Visa not required	6 months
Dominican Republic	Visa not required	30 days
Ecuador	Visa not required	90 days
Egypt	eVisa / Visa on arrival	30 days
El Salvador	Visa not required	6 months
Equatorial Guinea	eVisa
Eritrea	Visa required
Estonia	Visa not required	90 days
Eswatini	Visa not required	30 days
Ethiopia	eVisa / Visa on arrival	up to 90 days
Fiji	Visa not required	4 months
Finland	Visa not required	90 days
France	Visa not required	90 days
Gabon	eVisa	90 days
Gambia	Visa not required	90 days
Georgia	Visa not required	1 year
Germany	Visa not required	90 days
Ghana	Visa required
Greece	Visa not required	90 days
Grenada	Visa not required	6 months
Guatemala	Visa not required	90 days
Guinea	eVisa	90 days
Guinea-Bissau	Visa on arrival	90 days
Guyana	Visa not required	3 months
Haiti	Visa not required	90 days
Honduras	Visa not required	3 months
Hungary	Visa not required	90 days
Iceland	Visa not required	90 days
India	eVisa	30 days
Indonesia	e-VOA / Visa on arrival	30 days
Iran	Visa required
Iraq	Visa on arrival	60 days
Ireland	Visa not required	Freedom of movement (Common Travel Area).
Israel	Visa not required	3 months
Italy	Visa not required	90 days
Jamaica	Visa not required	180 days
Japan	Visa not required	90 days
Jordan	eVisa / Visa on arrival
Kazakhstan	Visa not required	30 days
Kenya	Electronic Travel Authorisation	3 months
Kiribati	Visa not required	30 days
North Korea	Visa required
South Korea	Electronic Travel Authorization	90 days
Kosovo	Visa not required	90 days
Kuwait	eVisa / Visa on arrival	3 months
Kyrgyzstan	Visa not required	60 days
Laos	eVisa / Visa on arrival	30 days
Latvia	Visa not required	90 days
Lebanon	Free visa on arrival	1 month
Lesotho	Visa not required	14 days
Liberia	Visa required
Libya	Visa required
Liechtenstein	Visa not required	90 days
Lithuania	Visa not required	90 days
Luxembourg	Visa not required	90 days
Madagascar	Visa on arrival	60 days
Malawi	eVisa / Visa on arrival	90 days
Malaysia	Visa not required	3 months
Maldives	Free visa on arrival	30 days
Mali	Visa required
Malta	Visa not required	90 days
Marshall Islands	Visa not required	90 days
Mauritania	Visa on arrival
Mauritius	Visa not required	90 days
Mexico	Visa not required	180 days
Federated States of Micronesia	Visa not required	30 days
Moldova	Visa not required	90 days
Monaco	Visa not required
Mongolia	Visa not required	30 days
Montenegro	Visa not required	90 days
Morocco	Visa not required	90 days
Mozambique	Visa not required	30 days
Myanmar	eVisa	28 days
Namibia	Visa not required	3 months
Nauru	Visa required
Nepal	Online Visa / Visa on arrival	90 days
Netherlands	Visa not required	90 days
New Zealand	Electronic Travel Authority	6 months
Nicaragua	Visa not required	90 days
Niger	Visa required
Nigeria	eVisa	90 days
North Macedonia	Visa not required	90 days
Norway	Visa not required	90 days
Oman	Visa not required / eVisa	14 days / 30 days
Pakistan	ETA / Online Visa	30 days / 3 months
Palau	Free visa on arrival	30 days
Panama	Visa not required	90 days
Papua New Guinea	eVisa	60 days
Paraguay	Visa not required	90 days
Peru	Visa not required	183 days
Philippines	Visa not required	30 days
Poland	Visa not required	90 days
Portugal	Visa not required	90 days
Qatar	Visa not required	30 days
Romania	Visa not required	90 days
Russia	Visa required
Rwanda	eVisa / Visa on arrival	30 days
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa not required	3 months
Saint Lucia	Visa not required	6 weeks
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa not required	6 months
Samoa	Visa not required	60 days
San Marino	Visa not required
São Tomé and Príncipe	Visa not required	15 days
Saudi Arabia	Electronic Visa Waiver / Visa on arrival	180 days / 90 days
Senegal	Visa not required	90 days
Serbia	Visa not required	90 days
Seychelles	Electronic Border System	3 months
Sierra Leone	eVisa / Visa on arrival	3 months / 30 days
Singapore	Visa not required	90 days
Slovakia	Visa not required	90 days
Slovenia	Visa not required	90 days
Solomon Islands	Free Visitor’s permit on arrival	3 months
Somalia	Visa on arrival	30 days
South Africa	Visa not required	90 days
South Sudan	eVisa
Spain	Visa not required	90 days
Sri Lanka	ETA / Visa on arrival	30 days
Sudan	Visa required
Suriname	Visa not required	90 days
Sweden	Visa not required	90 days
Switzerland	Visa not required
Syria	Visa required
Taiwan	Visa not required	90 days
Tajikistan	eVisa	45 days
Tanzania	eVisa / Visa on arrival	90 days
Thailand	Visa not required	30 days
Timor-Leste	Visa on arrival	30 days
Togo	eVisa	15 days
Tonga	Free visa on arrival	31 days
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa not required
Tunisia	Visa not required	3 months
Turkey	Visa not required	3 months
Turkmenistan	Visa required
Tuvalu	Free visa on arrival	1 month
Uganda	eVisa	3 months
Ukraine	Visa not required	90 days
United Arab Emirates	Visa not required	30 days
United States	Visa Waiver Program	90 days
Uruguay	Visa not required	90 days
Uzbekistan	Visa not required	30 days
Vanuatu	Visa not required	30 days
Vatican City	Visa not required
Venezuela	Visa not required	90 days
Vietnam	Visa not required	45 days
Yemen	Visa required
Zambia	Visa not required	30 days
Zimbabwe	Visa on arrival	30 days

