http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2702The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2014texttext/xmlenStatute Law DatabaseIMMIGRATION2026-01-21Expert Participation2025-12-10 This Order consolidates and amends the Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2003 (the “2003 Order”). The 2003 Order requires certain passengers to hold a transit visa to pass through the United Kingdom, without entering the United Kingdom, while transiting to another country. The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2014Sch. 1The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2026art. 2(2)(a)art. 3art. 1(2)The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2014Sch. 1The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2026art. 2(2)(b)art. 3art. 1(2) 2014 No. 2702ImmigrationThe Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2014Made8th October 2014Laid before Parliament16th October 2014Coming into force1st December 2014The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 41 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 , makes the following Order:Citation and commencement11This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2014.2This Order comes into force on 1st December 2014.Interpretation21Subject to paragraph (5), in this Order a “transit passenger” means a person to whom paragraph (2), (3), (4) or (4A) applies and who on arrival in the United Kingdom passes through to another country or territory without entering the United Kingdom.2This paragraph applies to a person who is a citizen or national of a country or territory listed in Schedule 1 to this Order.3This paragraph applies to a person holding a travel document issued by the purported “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus”.4This paragraph applies to a person who holds a passport issued by the Republic of Venezuela that does not contain biometric information contained in an electronic chip.4AThis paragraph applies to a person who holds—aa passport; orbanother document that can be used (in some or all circumstances) instead of a passport;which does not establish citizenship or nationality.5A person to whom paragraph (2), (3) or (4) applies will not be a transit passenger if he—ahas the right of abode in the United Kingdom under the Immigration Act 1971 ;bis a citizen or national of an EEA State; ...cin the case of a citizen or national of the People's Republic of China, holds a passport issued by either the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region or the Macao Special Administrative Region; ordis a citizen or national of the territory of Taiwan.6In this Order—“Approved Destination Status Scheme” means a scheme for issuing visas to Chinese tour groups under—the Memorandum of Understanding between the European Community and the National Tourism Administration of the People's Republic of China on visa and related issues concerning tourist groups from the People's Republic of China (ADS) signed at Beijing on 12th February 2004 ; ora similar agreement between the People's Republic of China and a Schengen Acquis State; “Convention Travel Document” means a document issued in accordance with Article 28 of—the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to Status of Refugees done at Geneva on 28th July 1951 as amended by the New York Protocol of 31st January 1967; orthe 1954 United Nations Convention on the Status of Stateless Persons done at New York on 28th September 1954. “EEA State” means a country which is a contracting party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993 ;“Schengen Acquis State” means an EEA State (excluding the ... Republic of Ireland) or Switzerland.Requirement for a transit passenger to hold a transit visa3Subject to article 4, a transit passenger is required to hold a transit visa.Exemption from the requirement for a transit passenger to hold a transit visa41A transit passenger is not required to hold a transit visa if he holds or a person with whom he arrives in the United Kingdom holds on his behalf—aa valid visa for entry to Australia, Canada, New Zealand or the United States of America;aaan expired visa for entry to Australia, Canada, New Zealand or the United States of America provided it is less than six months since the transit passenger last entered that country with a valid visa;ba valid Australian Permanent Resident Visa;ca valid Canadian Permanent Resident Card issued on or after 28th June 2002;da valid New Zealand Permanent Resident Visa;ea valid USA I-551 Permanent Resident Card issued on or after 21st April 1998;fan expired USA I-551 Permanent Resident Card provided it is accompanied by a valid I-797 letter authorising an extension of the period of permanent residency;ga valid temporary USA I-551 machine readable immigrant visa;ha valid standalone US Immigration Form 155A/155B attached to a brown sealed envelope;ia valid common format Category D visa for entry to an EEA state or Switzerland;ja valid common format residence permit issued by an EEA State pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1030/2002 or Switzerland;ka valid biometric visa issued by the Republic of Ireland;la valid visa issued by a Schengen Acquis State under the Approved Destination Status Scheme where the transit passenger is undertaking a journey via the United Kingdom to that Schengen Acquis State;ma valid airline ticket for travel via the United Kingdom as part of a journey from a Schengen Acquis State to another country or territory, provided that the transit passenger does not seek to travel via the United Kingdom on a date more than 30 days from the date on which he last entered a Schengen Acquis State with a valid visa issued by a Schengen Acquis State under the Approved Destination Status Scheme;na valid diplomatic or service passport issued by the People's Republic of China;oa valid diplomatic or official passport issued by India; ...pa valid diplomatic or official passport issued by Vietnam.qa valid diplomatic passport issued by Turkey;qaa valid diplomatic passport issued by South Africa;ra valid alien’s passport issued by Estonia or Latvia;sa valid Convention Travel Document; orta valid laissez-passer issued by the United Nations or the International Committee of the Red Cross.2Paragraph (1)(a) and (1)(aa) shall not apply where the transit passenger is a citizen or national of Syria holding a B1 or B2 visa for entry to the United States of America.3All documents listed in this article exclude versions held—ain electronic format; orbin hardcopy format which derives from electronic formatexcept where the document can be verified by the owner of the aircraft (or his employee or agent) in which the transit passenger intends to travel to the United Kingdom.Method of application for a transit visa5An application for a transit visa may be made to any British High Commission, Embassy or Consulate which accepts such applications.Revocations6The Orders specified in Schedule 2 to this Order are revoked.James Brokenshire Minister of State
Home Office
SCHEDULE 1Countries or territories whose nationals or citizens need transit visas Article 2(2)<P DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2702/schedule/1/paragraph/wrapper1n2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/2702/schedule/1/paragraph/wrapper1n2" id="schedule-1-paragraph-wrapper1n2" shortId="schedule-1-paragraph-wrapper1"><UnorderedList Decoration="none"><ListItem><Para><Text>Afghanistan</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Albania</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Algeria</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Angola</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Bangladesh</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Belarus</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text> <Addition ChangeId="key-8201f754ae65f00c5e8e0dc5119e4ed9-1762885980707" CommentaryRef="key-8201f754ae65f00c5e8e0dc5119e4ed9">Botswana</Addition> </Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Burma</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Burundi</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Cameroon</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text><CommentaryRef Ref="key-b0de8751a7d812ee79577c57ad24bd67"/>...</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text> <Addition ChangeId="key-57783ac17a322f72723bb5a8fca5f071-1736805071965" CommentaryRef="key-57783ac17a322f72723bb5a8fca5f071">Colombia</Addition> </Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Congo</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Democratic Republic of the Congo</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text> <Addition ChangeId="key-d75fce8e2169fb21a0baa8cb50c531c5-1700829212171" CommentaryRef="key-d75fce8e2169fb21a0baa8cb50c531c5">Dominica</Addition> </Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Egypt</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text> <Addition ChangeId="key-32ac03bcb2b770d147ef471d5a3b74aa-1663864397315" CommentaryRef="key-32ac03bcb2b770d147ef471d5a3b74aa">El Salvador</Addition> </Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Eritrea</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Ethiopia</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Gambia</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text> <Addition ChangeId="key-1e4fa6f1cefc96312ae8f76baee67749-1700829486673" CommentaryRef="key-1e4fa6f1cefc96312ae8f76baee67749">Georgia</Addition> </Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Ghana</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Guinea</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Guinea-Bissau</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text> <Addition ChangeId="key-0a96a2700e20d3710ce454a700bebb51-1700829235535" CommentaryRef="key-0a96a2700e20d3710ce454a700bebb51">Honduras</Addition> </Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>India</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Iran</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Iraq</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Ivory