chetanbisht Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 I will be travelling from USA to India via London. Do i need an Airside transit visa? I have a valid H1B visa. My last entry to the US was on Dec 2013. Thanks for the Help!! Link to comment
jairichi Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 You won’t need a visa if you: are travelling to Canada, New Zealand or the USA and have a valid visa for that country are travelling from Canada, New Zealand or the USA and it’s less than 6 months since you last entered that country with a valid entry visa are travelling to or from Australia and you have an Australian visa sticker in your passport - Australian e-visas and paper confirmation slips aren’t accepted by UK border control have a valid US permanent residence card issued on or after 21 April 1998 (or an I-797 extension letter issued by the Bureau of Citizenship if it’s expired) have a valid Canadian permanent resident card issued on or after 28 June 2002 have a valid uniform format category D visa for entry to a state in the European Economic Area (EEA) have a valid uniform format residence permit issued by an EEA state Link to comment
chetanbisht Posted October 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Ok, So i need to have a DATV !! One more question , if my itinerary is : Dallas - London , London-Italy, Italy- London, London-Delhi Do i need to apply for the transit visa twice, or just once ? Link to comment
jairichi Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 UK is not part of Schengen zone. http://www.esteri.it/MAE/EN/Ministero/Servizi/Stranieri/IngressoSoggiornoInItalia/Visto_ingresso/Paesi_soggetti_visto_transito_aeroportuale.htm Link to comment
sridhar.gogineni Posted November 6, 2014 Report Share Posted November 6, 2014 Thanks. I've been looking and found this document: search for UK_Visa_Requirements_July_2014_2 (https://www.gov.uk/g...st-for-carriers) . It is a document published by home office that carriers like BA use to determine whether or not to let passengers board the plane. Exemption b is particularly helpful as it means anyone with a valid US visa can go to India without a transitvisa. I'm wondering why this point is missing in the 'Check whether you need visa - online interface'. I understand that we are at risk by not following what is shown on the website (https://www.gov.uk/apply-uk-visa) but I want to see what other users think and know what their experiences have been. Link to comment
sandeep8989 Posted November 19, 2014 Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 Hi, am planning to travel from USA to India via London (just change of flights in London), and am not going to india for visa stamping, am just going for vacation, and I have a valid US visa to get back into USA, My last entry to US is Oct 2014 from Canada.... do I need to take UK transit visa for changing flights in London? would really appreciate if someone could answer this.. Link to comment
jairichi Posted November 19, 2014 Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 Hi, am planning to travel from USA to India via London (just change of flights in London), and am not going to india for visa stamping, am just going for vacation, and I have a valid US visa to get back into USA, My last entry to US is Oct 2014 from Canada.... do I need to take UK transit visa for changing flights in London? would really appreciate if someone could answer this.. You won’t need a visa if you: are travelling to Canada, New Zealand or the USA and have a valid visa for that country are travelling from Canada, New Zealand or the USA and it’s less than 6 months since you last entered that country with a valid entry visa are travelling to or from Australia and you have an Australian visa sticker in your passport - Australian e-visas and paper confirmation slips aren’t accepted by UK border control have a valid US permanent residence card issued on or after 21 April 1998 (or an I-797 extension letter issued by the Bureau of Citizenship if it’s expired) have a valid Canadian permanent resident card issued on or after 28 June 2002 have a valid uniform format category D visa for entry to a state in the European Economic Area (EEA) have a valid uniform format residence permit issued by an EEA state Link to comment
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