Nationals of the following countries also need a visa to transit through the UK, known as Direct Airside Transit Visa (DATV). See http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/howtoapply/infs/inf20transit for more information. Afghanistan Kosovo Albania Lebanon Algeria Lesotho*** Angola Liberia Bangladesh Macedonia Belarus Malawi Bolivia** Moldova Burma Mongolia Burundi Montenegro Cameroon Nepal China, Peoples Republic of Nigeria Colombia Palestinian Authority Congo Pakistan Congo, Democratic Republic of Rwanda Cyprus, northern part of Senegal Ecuador Serbia (including documents issued by the United Nations Mission in Kosovo) Eritrea Sierra Leone Ethiopia South Africa* Gambia Sudan Ghana Somalia Guinea Sri Lanka Guinea-Bissau Swaziland*** India Tanzania Iran Turkey Iraq Uganda Ivory Coast Venezuela** Jamaica*** Vietnam Kenya Zimbabwe * Since 1 July 2009, nationals of South Africa need a visa to enter or transit through the UK. ** Since 18 May 2009, nationals of Bolivia and Venezuela need a visa to enter or transit through the UK. Venezuelan nationals holding valid biometric passports containing an electronic chip issued since 2007 will be exempt from the visa requirement. *** Since 1 July 2009, nationals of Lesotho and Swaziland need a visa to enter or transit through the UK. *Joseph Seddon Wikimedia UK* On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 7:59 PM, Cary Bass <cary(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: