[Wikimania-l] Transit Visas

[Joseph Seddon]

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 at wikimedia.org> wrote:

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> Hi!
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> I just wanted to send a note to make people aware of a problem that
> attendees may encounter: Transit Visas.  I'm not sure if something has
> changed in 2009 or the fact that we've been booking travel, but it
> seems as if individuals with citizenship in some countries (so far
> India and Morocco, and Hong Kong) require travel visas to travel
> through other countries (UK and Germany, Spain, and the United States,
> respectively).
>
> Please be aware if there are any Transit Visa requirements for your
> travel before you potentially get stuck.
>
> Thanks
>
> - --
> Cary Bass
> Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation
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