European Union

Bound by Regulation (EC) No 539/2001, modified by Regulations (EC) No 2414/2001, No 453/2003, No 1932/2006, No 1244/2009, No 1091/2010 and No 1211/2010 the list of third-countries whose nationals are subject to the visa requirement, when travelling to any EU Member State is as follows:

Afghanistan, Albania*, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina*, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic Republic Of Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, FYROM Macedonia*, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro*, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome & Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia (Excluding holders of Serbian passports issued by the Serbian Coordination Directorate)*, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, St Lucia Vincent And The Grenadines, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

*Biometric passport holders are exempted from the visa requirement. Visa facilitation agreement (VFA) continues to apply to holders of non-biometric passports.

Taiwan - Nationals of Taiwan holders of passports issued by Taiwan which include an identity card number are exempted from the visa requirement.

Palestinian Authority

Kosovo (as defined by the United Nationals Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10th June 1999)

Important:

British Citizens who are not nationals of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for the purpose of community law:

British overseas territories citizens who do not have the right of abode in the United Kingdom;
British overseas citizens;
British subjects who do not have the right of abode in the United Kingdom;
British protected persons.

A limited set of derogations and exceptions exist for specific categories of persons, notably on grounds of international law or custom. Member States may therefore exempt from the requirement to carry an EU visa, or reintroduce the visa obligation when they would otherwise be exempted, the following categories of persons:

Holders of diplomatic passports, official duty passports and other official passports;
Civilian air and sea crew;
Flight crew and attendants on emergency or rescue flights and other helpers involved in disaster or emergency relief;
The civilian crew of ships navigating in international waters;
The holders of laissez-passer issued by some intergovernmental organizations to their officials.

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