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The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2003

S.I. 2003/1598 · Made 18 June 2003

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IMMIGRATION

Made 18th June 2003

Laid before Parliament 23rd June 2003

Coming into force 24th June 2003

In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 41 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999f1, the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1999 c. 33.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES WHOSE NATIONALS OR CITIZENS NEED TRANSIT VISAS
  5. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 24th June 2003.

2

For Schedule 1 to the Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2003f1 there shall be substituted the Schedule to this Order.

Signature

Beverley Hughes

Minister of State

Home Office

18th June 2003

COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES WHOSE NATIONALS OR CITIZENS NEED TRANSIT VISAS

  • Afghanistan

  • Albania

  • Algeria

  • Belarus

  • Burma

  • Burundi

  • Colombia

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Ecuador

  • Eritrea

  • Ethiopia

  • Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

  • Gambia

  • Ghana

  • Iran

  • Iraq

  • Ivory Coast

  • Liberia

  • Libya

  • Moldova

  • Nepal

  • Nigeria

  • Palestinian Territories

  • People’s Republic of China

  • Republic of Croatia

  • Rwanda

  • Senegal

  • Serbia and Montenegro

  • Sierra Leone

  • Slovak Republic

  • Somalia

  • Sri Lanka

  • Sudan

  • Turkey

  • Uganda

  • Vietnam

  • Zimbabwe

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2003 by replacing Schedule 1 to that Order with the Schedule to this Order. The effect of this is to add Albania, Belarus, Burma, Burundi, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Moldova, Nepal, Palestinian Territories, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan and Vietnam to the list of countries or territories whose nationals or citizens require a transit visa if they travel through the United Kingdom in transit to another country.