Source: Wikipedia

British Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories

Akrotiri and Dhekelia	Visa not required
Anguilla	Visa not required	3 months
Bermuda	Visa not required	6 months
British Antarctic Territory	Special permit required
British Indian Ocean Territory	Special permit required
British Virgin Islands	Visa not required	1 month
Cayman Islands	Visa not required	6 months
Falkland Islands	Visa not requiredref>Immigration Ordinance 1999, Falkland Islands Government, 31 July 2017.</ref>	1 month
Guernsey	Visa not required	90 days
Isle of Man	Visa not required
Jersey	Visa not required
Gibraltar	Visa not required
Montserrat	Visa not required	6 months
Pitcairn Islands	Visa not required	14 days
Ascension Island	eVisa	3 months
Saint Helena	Entry permit on arrival	183 days
Tristan da Cunha	Permission required
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Permit required
Turks and Caicos Islands	Visa not required	90 days

Territories

Included territories of other countries and disputed regions

Europe
Abkhazia	Visa required
Mount Athos	Special permit required	Special permit required (4 days: 25 euro for Orthodox visitors, 35 euro for non-Orthodox visitors, 18 euro for students). There is a visitors’ quota: maximum 100 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed.
Brest and Grodno	Visa not required	Visa-free for 10 days
Northern Cyprus	Visa not required	Visa free access for 3 months. Passport required.
UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus	Access Permit required	Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas.
Faroe Islands	Visa not required
Jan Mayen	Permit required	Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.
Svalbard	Visa not required	Unlimited Stay (Indefinite Stay).
Closed cities and regions in Russia	Special authorisation required	Several closed cities require special authorisation.
South Ossetia	Visa not required	Visa free, however an invitation from a South Ossetian citizen or organisation must be provided. Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are also required to enter South Ossetia.
Transnistria	Visa not required	Visa free. Registration required after 24 hours.
Africa
Eritrea outside Asmara	Travel permit required	Visa covers Asmara only; to travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).
Mayotte	Visa not required	90 days within 180-day period Valid ID or Passport Required.
Réunion	Visa not required	90 days within 180-day period Valid ID or Passport Required.
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	Visa not required	Visa not required up to 3 months in the Western Sahara controlled territory.
Somaliland	Visa on arrival	Visa issued on arrival (30 days for 30 US dollars, payable on arrival).
Sudan outside Khartoum	Travel permit required	All foreigners travelling more than 25 kilometers outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit.
Darfur	Travel permit required	Separate travel permit is required.
Asia
Hainan	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival for 15 days. Available at Haikou Meilan International Airport and Sanya Phoenix International Airport.Visa not required for 21 days for travelling as part of a tourist group (5 or more people)
Hong Kong	Visa not required	180 days
Protected and restricted areas of India	PAP/RAP required	Protected Area Permit (PAP) required for whole states of Nagaland and Sikkim and parts of states Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh. Restricted Area Permit (RAP) required for all of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and parts of Sikkim. Some of these requirements are occasionally lifted for a year.
Iraqi Kurdistan	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival for 15 days is available at Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports.
Kazakhstan	Special permission required	Special permission required for the town of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Gvardeyskiy near Almaty.
