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Passenger transit-visa requirement for Nicaraguan and St Lucian nationals

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CountryUnited Kingdom
Operative dateMarch 6, 2026
CategoryMigration policy
Affected groupNationals or citizens of nicaragua or st lucia

Policy effect

Nicaragua and St Lucia nationals or citizens require transit visas to pass through the United Kingdom without entering.

Conditions and exceptions

Recorded validated scope: The requirement does not apply where the journey was booked before commencement and UK arrival is on or before 16 April 2026.

Official source excerpt

Quoted verbatim from the official source below. Ellipses indicate omitted text.

Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2014 2. —(1) The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2014( 2 ) is amended as follows. (2) In Schedule 1 (countries or territories whose nationals or citizens need transit visas), at the appropriate places, insert— (a) “Nicaragua”; (b) “St Lucia”. Transitional provision 3. Nothing in article 2 applies in respect of a national or citizen of Nicaragua or St Lucia transiting through the United Kingdom who— (a) arrives in the United Kingdom on or before 16th April 2026, and (b) before the date this Order comes into force already held a booking for that … journey. Mike Tapp Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Home Office 4th March 2026 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Order) This Order amends the Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2014 ( S.I. 2014/2702 ) which requires certain passengers to hold a transit visa to pass through the United Kingdom without entering whilst transiting to another country. Schedule 1 to that Order sets out a list of countries or territories whose nationals or citizens need transit visas, and this Order adds Nicaragua and St Lucia to that list. Article 3 of this Order contains a transitional provision …
UK LegislationImmigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2026, SI 2026/208, arts. 1-3Open official source
Retrieved from https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/208/made/data.xht

Review method

Two separate automated exact-claim source reviews

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