countries british passport holders visit without visa

[man1976]

Hi,
Does anyone know Which countries can british passport holders visit without requiring a visa. or visa on arival.... Is there an official list

Regards

Man1976

[smalldog]

You can search the IATA database here:

http://www.delta.com/planning_reservati ... /index.jsp

The list of countries requiring a visa is probably shorter!

[JAJ]

Hi,
Does anyone know Which countries can british passport holders visit without requiring a visa. or visa on arival.... Is there an official list

And remember that standard visa rules only apply to British passports where the nationality is shown as BRITISH CITIZEN.

If nationality is anything else (eg British Overseas citizen, British subject), a visa may be required even if British citizens do not need one. This applies even if one has Right of Abodeor is otherwise settled in the United Kingdom.

[Mafia]

My personal preference is http://www.worldtravelguide.net/country/

It provides far more useful information compared to the Delta website. For instance, try this link for Egypt: http://www.worldtravelguide.net/country ... Egypt.html

Relevant contact details for embassies, travel offices etc are also available on the same website.


The Mafia …
(who has no affiliation with the above website despite being a well connected Mafia!)

[Dawie]

As a general rule, most of the countries requiring British citizens to obtain visas are rather unsavoury countries and are probably not safe to visit anyway.

A British citizen passport is probably one of the best passports in the world to travel on: full access to the EU, visa free access to North and South America, most of Asia and Africa too.

[Mafia]

As a general rule, most of the countries requiring British citizens to obtain visas are rather unsavoury countries and are probably not safe to visit anyway.

This is a fairly provocative statement which is bound to generate equally provocative response. I normally ignore statements like these but today being Sunday, I will have a go.

British citizens require an ETA (i.e. electronic visa) to visit Australia which is by no means unsavoury and unsafe. There are countries (such as India or China) that require nearly all foreigners including British citizens to apply for visa due political and visa reciprocity reasons.

There are countries (no names mentioned here) who don’t subject British citizens to visa requirements that are generally, or have pockets of areas which are, not safe to visit.

The Mafia …

(“In a few years time, we’ll look back at provocative statements like these – futile, counter-productive and naïve")

[Dawie]

I don't think it's provocative at all. It's merely a statement of fact.

ETA's for Australia can hardly be classed as a visa. They are a mere formality and can be bought online without any vetting of your financial situation or personal circumstances and without any visit to an Australian embassy. ETA's are also generally only issued to citizens of rich 1st world countries.

[Mafia]

I don't think it's provocative at all. It's merely a statement of fact.

If you are talking about Iraq or Afghanistan who do require British citizens to apply for a visa, I don't disagree with you. But the "unsavoury and unsafe" tag does not apply to a large number of other countries.

ETA's for Australia can hardly be classed as a visa. They are a mere formality and can be bought online

... so are visas which you can apply on arrival at the airport for certain countries! Even if you apply at the Embassy for some other countries, you are almost guaranteed a visa if you are a genuine visitor.

The Mafia ...

[stedman]

As a general rule, most of the countries requiring British citizens to obtain visas are rather unsavoury countries and are probably not safe to visit anyway.

A British citizen passport is probably one of the best passports in the world to travel on: full access to the EU, visa free access to North and South America, most of Asia and Africa too.

Don't mean to be pedantic but a Finnish passport is the best one to travel on. Not only does it have the fewest visa requirements compared to any other country, the Finnish government don't go meddling into other people's foreign affairs, don't go starting pointless wars, and have no history of slavery/apartheid/football hooliganism or anything unsavoury, so there's no risk of a passport holder being beaten up, held hostage in a hijack or just being killed solely because of their nationality.

And I disagree that countries needing visas from UK citizens are unsavoury. Just because a country doesn't kiss the UK's mule and give its nationals free entry doesn't mean there's something wrong with it.

[JAJ]

Don't mean to be pedantic but a Finnish passport is the best one to travel on.

One of the best, or the best? Why not a Swiss, Canadian or New Zealand passport?

[Dawie]

Don't mean to be pedantic but a Finnish passport is the best one to travel on.

One of the best, or the best? Why not a Swiss, Canadian or New Zealand passport?

Canadian and New Zealand passports don't give you work rights in the EU. Any candidate for the best passport in the world has to at least be an EU member.

Finland the best? I'd put my money on a Spanish passport being the best. Full access to the EU plus it's very easy to work in Latin American countries with a Spanish passport.

[jes2jes]

Don't mean to be pedantic but a Finnish passport is the best one to travel on.

One of the best, or the best? Why not a Swiss, Canadian or New Zealand passport?

Canadian and New Zealand passports don't give you work rights in the EU. Any candidate for the best passport in the world has to at least be an EU member.

Finland the best? I'd put my money on a Spanish passport being the best. Full access to the EU plus it's very easy to work in Latin American countries with a Spanish passport.

I beg to differ Dawie. There is nothing like best if you consider all the factors that comes to play when considering everything that comes to play to make a country. I think best is really an individual's decision since their perception of best and reason for choosing that country's passport is dependent on their circumstances and what they really want from life.

I will vote for the 'World Passport' which has access to every country (Work, Live and Die).

[stedman]

Of course it depends on what criteria you're using but if you use the number of countries the passport holder can enter without a visa, then, as I said, a Finnish passport is the best one to have. Someone somewhere sat down, worked it out and wrote an article about it in one of the broadsheets, with the 10 "best" and 10 "worst".