Guidance

Vietnam: tuberculosis test clinics for a UK visa

Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Vietnam for your UK visa application.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Published: 17 January 2014
• Last updated: 23 January 2024 — See all updates

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Tuberculosis testing in Vietnam

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You’ll need to have a tuberculosis (TB) test if you’re coming to the UK for 6 months or more and both of the following apply:

• you’ve lived in Vietnam for 6 months or more
• you were living there (or another listed country) within the last 6 months

You’ll need a TB test if you’re coming to the UK as:

• a fiancé, fiancée or proposed civil partner on a family visa
• a returning resident and you’ve been away for more than 2 years

Published 17 January 2014
Last updated 23 January 2024 + show all updates

1. 23 January 2024

   Updated the address for Raffles Medical in Ho Chi Minh City.

2. 5 October 2023

   Updated eligibility details on who needs a TB certificate.

3. 12 May 2023

   Raffles Medical no longer requires you to take a rapid lateral flow test for COVID-19 when you arrive for your TB test. This information has been removed.

4. 25 April 2023

   Added 6 new approved clinics.

5. 26 November 2021

   Added Raffles Medical clinics in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to the list of approved clinics.

6. 10 July 2018

   Updated address for Hanoi.

7. 17 January 2014

   First published.