Kish Island	Visa not required	Tourists for Kish Island do not require a visa.
Macau	Visa not required	180 days
Sabah and Sarawak	Visa not required	These states have their own immigration authorities and passport is required to travel to them, however the same visa applies.
Maldives outside Malé	Permission required	With the exception of the capital Malé, tourists are generally prohibited from visiting non-resort islands without the express permission of the Government of Maldives.
North Korea outside Pyongyang	Special permit required	People are not allowed to leave the capital city, tourists may only leave the capital with a governmental tourist guide (no independent visits)
Palestine	Visa not required	Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province	OVIR permit required	OVIR permit required (15+5 Tajikistani Somoni) and another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.
Tibet Autonomous Region	TTP required	Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars).
Closed cities of Turkmenistan	Special permit required	A special permit, issued prior to arrival by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is required if visiting the following places: Atamurat, Cheleken, Dashoguz, Serakhs and Serhetabat.
Korean Demilitarized Zone	Restricted zone
UNDOF Zone and Ghajar	Restricted zone
Yemen outside Sana’a or Aden	Special permission required	Special permission needed for travel outside Sana’a or Aden.
Caribbean and North Atlantic
Aruba	Visa not required	Visa not required for 30 days, extendable to 180 days.
Caribbean Netherlands	Visa not required	Visa not required up to 3 months
San Andrés and Leticia	Tourist Card on arrival	Visitors arriving at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport and Alfredo Vásquez Cobo International Airport must buy tourist cards on arrival.
Curaçao	Visa not required	Visa not required for 3 months.
French West Indies	Visa not required	French West Indies refers to Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy.
Greenland	Visa not required
Margarita Island	Visa not required	All visitors are fingerprinted.
Puerto Rico	Visa not required	Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required.
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Visa not required	Visa not required for 90 days.
Sint Maarten	Visa not required	Visa not required for 3 months.
US Virgin Islands	Visa not required	Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required.
Oceania
American Samoa	Electronic authorisation	30 days
Ashmore and Cartier Islands	Special authorisation required	Special authorisation required.
Clipperton Island	Special permit required	Special permit required.
Cook Islands	Visa not required	Visa free access for 31 days.
Lau Province	Special permission required	Special permission required.
French Polynesia	Visa not required	Visa not required.
Guam	Visa not required	45 days
New Caledonia	Visa not required	Visa not required for 3 months.
Niue	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival valid for 30 days is issued free of charge.
Northern Mariana Islands	Visa not required	45 days
Tokelau	Entry Permit required
United States Minor Outlying Islands	Special permits required	Special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island.
Wallis and Futuna	Visa not required	Visa not required.
South America
French Guiana	Visa not required
Galápagos	Pre-registration required	Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport prior to departure.
South Atlantic and Antarctica
Antarctica	Special authorisation required	Special permits required for French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Argentine Antarctica, Australia Australian Antarctic Territory, Antártica Chilena Province Chilean Antarctic Territory, Australia Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Norway Peter I Island, Norway Queen Maud Land, New Zealand Ross Dependency.