Entry rules · Tanzania passport

Do Tanzania passport holders need a visa for the United Kingdom?

Yes. Tanzania passport holders need a visa for the United Kingdom, applied for before travel.

Checked against official sources on 7 Oct 2026. Two independent checks agreed.

The rule

Entry
Visa required. Apply for a visa before you travel, with a visit in person: to a consulate or visa centre, or to give fingerprints.
Status
Verified 7 Oct 2026
Official source
Home Office (UK) — Immigration Rules, published on GOV.UK
Applies to
A short tourist visit with an ordinary Tanzania passport.

What the official sources say

The passages the two checks relied on, with where they come from. Quotes are shown as published, in the source’s language.

Entry: visa required

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.).

UK Home Office — Immigration Rules (GOV.UK) · Law, retrieved 7 Oct 2026

(a) Nationals or citizens of the following countries or territorial entities (a “*” indicates there are exceptions in VN 2.2 to VN 6.5):

UK Home Office — Immigration Rules (GOV.UK) · Law, retrieved 7 Oct 2026

- Tanzania - Thailand

UK Home Office — Immigration Rules (GOV.UK) · Law, retrieved 7 Oct 2026
More quotes (6)

A visa national as set out in Appendix Visitor: Visa National list must obtain entry clearance as a Visitor (a visit visa) before arrival in the UK.

UK Home Office — Immigration Rules (GOV.UK) · Law, retrieved 7 Oct 2026

What’s your nationality as shown on your passport or travel document? Tanzania

UK Visas and Immigration — GOV.UK 'Check if you need a UK visa' · Government page, retrieved 7 Oct 2026

You’ll need a visa to come to the UK

UK Visas and Immigration — GOV.UK 'Check if you need a UK visa' · Government page, retrieved 7 Oct 2026

What are you coming to the UK to do? Tourism or visiting family and friends

UK Visas and Immigration — GOV.UK 'Check if you need a UK visa' · Government page, retrieved 7 Oct 2026

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 (b) stateless people; and (c) people travelling on any document other than a national passport, or, in the case of a person to whom paragraphs 11A and 11B of these rules apply, a national identity card, regardless of whether the document is issued by or evidences nationality of a state not listed in VN 1.1. (a), except where that document has been issued by the UK.

UK Home Office · VN 1.1, complete rule and nationality list · Law, retrieved 7 Oct 2026

V 1.1. A person seeking to come to the UK as a Visitor must apply for and obtain entry clearance before they arrive in the UK if they are: (a) a visa national, unless V 1.3. (b) applies; or (b) seeking to marry or form a civil partnership, or give notice of marriage or civil partnership, in the UK unless they are a “relevant national” as defined in section 62 of the Immigration Act 2014; or (c) seeking to come to the UK as a Visitor for more than 6 months. V 1.2. Within the period for which the entry clearance is valid, a Visitor may enter and leave the UK multiple times, unless the entry clearance is endorsed as single or dual entry. V 1.3. A person seeking to come to the UK as a Visitor may apply for permission to enter on arrival in the UK where they are: (a) a non-visa national, unless V 1.1. (b) or (c) apply; or (b) a visa national and an exception applies as set out in Appendix Visitor: Visa National list or Appendix Visitor: Transit Without Visa Scheme. V 1.4. A person seeking to enter the UK as a Visitor must, where required, under Appendix Electronic Travel Authorisation, obtain an Electronic Travel Authorisation before travelling to the UK.

UK Home Office · V 1.1 to V 1.4, entry clearance and ETA requirements · Law, retrieved 7 Oct 2026

United Kingdom for other passports

Free movement
Ireland
eTAUp to 6 months per entry
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States
Visa required
Bangladesh, Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

How this rule was checked

On 7 Oct 2026 we checked this rule against the official sources that govern entry to the United Kingdom, chiefly Home Office (UK) — Immigration Rules, published on GOV.UK. Two independent checks reached the same result.

Public visa data (as of 17 Feb 2026) said the same; the check confirmed it.

See this check in the log of checks and changes, and how verification works in the methodology.

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Government travel advice for the United Kingdom

United States
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
United Kingdom
No advice published
Canada
Exercise a high degree of caution

What these governments tell their own citizens about travel to the United Kingdom as a whole, as of 30 Sept 2026. It is not about visas, and it reflects each government’s relations and consular reach as well as conditions on the ground.

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Before you travel

This page answers whether you need a visa and how long you can stay on a short tourist visit. It does not cover passport validity, other documents or permission to work. Entry rules change, sometimes without notice, and border officials make the final decision: confirm the requirements for your trip with the official immigration website or embassy of the United Kingdom.