Guidance

Transit: caseworker guidance

Immigration staff guidance providing an overview of the different ways individuals can transit through the UK and definitions of key terminology.

From:
UK Visas and Immigration
Published
16 January 2018
Last updated
15 March 2023 — See all updates

Documents

Transit caseworker guidance

PDF, 521 KB, 35 pages

Details

UK Visas and Immigration guidance for staff about the 4 ways people can seek to transit the UK.

It covers:

  • transit visitors

  • standard visitors and marriage or civil partnership visitors wishing to transit

  • transit without visa (TWOV) scheme

  • direct airside transit

It is based on the:

  • Immigration Rules

  • Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2014 (as amended)

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Updates to this page

Published 16 January 2018
Last updated 15 March 2023 + show all updates

  1. Amended to clarify that both Transit visit visas and Direct Airside Transit visas are issued on Category D vignettes.

  2. 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.

  3. Added the updated Transit caseworker guidance.

  4. Updated transit guidance document

  5. Updated guidance.

  6. Updated guidance

  7. First published.

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