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ganesh1309
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UK transit visa

Post by ganesh1309 » Mon Sep 22, 2014 9:45 am

I do hold an Indian passport, and a Finnish resident permit sticker (which expires by Aug 2015) not a RP bio metric card.

Do I need a UK transit visa if I travel to Helsinki via London with a stopover in London for less than 6 hours?

I have checked https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa/y/india/transit/no but unable to understand this exemption:
have a valid uniform format residence permit issued by an EEA state

http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/ ... 043_en.htm also didn't help me in understanding whether the Finnish sticker RP is enough or do I need the latest biometric RP card to transit through UK without transit visa?



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Beep_Boop
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Re: UK transit visa

Post by Beep_Boop » Mon Sep 22, 2014 11:03 am

When was your RP issued and what type is it?
Every case is unique. You can't measure the result of your application based on arbitrary anecdotes online.

ganesh1309
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Re: UK transit visa

Post by ganesh1309 » Mon Sep 22, 2014 1:14 pm

In Aug 2011, A type, which expires by Aug 2015 and it has RP sticker.

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Re: UK transit visa

Post by Beep_Boop » Mon Sep 22, 2014 1:25 pm

ganesh1309 wrote:In Aug 2011, A type, which expires by Aug 2015 and it has RP sticker.
I'm not an expert on the matter, but at least according to this document from an official Danish website for information on these matters, it would seem that your visa is issued according to the uniform format.
1. Residence permits issued according to the uniform format
...
Issued from 1.5.2004 to 31.12.2011:
...
- Jatkuva oleskelulupa
Continuous residence permit in the form of a sticker bearing the letter A.
Every case is unique. You can't measure the result of your application based on arbitrary anecdotes online.

dennis90
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Re: UK transit visa

Post by dennis90 » Tue Sep 23, 2014 3:03 am

adnan

could you message me your email?
I can't respond since I am new to the forum and I don't live in Finland

thankyou


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