UK Immigration Control: Will henna/mehndi on my hands cause a problem?
I have plans to travel to the UK. This is the first time I will be going abroad. It would be a two week trip.
My question is, if I put mehndi or henna on my hands before I go, is it going to create any problem for me?
I wouldn't have put it on but my sister's wedding is just two days before I leave for the UK.
Best Answer
It's perfectly OK, the henna will pose no problems for you.
I wish I could give you a definitive quote or a link for this, but I've looked and I can't. Basically it's such a non-issue that nobody seems to have ever put down something official. I even tried to find an image of someone with henna in a UK airport without success.
So, just take the word of some random dude on the internet, I know people who've traveled with henna decorations on their hands and, honestly, it'll not cause a problem.
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