Stop over in London
Upvote:1
The UK has two kinds of Transit visa. The Direct Airside Transit Visa only allows you to remain 'airside', i.e. it does not allow you to cross immigration. The Visitor in Transit Visa allows you to cross immigration, and allows you 48 hours between arrival and departure. You can sightsee or visit family during those 48 hours. Some nationalities do not need visas at all to transit.
See this question for details about whether you need a visa and how to get it.
Upvote:2
It appears you are of South African nationality, have a valid US visa and will spend less than 24 hours in the UK. This means you are probably eligible for the transit without visa concession. You must apply for this concession on arrival, and while it would probably be granted, it may be denied, in which case you'll either have to remain airside or (if something else is horribly wrong) be detained.
To be sure, you can apply for the Visitor in Transit visa before your trip.
More post
- 📝 Through checking bags on BA1 - Do you have to collect and re-check?
- 📝 4 Hours of Layover at Doha International Airport
- 📝 Lots of Muslim headscarfs on a Sunday in Hong Kong
- 📝 US visa from Bangkok, Thailand and wish to visit another country
- 📝 Do I need to re-set my wrist watch according to each country's timezone where i go during my travel?
- 📝 Naples. Circumvesuviana train. Are tickets sold for a precise time?
- 📝 Should I check third-parties submitting EVUS?
- 📝 How to book hotels as an unmarried couple in Dubai?
- 📝 Can I leave Chicago (ORD) on a 10 hour layover
- 📝 What to do in Munich on Christmas Eve?
- 📝 Sending cash by Polish post
- 📝 Euro 2016 Live at Gatwick Airport
- 📝 Schengen visa - multiple invitation letters
- 📝 Refused Entry to UK. Will this affect my Student Visa application?
- 📝 In Hong Kong, is a medical questionnaire needed as part of buying travel insurance?
- 📝 Can I wear an undershirt with a zip through airport security?
- 📝 Brother-in-law received a refusal for a US visa twice under 214b. Needs to visit father critically ill
- 📝 Is there a way to get a US phone number in Europe that allows one time code texts from banks, etc.?
- 📝 Can you bring aerosol bug spray for ants on a plane from Portugal to Canada?
- 📝 Help with packing for staying at multiple hotels for 2 week trip
- 📝 Should I transfer the money now and reapply?
- 📝 Can I arrive in the USA before my estimated date?
- 📝 B1/B2 visa expiry date
- 📝 Is 1 hour 15 minutes for a layover in Almaty International Airport, Kazakhstan sufficient?
- 📝 Are credit cards accepted in Strasbourg Christmas markets?
- 📝 Schengen multivisa - duration each 180 days or total?
- 📝 Can I transfer biometrics information for a UK visitor visa to a Canadian visitor visa application?
- 📝 Will I be able to exit airport during return trip with Schengen single entry visa?
- 📝 Travel between Schengen and Non-Schengen Country
- 📝 Are masks still enforced on Turkish Airlines flights from countries without a mask mandate?
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- 📝 Stop over in London
- 📝 Does my Emirates flight from London to Dubai fly over Syria?
- 📝 Stop over of 33 hrs at Hong Kong by flight Cathay Pacific
- 📝 Confused about this stop over - Turkish airlines - Istanbul (IST) to Cancun (CUN)
- 📝 Stop Over for JR ticket holder
- 📝 Currency needed for stop over at Kuala Lumpur airport
- 📝 In the US, does a stop sign take priority over a red light?
- 📝 8-hour stop over in Mauritius MRU - can I exit the airport?
- 📝 Can I (UK citizen) enter the US if I stop over for 14 days in the Caribbean?
- 📝 We are having a stop over for a little less than 24hours in Mumbai, do we need a visa?
- 📝 Do I clear immigration and customs in heathrow T3 for stop over on seperate ticket
- 📝 Can I opt to disembark on a stop over (if I am a national of that country) before the second leg of the journey?
- 📝 Do South Africans require any sort of visa for a 5 hour stop over in Abu Dhabi?
- 📝 Is a visa needed for a stop over in Canada
- 📝 Philippine passport holder stop over in Vancouver Canada
- 📝 San Francisco to Singapore with a two-day stop in London
- 📝 Airport transit visa requirement for a Bangladeshi national flying from London to Toronto over Paris
- 📝 Do we need a transit visa we have a 12 hour stop over and have booked a hotel, we are flying with AirIndia from Sydney to Rome return
- 📝 Can I visit London with a US visit visa during a 11 hours lay over at LHR?
- 📝 I have a B2 visa. Can I make a stop over in the US without using my B2 visa
- 📝 Does stop over flight cancellation charges twice of normal charges? [Thai Airlines]
- 📝 Can I book two tickets to reach my destination with a stop over to my destination?
- 📝 Spots for night panoramic photography in London
- 📝 Are you allowed to stay in London parks after closing time?
- 📝 Most convenient ticket option for a weekend in London via Gatwick
- 📝 Free work place options in London
- 📝 Using a London travel-card for a Reading-Oxford-London-Reading trip
- 📝 Getting pulled over in Switzerland
- 📝 When I find a discount fare on AirAsia's website that includes a stop at KL, is there a way to book it with a few nights there for the same price?
- 📝 From Paris to London
