Does my grandfather need a visa to pass through UK (Heathrow) to come to Ireland?

Freemasonry

He is coming from Iran and I heard he may need a visa-transit thingy to pass through Heathrow immigration, but I dunno why since he's going to be there for less than 1/2 hours. Any truth to this?

bluto63

As long as he's an EU citizen he should be alright. Is he an Iranian citizen?

Mike 1972

Would be worth contacting the British embassy and finding out just to be on the safe side.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

You really have to ask the Embassy, both the Irish and British one, just to be sure.

AH will keeel you.

BuffyBot

He is coming from Iran and I heard he may need a visa-transit thingy to pass through Heathrow immigration, but I dunno why since he's going to be there for less than 1/2 hours. Any truth to this?

What passport does he hold. That's the key

Zaph

As there are no forum mods currently around I've deleted all the off-topic and joke posts. Any more crap like that and there will be infractions and bans handed out.

undo

For my roommate who holds a non-EU citizenship, the key thing is to have a single through ticket. If she is traveling on one ticket ABC -> LHR and then LHR -> DUB, no visa is required. But if she books two separate flights, ABC -> LHR and then LHR -> DUB, British authorities ask her to get a visa.

Freemasonry

undo wrote: »

For my roommate who holds a non-EU citizenship, the key thing is to have a single through ticket. If she is traveling on one ticket ABC -> LHR and then LHR -> DUB, no visa is required. But if she books two separate flights, ABC -> LHR and then LHR -> DUB, British authorities ask her to get a visa.

Oh I see..
He's not a EU national/passport holder. Iranian though.
Yeah he is holding a single through ticket.
Azeri to London then to Dublin. I was curious why he would need a visa since all he is doing is passing through.

BuffyBot

Check out the following information for those travelling from Iran to Ireland, transiting in the UK

iatatravelcentre.com wrote:

Visa required.
Passengers transiting only are exempt from holding a visa when:

Most passengers who would normally require a visa to enter the United Kingdom may be given permission to enter the United Kingdom for 24 hours at the discretion of the immigration authorities, e.g. for a nightstop or, if a transfer between different airports within the U.K. is applicable, on conditions that they:
- hold confirmed reservations for an onward flight within 24 hours; and
- continue to a third country; and
- have no purpose in entering the United Kingdom other than to pass through in transit; and
- hold all documents required for the next destination.




Nationals of Iran (Islamic Republic of) may only use this administrative concession (TWOV) above if holding:
- a visa which allows entry into (or transit through) either Australia, Canada, New Zealand or the U.S.A.; and
- holding a valid ticket for travel from a third country or territory via the U.K. as part of a journey TO (or through) Australia, Canada, New Zealand or the U.S.A., whichever the visa is applicable to (e.g.: DEL-LHR-JFK, DEL-CDG-LHR-JFK, DEL-LHR-CDG-JFK or DEL-LHR-JFK-MEX).
OR:
- a valid visa for entry into Australia, Canada, New Zealand or the U.S.A.; and
- a valid airline ticket for travel via the U.K. as part of a journey FROM the country in respect of which the visa is held to another country or territory.
OR:
travelling as part of a journey FROM either Australia, Canada, New Zealand or the U.S.A., provided transiting the U.K. less than 6 months after the date they last entered Australia, Canada, New Zealand or the U.S.A. with a valid visa for the respective country, even though the visa may have expired at time of transit through the U.K. (e.g.: JFK-LHR-DEL, JFK-CDG-LHR-DEL or JFK-LHR-CDG-DEL).
OR:
holding a valid common format Category D visa for entry into an E.E.A. member state or Switzerland.
NOTE: this DATV exemption is not applicable if holding a US Visa Foil type "YY" or "ZZ" endorsed "Not a visa. Foil prepared at DHS request" nor the US Adit stamp worded "Processed for I-551" (temporary form I-551).
Certain Visa regulations apply as follows:

Non-compliance with entry/transit requirements (incl. forged documents) results in fines for carrier of GBP 2,000.- per passenger and either deportation or indefinite delay for passenger at point of entry (detention costs at carrier's expense). A person may be considered committing an offence upon arrival in the United Kingdom, if failing to produce to an Immigration officer a document, which satisfactorily establishes identity, nationality or citizenship. A person found guilty of this offence may be liable to up to 2 years in prison, or a fine, or both.