Does your destination need a visa medical?
A country by country guide: where you can come to us, where it depends on your visa, where no medical is needed, and where only a designated doctor will do.
Requirements change and embassies do not always announce it, so treat this as a starting point and check with the embassy or High Commission in London before you book anything.
Where we can do your medical
We complete visa medicals, or the UK part of them, for 46 destinations, from the Gulf and China to the Caribbean citizenship programmes. See every destination we cover.
Where no medical is usually needed
For standard visa categories these countries do not ask for a medical: Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Macau, Madagascar, Mexico, Nepal, Peru, Romania, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Suriname, Turkey. If your category is unusual, ask us and we will check.
Where it depends on your visa
For these countries a medical may or may not be needed depending on your visa type and category. Tell us your plans and a doctor will check what is required and whether we can complete it for you:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guinea, Haiti, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, Kuwait, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malawi, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Niger, North Macedonia, Norway, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Yemen.
Where only a designated doctor will do
These destinations accept a medical only from their own approved panel physicians or from a doctor in the country, so please book with one of their providers:
Australia: Bupa Visa Services or an IOM-approved panel physician.
Canada: an IRCC-listed panel physician.
New Zealand: a New Zealand-approved panel physician.
United States: a USCIS-approved civil surgeon or panel physician.
United Arab Emirates: medicals are done in-country after arrival.
Singapore: long-term passes require a panel physician.
Malaysia: a FOMEMA-registered medical centre, in-country.
South Korea: designated medical institutions only, in-country.
Belgium: a doctor on the Belgian Embassy's approved UK list only.
Bhutan: an in-country medical for the work permit only.
Japan, France, Netherlands, Russia: a designated panel physician or an in-country medical only.
Ghana, Senegal, Gabon, Togo, Uganda, Seychelles: an in-country or panel physician only.
Jordan, Sri Lanka, Kyrgyzstan, Dominican Republic, Panama, Paraguay, Uruguay: a panel physician or in-country medical only.