You will need a visa to visit the UK if any of the following apply to you:

• you are a national of one of the countries listed in the visa and transit visa nationals page on this website;
• you are applying to visit the UK in order to get married;
• you are applying as an Academic Visitor and intend to stay in the UK for more than 6 months;
• you are applying as a parent of a child at school and intend to stay in the UK for more than 6 months;
• you are applying as a Prospective Student;
• you are stateless (you do not have a nationality);
• you hold a non-national travel document (a travel document which does not give you the nationality of the country that issued it), or
• you hold a passport issued by an authority that is not recognised in the UK.