multiple entry Visitor visa is transit visa reqd

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bobbys

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Hi
My mom has 10 year multiple entry Visitor's Visa.
She is coming to US from India via British Airways next month

Does she require a Transit Visa since she needs to change her flight in London

Any inputs appreciated?


Thanks

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AD Nov 15
Plastic: waiting
 
Originally posted by bobbys
Hi
My mom has 10 year multiple entry Visitor's Visa.
She is coming to US from India via British Airways next month

Does she require a Transit Visa since she needs to change her flight in London

Any inputs appreciated?


Thanks

**************************
AD Nov 15
Plastic: waiting
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Transit visa is not required. My mom came (and returned) last year from India and did not require a transit visa at London.
 
Re: Re: Re: multiple entry Visitor visa is transit visa reqd

Originally posted by alren
That was last year.

It's different since late last 2003.



http://www.murthy.com/news/ukvisauk.html
http://www.britainusa.com/visas/yestransit.asp
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Transit visas are not required even now if you hold a valid visa to US or Canada. See this (I got it from your link above, the 2nd link)

Direct Airside Transit

The following countries require a Direct Airside Transit Visa to transit the United Kingdom. Even if you only intend to remain airside and will not pass through UK Immigration.

AFGHANISTAN, ALBANIA, ALGERIA, ANGOLA, BANGLADESH, BELARUS, BURMA, BURUNDI, CAMEROON, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA, COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, ERITREA, ETHIOPIA, GAMBIA, GHANA, INDIA, IRAN, IRAQ, IVORY COAST, LEBANON, LIBERIA, MACEDONIA, MOLDOVA, NEPAL, NIGERIA, PAKISTAN, PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY, RWANDA, SENEGAL, SIERRA LEONE, SOMALIA, SRI LANKA, SUDAN, TURKEY, TRNC, UGANDA, VIETNAM, YUGOSLAVIA, ZAIRE (formerly Republic of Congo), ZIMBABWE.

Exemptions: You are exempt from this requirement if:
You hold a valid US or Canadian visa who also hold a ticket to or from the US or Canada routed via the UK. This will include a period of 48 hours after the expiry of the US or Canadian visa for those leaving the US or Canada to allow for those who choose to leave at the very end of the validity of their visa..
 
Hmm!

I could have sworn that transit visa is reqd. But it seems not.

Sorry, I was wrong.
 
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