TB tests for UK visa applicants

If you are apply for a visa for the UK that is for longer than 6 months then you will need to have a tuberculosis (TB) test done if you are coming to the UK and are a resident in any of these listed countries below.  You will need a chest x-ray to test for TB and if the x-ray result is not clear you will also be asked to give a sputum sample for testing.

The following countries require the TB test so contact the British Embassy or British consulate in the country for more details about the test and your visa application.

A

• Afghanistan
• Algeria
• Angola
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan

B

• Bangladesh
• Belarus
• Benin (get tested in Nigeria)
• Bolivia
• Botswana
• Brunei
• Burma
• Burkina Faso (get tested in Ghana)
• Burundi (get tested in Rwanda)

C

• Cambodia
• Cape Verde (get tested in Gambia or Senegal)
• Central African Republic (get tested in Cameroon)
• Chad (get tested in Cameroon)
• Cameroon
• China
• Congo (get tested in Democratic Republic of Congo)
• Côte d’Ivoire (get tested in Ghana)

D

• Democratic Republic of Congo
• Djibouti (get tested in Ethiopia)
• Dominican Republic

E

• East Timor (get tested in Indonesia)
• Ecuador
• Equatorial Guinea (get tested in Ghana)
• Eritrea (get tested in Kenya)
• Ethiopia

G

• Gabon (get tested in Cameroon)
• Gambia
• Georgia
• Ghana
• Guatemala
• Guinea (get tested in Sierra Leone)
• Guinea Bissau (get tested in Gambia or Senegal)
• Guyana

H

• Haiti
• Hong Kong

I

• India
• Indonesia
• Iraq

K

• Kazakhstan
• Kenya
• Kiribati (get tested in Fiji)
• Kyrgyzstan (get tested in Kazakhstan)

L

• Laos (get tested in Thailand)
• Lesotho (get tested in South Africa)
• Liberia (get tested in Ghana)

M

• Macau (get tested in Hong Kong)
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Malaysia
• Mali (get tested in Gambia or Senegal)
• Marshall Islands (get tested in Fiji)
• Mauritania (get tested in Morocco)
• Micronesia (get tested in Fiji)
• Moldova
• Mongolia
• Morocco
• Mozambique

N

• Namibia
• Nepal
• Niger (get tested in Ghana)
• Nigeria
• North Korea

P

• Pakistan
• Palau (get tested in Philippines)
• Papua New Guinea
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Philippines

R

• Russia
• Rwanda

S

• São Tomé and Principe (get tested in Angola)
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Solomon Islands (get tested in Papua New Guinea)
• Somalia (get tested in Kenya)
• South Africa
• South Korea
• South Sudan (get tested in Kenya)
• Sri Lanka
• Sudan
• Swaziland (get tested in South Africa)

T

• Tajikistan
• Tanzania
• Togo (get tested in Ghana)
• Thailand
• Turkmenistan
• Tuvalu (get tested in Fiji)

U

• Uganda
• Ukraine
• Uzbekistan

V

• Vanuatu (get tested in Fiji)
• Vietnam

Z

• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

 

You won’t need a TB test if any of the following apply:

• If you are a diplomat accredited to the UK
• If you are a returning UK resident and haven’t been away for more than 2 years
• If you lived for at least 6 months in a country where TB screening is not required by the UK, and you’ve been away from that country for no more than 6 months

 

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