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FCDO travel advice aims to inform British nationals so they can make decisions about travelling abroad. This page sets out how the FCDO assesses risks and compiles travel advice.

• Updated: 29 September 2023

Information on trade sanctions, arms embargoes and trade restrictions, including trade controls, transit controls and restrictions on terrorist organisations.

• Updated: 19 March 2025

FCDO travel advice for USA. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

• Updated: 14 March 2025

• Warnings and insurance

  This travel advice also covers American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana…

• Entry requirements

  This information is for people travelling on a full ‘British citizen’…

• Safety and security

  Terrorism There is a high threat of terrorist attack globally affecting UK…

• Health

  Before you travel check that: your destination can provide the healthcare…

• Getting help

  The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) cannot provide…

Find English-speaking lawyers, doctors and medical facilities, interpreters and translators, and funeral directors overseas.

• Updated: 24 July 2024

How to minimise your risk, and what to do if there's a terrorist attack.

• Updated: 22 November 2023

The Department for Business and Trade's (DBT) guides for UK businesses who are interested in selling overseas.

• Updated: 15 April 2025

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) provides lists of English-speaking lawyers abroad to help British nationals find the legal support they need.

• Updated: 24 February 2022

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) advice for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) people travelling abroad.

• Updated: 19 June 2023

• Updated: 1 April 2025

We lead the UK’s diplomatic, development and consular work around the world. FCDO is a ministerial department, supported by 11 agencies and public bodies .

• Updated: 26 June 2024