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I am Egyptian; I have a valid US visa and I am travelling from the US to Dublin through London Heathrow. My layover is just 1:25 hours, and I need to change terminals (Terminal 3 to 2) at Heathrow, and I don't need to claim baggage.

My Irish visa is not BC/BC BIVS biometric endorsed. Do I need a UK transit visa?

Crazydre
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  • @Newton Doesn't address his case very clearly. Adding an answer based on Timatic – Crazydre Nov 30 '17 at 16:52
  • What Irish visa do you have? A visit or residence visa, or a residence Permit Card? – Crazydre Nov 30 '17 at 17:01
  • i have an irish tourist visa – Ali Kourani Nov 30 '17 at 17:04
  • @Coke please add it here: https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/25146/do-i-need-a-uk-transit-visa-when-flying-to-ireland-through-the-uk – JonathanReez Nov 30 '17 at 17:06
  • @AliKourani See my answer here https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/106064/39782 – Crazydre Nov 30 '17 at 17:13
  • can't reply to the other post. the website says that i need a standard visitor visa not a "visitor in transit". am i right ? – Ali Kourani Nov 30 '17 at 17:20
  • @AliKourani If travelling TO Ireland, not FROM. Select "somewhere else" – Crazydre Nov 30 '17 at 17:21
  • copied from Gov.uk: Travel to the Channel Islands, Isle of Man or Republic of Ireland You need to apply for another type of visitor visa if you’ll be travelling to the Channel Islands, Isle of Man or Republic of Ireland.

    You don’t need a UK visa if you have a valid visa for the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man and will travel through the UK to get there.

     – Ali Kourani Nov 30 '17 at 17:27
  • @AliKourani "You need to apply for another type of visitor visa if you’ll be travelling TO the Channel Islands, Isle of Man or Republic of Ireland". You're not travelling TO Ireland – Crazydre Nov 30 '17 at 17:52
  • @AliKourani This is the correct link. So I assure you 100% that you only need a visitor in transit visa https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa/y/egypt/transit/somewhere_else/yes – Crazydre Nov 30 '17 at 17:53
  • @Coke i am sorry. i am confused. I am travelling to Dublin, republic of Ireland from Chicago – Ali Kourani Nov 30 '17 at 17:59
  • @AliKourani Oh crap, I read the question wrong. Will edit the answer – Crazydre Nov 30 '17 at 18:02
  • ok, thanks. now please check this: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/648410/UK_Visa_requirements_Oct_2017.pdf will the US visa exclude me from applying to UK visa ? – Ali Kourani Nov 30 '17 at 18:02
  • @AliKourani A US visa only exempts you from having to apply for a "Direct Airport transit" or "Visitor in transit" visa, not a UK Standard visitor visa. Check my answer here - because your Irish visa in not biometric, you do need a Standard visitor visa. The answer explains why https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/106064/39782 – Crazydre Nov 30 '17 at 18:07
  • @AliKourani In other words, if you only needed a transit visa, the US visa would've been enough. But you need a Standard Visitor visa, so the US visa won't help you in this case. That's why US visas aren't mentioned on the GOV.UK result page when Ireland is put as the destination – Crazydre Nov 30 '17 at 18:11

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