The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2003

2.—(1) The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2003(1) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In article 2(5), for “paragraph 4”, there shall be substituted “this Order”.

(3) In article 3, for “A”, there shall be substituted “Subject to article 3A, a”.

(4) After article 3, there shall be inserted:

“Exemption from the requirement for a transit passenger to hold a transit visa

3A.— (1) A 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:

(a) a valid visa for entry to Canada or the United States of America and a valid airline ticket for travel via the United Kingdom from another country or territory to the country in respect of which the visa is held;

(b) a valid visa for entry to Canada or the United States of America and a valid airline ticket for travel via the United Kingdom from the country in respect of which the visa was held to another country or territory;

(c) a valid USA I-551 Permanent Resident Card issued on or after 21st April 1998;

(d) a valid Canadian Permanent Resident Card issued on or after 28th June 2002;

(e) a valid common format Category D visa for entry to an EEA State;

(f) a valid common format residence permit issued by an EEA State pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No. 1030/2002;

(g) a diplomatic or service passport issued by the People’s Republic of China; or

(h) a diplomatic or official passport issued by India.

(2) In paragraph 1(b), “valid visa” shall include an expired visa provided that the visa in question did not expire more than two clear calendar days before the date of the arrival in the United Kingdom of the transit passenger with that visa.”.

(5) For Schedule 1 there shall be substituted the Schedule to this Order.

(1)

S.I. 2003/1185, amended by S.I. 2003/1598.