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Visas
The UK has tough immigration laws, which are enforced.
It is your responsibility to ensure that you have checked current visa and immigration regulations before travelling and that you have the necessary visas and documentation.
If you are unsure whether you need a visa to enter the UK, you can check at:
https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa
For further information about UK visas and immigration, please visit: https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration
If you need a letter from the conference to assist with your visa application, please contact derry@hartleytaylor.co.uk
Guidance:
If you are not a British citizen you might need entry clearance to enter the UK. The Home Office has three categories based on entry requirements:
- European Economic Area Citizens: Do not need entry clearance to enter the UK.
- Non-Visa Nationals: Only require an entry certificate when going to the UK to work or to settle. This category primarily consists of Commonwealth citizens.
- Visa Nationals: Need a visa to enter the UK for any reason.
European Economic Area Citizens:
Austria |
Greece |
Norway |
* Switzerland is neither an EU or EEA member but is part of the single market - this means Swiss nationals have the same rights to live and work in the UK as other EEA nationals.
Non-Visa Nationals:
Argentina |
Hong Kong |
Paraguay |
Visa Nationals: Need a visa to enter the UK for any reason
| Afghanistan | Gambia | Oman |
| Albania | Georgia | Pakistan |
| Algeria | Ghana | Peru |
| Albania | Guinea | Philippines |
| Angola | Guinea Bissau | Qatar |
| Armenia | Guyana | Russia |
| Azerbaijan | Haiti | Rwanda |
| Bahrain | India | Sao Tome e Principe |
| Bangladesh | Indonesia | Saudi Arabia |
| Belarus | Iran | Senegal |
| Benin | Iraq | Sierra Leone |
| Bhutan | Ivory Coast | Somalia |
| Bolivia | Jamaica | South Africa* |
| Bosnia | Jordan | Sri Lanka |
| Herzegovina | Kazakhstan | Sudan |
| Burkina Faso | Kenya | Surinam |
| Burma | Korea (North) | Syria |
| Burundi | Kuwait | Tajikistan |
| Cambodia | Kyrgyzstan | Tanzania |
| Cameroon | Laos | Thailand |
| Cape Verde | Lebanon | Togo |
| Central African Republic | Liberia | Tunisia |
| Chad | Libya | Turkey |
| China (except Hong Kong) | Macedonia | Turkmenistan |
| Colombia Comoros | Madagascar | Uganda |
| Cuba | Malawi | Ukraine |
| Djibouti | Mali | United Arab Emirates |
| Dominican Republic | Mauritania | Uzbekistan |
| Ecuador | Moldova | Venezuela |
| Egypt | Mongolia | Vietnam |
| Equatorial Guinea | Morocco | Yemen |
| Eritrea | Mozambique | Zambia |
| Ethiopia | Nepal | Zimbabwe |
| Fiji | Niger | |
| Gabon | Nigeria | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | ||
| Territories formerly comprising the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | ||
* (except those who have already visited the UK using this passport)
You will also need a visa if you:
- are stateless (you do not have a nationality)
- hold a non-national travel document (a travel document which does not give you the nationality or citizenship of the country that issued it)
- hold a passport issued by an authority unrecognised in the UK.
If you are unsure whether you need a visa to enter the UK, you can check at:
https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa
For further information about UK visas and immigration, please visit: https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration
