Visas
You can find the entry requirements for each country on the FCO website UK Foreign Office website, so please check the requirements for each destination you’re visiting.
Visa advice for non-British citizens
If you’re not travelling on a British passport, please check the relevant requirements for your nationality. You can find these via your local equivalent of the UK Foreign Office Travel Advice. If you’d prefer to use a visa service, you can do so here in English, French or German.
Using a visa service to arrange all your visas
If you need to apply for visas for several different countries, you might find it convenient to use a visa service such as CIBT. Our partner, CIBT and it's subsidiary Visa Central are the largest and most established travel visa and passport company in the world and offer an unmatched speed of service
Rather than visit every embassy individually, you can post your passport to CIBT who will arrange each visa for you, including visiting embassies on your behalf and return your passport to you with all the visas ready to go. There are many benefits:
- Simplicity – apply for multiple visas at once
- Accuracy - get visa application assistance - they verify your application before sending
- Time-saving - many embassies don't accept postal applications and require two visits in person
- Save on train fares – your passport is couriered to the embassies, saving you the ride
- Letters of invitation arranged – where these are required for some countries (e.g. Russia)
Why choose CIBT?
Using Travel Nation’s CIBT visa portal ensures you get a discount on CIBT processing fees. While the actual consular fees for issuing a visa tend to be fixed, via our CIBT portal, you can say up to 50% on processing fees.
Their admin fee is for processing everything on your behalf and making each step as simple as possible within a complex system. You’ll benefit from:
- Live tracking
- Expert checking and correction service
- Your passport will be couriered to the consulate and back to you