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Find the opening times, address and contact details for UK visa application centres near you.
Check with your local visa application centre if there are restrictions because of coronavirus (COVID-19).
Contact the international enquiry service if you have questions about applications made from outside the UK.
You can check for the latest changes to visa applications.
If you’re applying for the Ukraine Family Scheme or the Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme (Homes for Ukraine), you do not need to book and attend an appointment at a visa application centre if you have:
If you do need to attend an appointment, you must complete your application online first.
Afghanistan – apply at your nearest accessible visa application centre
Albania
Algeria
Andorra – apply through Spain
Angola
Anguilla – apply through Barbados
Antigua and Barbuda – apply through Barbados
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba – apply through Venezuela
Ascension – apply through St. Helena
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize – apply at your nearest accessible visa application centre in the Americas
Benin – apply through Nigeria
Bermuda
Bhutan – apply through India
Bolivia
Bonaire – apply through Venezuela
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
British Virgin Islands – apply through Barbados
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso – apply through Ghana
Burundi – apply through Rwanda
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde – apply through Senegal
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic – apply through Cameroon
Chad – apply through Cameroon
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros – apply through Mauritius
Congo – apply through Democratic Republic of the Congo
Costa Rica – apply at your nearest accessible visa application centre in the Americas
Croatia
Cuba
Curaçao – apply through Venezuela
Cyprus (North)
Cyprus (South)
Czech Republic
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Denmark
Djibouti – apply through Ethiopia
Dominica
Dominican Republic
East Timor – apply through Indonesia
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea – apply at your nearest accessible visa application centre in West Africa
Eritrea – apply through Kenya
Estonia
Eswatini – apply through South Africa
Ethiopia
Falkland Islands
The Faroes – apply through Denmark
Fiji
Finland
France
French Guiana – apply through Guyana
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greece
Greenland – apply through Denmark
Grenada – apply through Barbados
Guatemala – apply at your nearest accessible visa application centre in the Americas
Guinea – apply through Sierra Leone
Guinea-Bissau – apply through Senegal
Guyana
Haiti – apply through the Dominican Republic
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati – apply through Fiji
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho – apply through South Africa
Liberia – apply at your nearest accessible visa application centre in West Africa
Libya – apply through Malta or Tunisia
Liechtenstein – apply through Switzerland
Lithuania
Luxembourg – apply through France
Macau – apply through Hong Kong
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives – apply through Sri Lanka
Mali – apply through Senegal
Malta
Marshall Islands – apply through Fiji
Mauritania – apply through Morocco
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia – apply through Fiji
Moldova
Monaco – apply through France
Mongolia
Montenegro
Montserrat – apply through Barbados
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar (Burma)
Namibia
Nauru – apply through Fiji
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua – apply at your nearest accessible visa application centre in the Americas
Niger – apply through Ghana or Ivory Coast
Nigeria
North Korea – apply through China
Norway
Oman
The Occupied Palestinian Territories
Pakistan
Palau – apply through Philippines
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay – apply through Argentina
Peru
Philippines
Pitcairn, Henderson, Dulcie and Oeno Islands – apply at your nearest accessible visa application centre
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Samoa and Western Samoa – apply through Fiji
San Marino – apply through Italy
São Tomé and Principe – apply through Angola
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles – apply through Mauritius
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia – apply through Poland
Slovenia
Solomon Islands – apply through Papua New Guinea
Somalia – apply through Kenya
South Africa
South Korea
South Sudan – apply through Kenya
Spain
Sri Lanka
St Helena
St Kitts and Nevis – apply through Barbados
St Lucia
St Vincent and The Grenadines – apply through Barbados
Sudan – apply at your nearest accessible visa application centre
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria – apply through Lebanon or Jordan
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo – apply through Ghana
Tonga – apply through Fiji
Trinidad and Tobago
Tristan da Cunha – apply through St. Helena
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Turks and Caicos Islands – apply through Barbados
Tuvalu – apply through Fiji
Uganda
Ukraine – the Ukraine visa application centre is open for providing your fingerprints and photo (‘biometric information’) and document scanning only
United Arab Emirates
Uruguay – apply through Argentina
USA
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vatican City – apply through Italy
Venezuela
Vietnam
Western Sahara – apply through Morocco
Yemen – apply through Jordan
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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