Coast</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Jamaica</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-964f160cb9de6b9c1ea92568e2f2b98b-1728562727406" CommentaryRef="key-964f160cb9de6b9c1ea92568e2f2b98b">Jordan</Addition></Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Kenya</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Kosovo</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Lebanon</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Lesotho</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Liberia</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Libya</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Malawi</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Moldova</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Mongolia</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text> <Addition ChangeId="key-3e94cbcafaf3f7e5612bd15b522f4321-1700829254857" CommentaryRef="key-3e94cbcafaf3f7e5612bd15b522f4321">Namibia</Addition> </Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text> <Addition ChangeId="key-2a094f05eece4602027beb769219f7f0-1769007367890" CommentaryRef="key-2a094f05eece4602027beb769219f7f0">Nauru</Addition> </Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Nepal</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Nigeria</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Pakistan</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text> <Substitution ChangeId="key-9cbc0a09e9de14d2bf90953b69ee6e54-1762886414935" CommentaryRef="key-9cbc0a09e9de14d2bf90953b69ee6e54">Palestine</Substitution> </Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text> <Addition ChangeId="key-a303978b71ec6d710a67ade48c0143a5-1580292185905" CommentaryRef="key-a303978b71ec6d710a67ade48c0143a5">People’s Republic of China</Addition></Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text> <Addition ChangeId="key-47b79af52b838ea3f54098adb035a769-1700829517815" CommentaryRef="key-47b79af52b838ea3f54098adb035a769">Russia</Addition> </Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Rwanda</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Senegal</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Serbia</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Sierra Leone</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Somalia</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>South Africa</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>South Sudan</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Sri Lanka</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Sudan</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Swaziland</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Syria</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Tanzania</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text> <Addition ChangeId="key-8df0aa336de4bb7311c91cab604ffafe-1700829274902" CommentaryRef="key-8df0aa336de4bb7311c91cab604ffafe">Timor-Leste</Addition> </Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text> <Addition ChangeId="key-f554873cd9f1aca7e80b607cd0b13a1a-1759440409158" CommentaryRef="key-f554873cd9f1aca7e80b607cd0b13a1a">Trinidad and Tobago</Addition> </Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Turkey</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Uganda</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text> <Addition ChangeId="key-eba7544bd4acc8b0f354993c83e7151b-1700829291778" CommentaryRef="key-eba7544bd4acc8b0f354993c83e7151b">Vanuatu</Addition> </Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Vietnam</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Yemen</Text></Para></ListItem><ListItem><Para><Text>Zimbabwe</Text></Para></ListItem></UnorderedList></P></P1group></ScheduleBody></Schedule><Schedule DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2702/schedule/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/2702/schedule/2" id="schedule-2" RestrictStartDate="2014-12-01"><Number>SCHEDULE 2</Number><TitleBlock><Title>Revocations Article 6
Orders RevokedReferences
The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2003S.I. 2003/1185
The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2003S.I. 2003/2628
The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2004S.I. 2004/1304
The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2005S.I. 2005/492
The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2006S.I. 2006/493
The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2009S.I. 2009/198
The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2009S.I. 2009/1229
The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) (No. 4) Order 2009S.I. 2009/1233
The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2011S.I. 2011/1553
The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2012S.I. 2012/116
The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2012S.I. 2012/771
The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2014S.I. 2014/1513

