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Yemen 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 Yemen.

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Official source

yemenevisa.orgImmigration, Passports and Nationality Authority, Ministry of Interior, Republic of Yemen (eVisa portal)Checked 1 Nov 2026

If your e-Visa application is approved, the applicant will receive a notification via email. This notification will have to be printed and presented upon arrival in Yemen.

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Before you go

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

Conditions from official sources

  • Needs a request from a travel agency accredited by Yemen's General Authority for Tourism, filed on the eVisa portal and approved by the Immigration, Passports and Nationality Authority before travel.
  • Needs a health certificate from an official authority showing freedom from infectious diseases.
  • Needs round-trip tickets.
  • Must not work during the stay and must pledge to leave at the end of it.
  • Print the e-Visa approval email and show it on arrival.

Passport validity

Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months.

A scanned copy of the visa applicant's passport data page, valid for a period of not less than six months.

Tourist entry only

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

The other way round

What Yemen passport holders need to visit the United Kingdom.

Yemen 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 Sanaa, nearest first.

  1. OmanMuscat, about 1,750 km from SanaaVisa-free · 14 days
  2. CyprusNicosia, about 2,450 km from SanaaVisa-free · 90 days

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

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