Overview
You’ll need to have a tuberculosis (TB) test if you’re coming to the UK for more than 6 months and are resident in any of these listed countries.
You’ll be given a chest x-ray to test for TB. If the result of the x-ray is not clear you may also be asked to give a sputum sample (phlegm coughed up from your lungs).
If your test shows that you do not have TB, you’ll be given a certificate which is valid for 6 months from the date of your x-ray. Include this certificate with your UK visa application.
Who does not need to be tested
You will not need a TB test if any of the following apply:
· you’re a diplomat accredited to the UK
· you’re a returning UK resident and have not been away for more than 2 years
· 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
Countries where you need a TB test to enter the UK
You must be tested at a clinic that has been approved by the Home Office.
Some countries do not have approved testing centres so you’ll need to get tested in a neighbouring country.
Clinics and guidance
A
B
Benin (get tested in Nigeria)
Burkina Faso (get tested in Ghana)
Burundi (get tested in Rwanda)
C
Cape Verde (get tested in Gambia or Senegal)
Central African Republic (get tested in Cameroon)
Chad (get tested in Cameroon)
Congo (get tested in Democratic Republic of the Congo)
D
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti (get tested in Ethiopia)
E
East Timor (get tested in Indonesia)
Equatorial Guinea (get tested in Ghana)
Eritrea (get tested in Kenya)
G
Gabon (get tested in Cameroon)
Guinea (get tested in Sierra Leone)
Guinea Bissau (get tested in Gambia or Senegal)
H
I
K
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)
Mali (get tested in Gambia or Senegal)
Marshall Islands (get tested in Fiji)
Mauritania (get tested in Morocco)
Micronesia (get tested in Fiji)
N
Niger (get tested in Ghana)
P
Palau (get tested in Philippines)
R
S
São Tomé and Principe (get tested in Angola)
Solomon Islands (get tested in Papua New Guinea)
Somalia (get tested in Kenya)
South Sudan (get tested in Kenya)
Suriname (get tested in Guyana)
Swaziland (get tested in South Africa)
T
Togo (get tested in Ghana)
Tuvalu (get tested in Fiji)
U
V
Vanuatu (get tested in Fiji)
Z