Check if you need a UK visa: Information based on your answers
You do not need a visa to come to the UK
However, you should bring evidence of your onward journey to show to officers at the UK border.
If you’re travelling on or after 2 April 2025
You’ll need an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) to pass through UK border control.
You do not need an ETA if you will not pass through UK border control. You should bring evidence of your onward journey, such as a ticket to your destination.
You always pass through border control if you:
- leave the main airport building for any reason
- need to collect your bags and check them in to your onward flight
You must also pass through border control if both:
- your onward flight leaves on a different calendar day to when you arrive
- there’s nowhere for you to stay overnight in the airport, for example in a transit hotel
Check with your airline if you’re not sure if you’ll pass through UK border control.
You may want to apply for a transit visa instead if you have a criminal record or you’ve previously been refused entry into the UK.
Your answers
- What’s your nationality as shown on your passport or travel document?
- Germany
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- What are you coming to the UK to do?
- Transit (on your way to somewhere else)
- Change What are you coming to the UK to do?