
1 
This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 16th October 2003.
2 

(1) The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2003 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In article 2(5), for “paragraph 4”, there shall be substituted “this Order”.
(3) In article 3, for “A”, there shall be substituted “Subject to article 3A, a”.
(4) After article 3, there shall be inserted:“
3A. 

(1) A transit passenger is not required to hold a transit visa if he holds or a person with whom he arrives in the United Kingdom holds on his behalf:
(a) a valid visa for entry to Canada or the United States of America and a valid airline ticket for travel via the United Kingdom from another country or territory to the country in respect of which the visa is held;
(b) a valid visa for entry to Canada or the United States of America and a valid airline ticket for travel via the United Kingdom from the country in respect of which the visa was held to another country or territory;
(c) a valid USA I-551 Permanent Resident Card issued on or after 21st April 1998;
(d) a valid Canadian Permanent Resident Card issued on or after 28th June 2002;
(e) a valid common format Category D visa for entry to an EEA State;
(f) a valid common format residence permit issued by an EEA State pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No. 1030/2002;
(g) a diplomatic or service passport issued by the People’s Republic of China; or
(h) a diplomatic or official passport issued by India.
(2) In paragraph 1(b), “valid visa” shall include an expired visa provided that the visa in question did not expire more than two clear calendar days before the date of the arrival in the United Kingdom of the transit passenger with that visa.”.
(5) For Schedule 1 there shall be substituted the Schedule to this Order.
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The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2003 is hereby revoked.
Beverley Hughes
Minister of State, Home Office
14th October 2003
SCHEDULE
Article 2(5)
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SCHEDULE 1
Article 2


 Afghanistan
 Albania
 Algeria
 Angola
 Bangladesh
 Belarus
 Burma
 Burundi
 Cameroon
 Colombia
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
 Ecuador
 Eritrea
 Ethiopia
 Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
 Gambia
 Ghana
 India
 Iran
 Iraq
 Ivory Coast
 Lebanon
 Liberia
 Moldova
 Nepal
 Nigeria
 Pakistan
 Palestinian Territories
 People’s Republic of China
 Rwanda
 Senegal
 Serbia and Montenegro
 Sierra Leone
 Somalia
 Sri Lanka
 Sudan
 Turkey
 Uganda
 Vietnam
 Zimbabwe
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