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Uganda visa rules for United Kingdom passport holders

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The answer

e-Visa needed. United Kingdom passport holders need an e-Visa before travel to visit Uganda.

Entry
e-Visa
Stay
3 months per entry
Fee
$50.00
Covers
Tourist entry
ONE TIME LIVIN’E-VISA3 MONTHS

Our summary of the official rule. Not an official stamp.

Official source

immigration.go.ugNational Citizenship and Immigration Control, Ministry of Internal Affairs, UgandaChecked 1 Nov 2026

All persons intending to travel to Uganda for holiday, tourism, business, study, visit, and/or medical are required to apply and obtain a visa online.

Quoted from the source.

Before you go

The conditions that come with this rule, from its official sources.

Conditions from official sources

  • Travel within 90 days of the visa approval, or the approval is cancelled.
  • Print the approval letter and show it with the passport at the port of entry.
  • Report to immigration at the border for biometric capture with the approval letter, payment receipts and passport.

Passport validity

Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months.

Passport copy (bio-data page) with at least 6 months validity

Tourist entry only

These rules cover tourist visits. Work, study and transit follow other rules.

The other way round

What Uganda passport holders need to visit the United Kingdom.

Uganda passport United Kingdom

Visa needed

VN 1.1. A person who meets one or more of the criteria below needs entry clearance (a visa) in advance of travel to the UK for any purpose, unless they meet one of the exceptions set out in VN2.1 and VN2.2. (subject to VN 2.3.). (a) Nationals or citizens of the following countries or territorial entities (a "*" indicates there are exceptions in VN 2.2 to VN 6.5): Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Armenia Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia Herzegovina Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad People's Republic of China* Colombia Comoros Congo Côte d'Ivoire (formerly Ivory Coast) Cuba Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Guinea Guinea Bissau Haiti Honduras India Indonesia Iran Iraq Jamaica Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea (North) Kosovo Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar (formerly Burma) Namibia Nauru Nepal Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Macedonia (formerly Macedonia) Pakistan Palestine Philippines Russia Rwanda São Tomé and Principe Senegal Serbia Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sri Lanka St Lucia Sudan Suriname Syria Taiwan* Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

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Visa-free nearby

Other places United Kingdom passport holders can visit without a visa, within 2,500 km of Kampala, nearest first.

  1. ZambiaLusaka, about 1,810 km from KampalaVisa-free · 90 days
  2. MayotteMamoudzou, about 2,020 km from KampalaVisa-free · 90 days
  3. AngolaLuanda, about 2,370 km from KampalaVisa-free · 30 days

We list only countries whose rules we have reviewed. More appear as we review them.

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