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The UK has a visa waiver for transit passengers Last time I checked, the waiver only applied if you were coming to/from a whitelist of countries, which include

by ipince 15y ago

The UK has a visa waiver for transit passengers Last time I checked, the waiver only applied if you were coming to/from a whitelist of countries, which included the US. In the past, I've had to explicitly avoid Heathrow because of its visa requirements (and I was just on transit)... I think they also have a blacklist of countries for which you need a visa regardless of where you're coming/going from/to. The list includes Colombia, for example.

anghyflawn 15y ago
It's all here: http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/howtoapply/infs/inf20transit http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/howtoapply/infs/inf20transit. Tl;dr: there is a whitelist for transit visa waivers, so citizens of some countries need to apply for a transit visa in advance. However, you can apply from a waiver if you normally need a transit visa but you are going to/from the US, Canada, Australia or New Zealand. You can also get a waiver if you are resident in the US, Canada or EU/EEA, irrespective of your citizenship.