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order consolidates and amends the Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2003 (the “2003 Order”). The 2003 Order requires certain passengers to hold a transit visa to pass through the United Kingdom, without entering the United Kingdom, while transiting to another country.

Article 2 defines a “transit passenger” as a person who on arrival in the United Kingdom passes through to another country or territory without entering the United Kingdom and is either a citizen or national of a country or territory listed in Schedule 1 (article 2(2)); a person holding a travel document issued by the purported “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus” (article 2(3)); or holds a non-biometric passport issued by the Republic of Venezuela. However, a person will not be a transit passenger if they have a right of abode in the United Kingdom; are a national of an EEA State; or are a national or citizen of China and hold a passport issued by either the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region or the Macao Special Administrative Region.

Article 3 imposes a requirement for transit passengers to hold a transit visa unless they are subject to an exemption in article 4.

Article 4 sets out the categories of documents which, if held by a transit passenger or on his behalf by a person with whom the transit passenger arrives in the United Kingdom, exempt the transit passenger from the requirement to hold a transit visa.

Article 5 provides that an application for a transit visa may be made to any British High Commission, Embassy or Consulate which accepts such applications.

Article 6 revokes previous orders relating to transit visas as part of the consolidation of the Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2003 (as amended).

1999 c. 33.1971 c. 77.OJ L83, 20.3.04, p. 14.OJ L1, 3.1.94, p. 3.OJ L1, 3.1.94, p. 571.OJ L157, 15.6.02, p. 1. Art. 4 renumbered as art. 4(1) (17.3.2015) by The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order2015 (S.I. 2015/657), arts. 1(2), 2(13) Art. 4(2) inserted (17.3.2015) by The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order2015 (S.I. 2015/657), arts. 1(2), 2(13) Word in Sch. 1 omitted (24.4.2015) by virtue of The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order2015 (S.I. 2015/657), arts. 1(2), 2(16)(a)Words in Sch. 1 inserted (24.4.2015) by The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order2015 (S.I. 2015/657), arts. 1(2), 2(16)(b)Art. 2(4A) inserted (24.4.2015) by The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/657), arts. 1(2), 2(3)Words in art. 2(1) substituted (24.4.2015) by The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/657), arts. 1(2), 2(2)Word in art. 2(5)(b) omitted (24.4.2015) by virtue of The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/657), arts. 1(2), 2(4)Art. 2(5)(d) and word inserted (24.4.2015) by The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/657), arts. 1(2), 2(5)Words in art. 2(6) inserted (24.4.2015) by The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/657), arts. 1(2), 2(6)Art. 4(1)(aa) inserted (24.4.2015) by The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/657), arts. 1(2), 2(7)Words in art. 4(1)(l) substituted (24.4.2015) by The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/657), arts. 1(2), 2(9)Art. 4(3) inserted (24.4.2015) by The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/657), arts. 1(2), 2(15)Art. 4(1)(g) substituted (24.4.2015) by The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/657), arts. 1(2), 2(8)Word in art. 4(1)(n) inserted (24.4.2015) by The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/657), arts. 1(2), 2(10)Word in art. 4(1)(o) inserted (24.4.2015) by The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/657), arts. 1(2), 2(10)Word in art. 4(1)(p) inserted (24.4.2015) by The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/657), arts. 1(2), 2(10)Word in art. 4(1)(o) omitted (24.4.2015) by virtue of The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/657), arts. 1(2), 2(11)Art. 4(1)(q)-(t) inserted (24.4.2015) by The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/657), arts. 1(2), 2(12)Words in art. 4(2) inserted (24.4.2015) by The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/657), arts. 1(2), 2(14)Art. 4(1)(qa) inserted (10.8.2015) by The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1534), arts. 1(2), 2(2)Words in art. 2(6) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Immigration, Nationality and Asylum (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/745), regs. 1(2), 37; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in Sch. 1 inserted (12.5.2022) by The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/524), arts. 1(2), 2(2) (with art. 3)Word in Sch. 1 inserted (20.7.2023) by The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/824), arts. 1(2), 2(3) (with art. 3)Word in Sch. 1 inserted (20.7.2023) by The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/824), arts. 1(2), 2(4) (with art. 3)Word in Sch. 1 inserted (20.7.2023) by The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/824), arts. 1(2), 2(5) (with art. 3)Word in Sch. 1 inserted (20.7.2023) by The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/824), arts. 1(2), 2(6) (with art. 3)Word in Sch. 1 inserted (20.7.2023) by The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/824), arts. 1(2), 2(7) (with art. 3)Word in Sch. 1 inserted (8.9.2023) by The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/980), arts. 1(2), 2(2)(a) (with art. 3)Word in Sch. 1 inserted (8.9.2023) by The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/980), arts. 1(2), 2(2)(b) (with art. 3)Word in Sch. 1 inserted (11.9.2024) by The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/922), arts. 1(2), 2(2) (with art. 3)Word in Sch. 1 inserted (27.11.2024) by The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1218), arts. 1(2), 2(2) (with art. 3)Words in Sch. 1 inserted (13.3.2025) by The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/320), arts. 1(2), 2(2) (with art. 3)Word in Sch. 1 inserted (15.10.2025) by The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1067), arts. 1(2), 2(2) (with art. 3)Word in Sch. 1 substituted (11.11.2025) by The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1068), arts. 1(2), 2(2)Word in Sch. 1 inserted (10.12.2025) by The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) (No. 4) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1279), arts. 1(2), 2(2) (with art. 3)