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Check if you need a UK visa

You’ll need a visa to pass through the UK in transit

You should apply for a Visitor in Transit visa (https://www.gov.uk/transit-visa) if you arrive on a
flight and will pass through immigration control before you leave the UK.

Transiting without a visa

You might be eligible for ‘transit without visa’ if:

you arrive and depart by air

have a confirmed onward flight that leaves on the day you arrive or before midnight
on the day after you arrive
have the correct documents for your destination (eg a visa for that country)

You must also:

be travelling to (or on part of a reasonable journey to) Australia, Canada, New

Zealand or the USA and have a valid visa for that country
be travelling from (or on part of a reasonable journey from) Australia, Canada, New
Zealand or the USA and have a valid visa for that country
be travelling from (or on part of a reasonable journey from) Australia, Canada, New
Zealand or the USA and it’s less than 6 months since you last entered that country
with a valid entry visa
have a residence permit issued by Australia or New Zealand
have a common format residence permit issued by an European Economic Area
(EEA) country or Switzerland
have a residence permit issued by Canada issued after 28 June 2002
have a uniform format category D visa for entry to a country in the EEA or Switzerland
have an Irish biometric visa (marked ‘BC’ or ‘BC BIVS’ in the ‘Remarks’ section) and
an onward flight ticket to the Republic of Ireland
have a valid USA permanent residence card issued by the USA on or after 21 April
1998
have a valid USA I-551 Temporary Immigrant visa issued by the USA (a wet-ink
stamp version will not be accepted)
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have an expired USA I-551 Permanent Residence card issued by the USA on or after
21 April 1998, with a valid I-797 letter authorising extension
have a valid standalone US Immigration Form 155A/155B issued by the USA
(attached to a sealed brown envelope)

You won’t be able to transit without a visa if a Border Force officer decides you don’t qualify
under the immigration rules. You can apply for a transit visa (https://www.gov.uk/transit-visa)
before you travel if you’re unsure whether you qualify for transiting without a visa.

E-visas or e-residence permits are not acceptable for transiting through immigration control
without a visa.

All visas and residence permits must be valid.

Australian paper confirmation slips are not accepted.

! Transiting without a visa is decided by the immigration officer at the border. You won’t
be allowed to transit if they decide you need a visa, so you might want to apply for a
transit visa before you travel.

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What’s your nationality as

shown on your passport or Colombia
travel document?

What are you coming to Transit (on your way to

the UK to do? somewhere else)

Where are you travelling

Somewhere else
to?

Will you pass through UK

Yes
border control?

Last updated: 11 July 2017 © Crown Copyright

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