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You should apply for aDirect Airside Transit Visaif you arrive in the UK on a flight and leave again without passing through immigration control. Exemptions:- You don't need a visa if you have one of the following:-
a visa for Canada, New Zealand, Australia or the USA (this can be used for travel to any country),
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,
a resident permit issued by Canada after 28 June 2002,
a uniform format category D visa for entry into a country in the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland,
an Irish biometric visa,
a Schengen Approved Destination Scheme (ADS) group tourism visa where the holder is travelling to to the Schengen country that issued the visa,
a flight ticket from the Schengen area, if you can prove that you entered the Schengen area in the previous 30 days on the basis of a valid Schengen ADS visa,
a valid USA I-551 Temporary Immigrant visa issued by the USA (a wet-ink stamp version will not be accepted),
a valid USA permanent residence card issued by the USA on or after 21 April 1998,
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,
a valid standalone US Immigration Form 155A/155B issued by the USA (attached to a sealed brown envelope |
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