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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.

You don’t need to apply for a Visitor in Transit visa if you already have a Marriage
Visitor or Standard Visitor visa.

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 right documents for your destination (eg a visa for that country)

One of the following must also apply:

you’re 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
you’re 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
you’re 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
you have a residence permit issued by Australia or New Zealand
you have a common format residence permit issued by an European Economic
Area (EEA) country or Switzerland
you have a residence permit issued by Canada issued after 28 June 2002
you have a uniform format category D visa for entry to a country in the EEA or
Switzerland
you have an Irish biometric visa (marked ‘BC’ or ‘BC BIVS’ in the ‘Remarks’
section) and an onward flight ticket to the Republic of Ireland
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you’re travelling from the Republic of Ireland and it’s less than 3 months since
you were last given permission, on the basis of holding a valid Irish biometric
visa, to land or be in Ireland
you have a valid USA permanent residence card issued by the USA on or after
21 April 1998
you have a valid USA I-551 Temporary Immigrant visa issued by the USA (a wet-
ink stamp version will not be accepted)
you 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
you 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.

Previous answers
Start again (/check-uk-visa)

Question Answer Change answer

What’s your nationality as India Change (/check-uk-visa/y?

shown on your passport or previous_response=india)
travel document?

What are you coming to the UK Transit (on Change (/check-uk-visa/y/india?

to do? your way to previous_response=transit)
somewhere
else)

Where are you travelling to? Somewhere Change (/check-uk-

else visa/y/india/transit?
previous_response=somewhere_else)

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Question Answer Change answer

Will you pass through UK Yes Change (/check-uk-

border control? visa/y/india/transit/somewhere_else?
previous_response=yes)

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