What is the purpose of your visit to the UK?
Can an airline tell you if you'll go through border control?
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Is Transit Visa Required at London(Heathrow) Airport? - Tripadvisor
"You usually only need a transit visa if you want to leave the airport as you have a long layover." ===== Nope. wrong. According to the UK Government website linked to in #1 (assuming) Indian citizens traveling to Canada on a valid Canadian Visa can can leave the airport at the discretion of the UK Border (immigration officer).
Visa to pass through the UK in transit
Apply for a transit visa if you stop at a UK airport on your way to another destination - types of visas, cost, documents, how to apply
UK Transit Visa - Guide to the British Transit Visa - Donuts
Check which type of UK transit Visa you need to apply for.Remember that it all depends on whether you will be going through the border control or not.
Entering the UK: Layovers and transiting through a UK airport - GOV.UK
Passing through a UK airport while on the way to another country is called ‘transiting’. Some travellers call it a ‘layover’. There are 2 types of transiting:
When do you have to have an onward flight?
All that is required is to have an onward flight before midnight on the day after arrival. If baggage is checked through the OP can connect airside. If it isn't he can go landside to collect and re-check it, under the visa-free concession. Reply.
Is Trip Advisor a good medium for customs?
I agree you should check the government website. And I did say usually.... I wasn’t saying always. Trip advisor isn’t a good medium for customs/border questions for this reason.
Do you need a transit visa to leave the airport?
You usually only need a transit visa if you want to leave the airport as you have a long layover.
Do you need a transit visa to cross the UK border?
One group of countries requires a transit visa for their citizens even when remaining airside (the direct airside transit visa or DATV). There is another group of countries whose citizens only require a transit visa if the person needs to cross the UK border (the visitor in transit visa).
Do you need a visa to fly on BA?
If you are flying on BA on one ticket then you won't need to leave airside, your bags are checked through and no you won't need any kind of visa. You won't even need to change terminals.
Do you have to have one ticket to fly to the UK?
There is no requirement for flights to be on one ticket to qualify for the UK visa exemption - that's just a TA myth.
Can you travel to Australia with a visa?
"Passengers may make a landside transit if holding a valid visa which allows entry into Australia, Canada, New Zealand or USA and traveling as part of a journey to, from or transit through the country that has issued the visa."
Is landside transit available?
Landside transit is not available if holding a US Visa Foil type "YY" or "ZZ" endorsed "Not a visa. Foil prepared at DHS request" nor the US Adit stamp worded "Processed for I-551" (temporary form I-551).
Do you need an ATV to travel to the UK?
Passengers from 30 countries require ATVs before transiting to the UK from France or the Netherlands. Prior to this, passengers with a UK visa were technically traveling to the EU , removing the need for an AT V. However, the UK’s exit means these passengers will now be treated as traveling to a non-EU country.
Is there a Nigerian airline operating from Lagos to London?
It would have been an opportunity for Nigerian airlines to take advantage of the situation but there is no Nigerian airline currently operating the lucrative Lagos-London route.
Does the UK still have a transit visa?
A former top official of British Airways, Mr. Ademola Sanya told AirInsight that even when the UK was with Europe , it still operated the transit visa for people going to Europe except for travelers that have a valid United States visa. He said the exit of the UK from Europe could have made the two nations re-introduce transit visa it canceled many years ago to make travel within and around Europe seamless coupled with economic gains their carriers derived from the cancellation of a transit visa for people moving in some cases from one point to another within the region. Sanya however said he was sure that the two nations might rescind the decision if it does not work out for them or one that would affect them economically.
What is the purpose of your visit to the UK?
the only purpose of your visit to the UK is transit
Can an airline tell you if you'll go through border control?
Your airline can tell you if you’ll go through border control.
