The British Embassy in Sana'a cannot provide any consular assistance as operations are temporarily suspended.

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) continues to advise against all travel to Yemen. Read the FCDO travel advice for Yemen, including the information on safety and security.

The British Embassy in Sana’a temporarily suspended operations in 2015 as a result of conflict in Yemen, and currently cannot provide any consular assistance.

British nationals who remain in Yemen should call the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office on +44 (0)20 7008 5000, if they require urgent consular assistance.

If you do choose to remain you should minimise movement around the country and within cities and towns and follow the other precautions in the travel advice.

If your enquiry concerns an application for a British passport, you should call +44 (0)300 222 0000 on Monday to Friday from 8:00am to 8:00pm and at weekends and public holidays from 9:00am to 5:30pm. The United Kingdom is currently two hours behind AST (Arabia Standard Time).

Development work in Yemen

The International Development Strategy (IDS) sets out a new approach to development. It does this through long-term partnerships tailored to the needs of each country the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office works with, built on mutual accountability and transparency. The Integrated Review Refresh (IR23) reiterates that sustainable development is central to UK foreign policy and sets out how the UK will go further and faster to reduce poverty.

For information on how the IDS and IR23 are being implemented in Yemen, view the UK–Yemen development partnership summary.

For up-to-date information on the UK’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme work in Yemen, view the Development Tracker.

Contact us


British Embassy Sana'a has temporarily suspended operations from Wednesday 11 February 2015

British Embassy /938 Thahr Himyar Street
East Ring Road, near Mövenpick Hotel

Sana’a
Yemen

Telephone (for British nationals)
+44 (0)20 7008 5000

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