International organisations with offices or headquarters in the UK, whose employees are eligible for exempt entry clearances, are listed below. These organisations qualify for exemption from immigration control for their staff members.
- Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
- CAB International (CABI) (Previously Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux)
- Commonwealth Foundation
- Commonwealth Secretariat
- Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO)
- Delegation of the European Union to the United Kingdom (EU Del)
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
- European Bioinformatics Institute (also known as European Molecular Biology Laboratory) (EMBL-EBI)
- European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (ECMWF)
- European Forest Institute (EFI)
- European Space Agency (ESA)
- European Southern Observatory (ESO)
- European Union Officials (working under the Windsor Agreement)
- Global Combat Air Programme Inter-Government Organisation (GIGO)
- Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO)
- International Coffee Organisation (ICO)
- International Grains Organisation (IGC)
- International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
- International Mobile Satellite Organisation (IMSO)
- International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund (IOPCF)
- International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund 1992 (IOPCF 1992)
- International Organisation for Migration (IOM)
- International Sugar Organisation (ISO)
- International Whaling Commission (IWC)
- North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC)
- North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation (NASCO)
- North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency)
- North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (NATO DIANA)
- Oslo and Paris Commissions (OSPAR)
- Square Kilometre Array Organisation (SKAO)
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- United Nations World Food Programme (UNWFP)
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF)
- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
- World Health Organisation (WHO)
- World Bank Group – International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
- World Bank Group – International Development Agency (IDA)
- World Bank Group – International Finance Corporation (IFC)
International organisations that do not have offices or headquarters in the UK, but whose staff may be eligible for exemption from immigration control when entering the UK are as below:
- African Development Bank
- African Development Fund
- Asian Development Bank
- Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
- Caribbean Development Bank
- Common Fund for Commodities
- Council of Europe
- European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM)
- European Committee for Prevention of Torture (CPT)
- European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)
- European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (Eurocontrol)
- European Patent Organisation (EPO)
- European Telecommunications Satellite Organisation (Eutelsat IGO)
- Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (UNFAO)
- Inter-American Development Bank (IBD)
- Inter-American Investment Corporation (IBD Invest)
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)
- International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO)
- International Court of Justice (ICJ)
- International Criminal Court (ICC)
- International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
- International Education Scientific Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
- International Labour Organisation (ILO)
- International Lead and Zinc Study Group
- International Rubber Study Group
- International Seabed Authority (ISA)
- International Telecommunications Satellite Organisation (ITSO)
- International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
- International Tribunal Law of the Sea (ITLOS)
- North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
- Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
- Organisation Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR)
- Organisation Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
- Preparatory Commission for Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO)
- United Nations (UN)
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- United Nations Information Centre
- Universal Postal Union (UPU)
- World Customs Organisation (WCO) (Previously Customs Cooperation Council)
- World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
- World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)
- World Trade Organisation (WTO)
For further guidance or queries about this list please consult International Organisations Team, DMIOU, Protocol Directorate, FCDO. To know more about the latest list of companies, please do check on gov.uk.