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Statutory Instruments
Immigration
Made
18th July 2023
Laid before Parliament
19th July 2023
Coming into force
20th July 2023
The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 41 and 166(3) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999(1).
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2023.
(2) This Order comes into force on 20th July 2023.
(3) This Order extends to the United Kingdom.
2.—(1) The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2014(2) is amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 1 (countries or territories whose nationals or citizens need transit visas), at the appropriate places, insert –
(3) “Dominica”;
(4) “Honduras”;
(5) “Namibia”;
(6) “Timor-Leste”;
(7) “Vanuatu”.
3. Nothing in article 2 applies in respect of a national or citizen of any of the countries named in article 2(2) transiting through the United Kingdom who—
(a)arrives in the United Kingdom on or before 16th August 2023, and
(b)before the date this Order comes into force already held a booking for that journey.
Robert Jenrick
Minister of State
Home Office
18th July 2023
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/2702) which requires certain passengers to hold a transit visa to pass through the United Kingdom without entering whilst transiting to another country.
Schedule 1 to that Order sets out a list of countries or territories whose nationals or citizens need transit visas, and this Order adds Dominica, Honduras, Namibia, Timor-Leste, and Vanuatu to that list.
Article 3 of this Order contains a transitional provision to disapply the requirement for a transit visa to people who at the time this Order comes into force had already booked travel to the United Kingdom to arrive on or before 16th August 2023 and arrived on or before that date.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private or voluntary sector or community bodies is foreseen.
S.I. 2014/2702 was amended by S.I. 2015/657, S.I. 2015/1534 and S.I.2022/524.
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