Transit: caseworker guidance
Immigration staff guidance providing an overview of the different ways individuals can transit through the UK and definitions of key terminology.
Documents
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UK Visas and Immigration guidance for staff about the 4 ways people can seek to transit the UK.
It covers:
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transit visitors
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standard visitors and marriage or civil partnership visitors wishing to transit
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transit without visa (TWOV) scheme
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direct airside transit
It is based on the:
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Immigration Rules
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Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2014 (as amended)
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Updates to this page
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Guidance updated: addition of Annex A (replica of Immigration Rules Appendix Visitor: Transit Without Visa Scheme).
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Updated guide to reflect changes from Part 9: grounds for refusal to Part Suitability.
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Amended to clarify that both Transit visit visas and Direct Airside Transit visas are issued on Category D vignettes.
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Version 6.0 of guidance added. Includes updated hyperlinks to the Immigration Rules and internal Home Office guidance products and additional information about how Transit visit visa applications are streamed.
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Added the updated Transit caseworker guidance.
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Updated transit guidance document
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Updated guidance.
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Updated guidance
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First published.