Guidance
List of International organisations whose employees qualify for exempt entry clearances (accessible version)
Updated 17 July 2025
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As of 18 December 2024
International organisations with offices/headquarters in the UK whose employees qualify for exemption from immigration control
- Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
- CAB International (CABI) (Previously Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux)
- Commonwealth Foundation
- Commonwealth Secretariat
- Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO)
- Delegation of the European Union to the United Kingdom (EU Del)
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
- European Bioinformatics Institute (also known as European Molecular Biology Laboratory) (EMBL-EBI)
- European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (ECMWF)
- European Forest Institute (EFI)
- European Space Agency (ESA)
- European Southern Observatory (ESO)
- European Union Officials (working under the Windsor Agreement)
- Global Combat Air Programme - GCAP International Government Organisation (GIGO)
- Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO)
- International Coffee Organisation (ICO)
- International Grains Organisation (IGC)
- International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
- International Mobile Satellite Organisation (IMSO)
- International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund (IOPCF)
- International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund 1992 (IOPCF 1992)
- International Organisation for Migration (IOM)
- International Sugar Organisation (ISO)
- International Whaling Commission (IWC)
- North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC)
- North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization (NASCO)
- North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency)
- North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (NATO DIANA)
- Oslo and Paris Commissions (OSPAR)
- Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO)
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- United Nations World Food Programme (UNWFP)
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF)
- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
- World Health Organisation (WHO)
- World Bank Group – International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
- World Bank Group – International Development Agency (IDA)
- World Bank Group – International Finance Corporation (IFC)
International organisations without offices/headquarters in the UK, but where some staff may be exempt from immigration control when coming to the UK
- African Development Bank
- African Development Fund
- Asian Development Bank
- Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
- Caribbean Development Bank
- Common Fund for Commodities
- Council of Europe
- European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM)
- European Committee for Prevention of Torture (CPT)
- European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)
- European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (Eurocontrol)
- European Patent Organisation (EPO)
- European Telecommunications Satellite Organisation (Eutelsat IGO)
- Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (UNFAO)[footnote 1]
- Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
- Inter-American Investment Corporation (IDB Invest)
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)[footnote 1]
- International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO)
- International Court of Justice (ICJ)
- International Criminal Court (ICC)
- International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
- International Education Scientific Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)[footnote 1]
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)[footnote 1]
- International Labour Organisation (ILO)[footnote 1]
- International Lead and Zinc Study Group
- International Rubber Study Group
- International Seabed Authority (ISA)
- International Telecommunications Satellite Organisation (ITSO)
- International Telecommunications Union (ITU)[footnote 1]
- International Tribunal Law of the Sea (ITLOS)
- North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
- Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
- Organisation Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR)
- Organisation Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
- Preparatory Commission for Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO)
- United Nations (UN)
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- United Nations Information Centre
- Universal Postal Union (UPU)[footnote 1]
- World Customs Organisation (WCO) (Previously Customs Cooperation Council)
- World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)[footnote 1]
- World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)[footnote 1]
- World Trade Organisation (WTO)[footnote 1]
For further guidance or queries about this list please consult International Organisations Team, DMIOU, Protocol Directorate, FCDO.