Can my time in the UK be defined as transit?
On the 29th of January I landed in the UK.
On the morning of the 31st of January, I left the UK to Norway.
Was my time in the UK short enough to be defined as transit? I was only there to switch airports and catch a flight to Oslo. I'm asking as I am filling out a working visa application and I want to define this correctly.
Should I list this as 2 or 3 days?
Thank you!
Best Answer
UK specifically limits transit to 48 hours
You might need a Visitor in Transit visa if you’re from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland and you’ll:
be changing flights in the UK on your way to another country
go through immigration control, for example to check in your luggage for a connecting flight
leave the UK within 48 hours
not work or study while in the UK
I would use that criteria. In your case I would say it is 3 days and hence not transit however either way no big deal.
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It's a pretty grey area, but if your only purpose for being there was to get on another plane, and you couldn't have reasonably got on an earlier plane, then yes your reason for being there was transit. If they are asking your reason for then 'transit' would be a good answer. If they are asking what visa you had then there ought to be a box for 'didn't need a visa'. Frankly since you don't need a visa for the UK your answer is going to make no significant difference.
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