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The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2022

S.I. 2022/524 · Made 10 May 2022

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Immigration

Made 10th May 2022

Laid before Parliament 11th May 2022

Coming into force 12th May 2022

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 41 and 166(3) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999f1, makes the following Order.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1999 c. 33.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment to the Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2014
  3. 3Transitional provision
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2022.

(2)

This Order comes into force on 12th May 2022.

2Amendment to the Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2014

(1)

The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2014f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In Schedule 1 (countries or territories whose nationals or citizens need transit visas), at the appropriate place, insert “El Salvador”.

3Transitional provision

Nothing in article 2 applies in respect of a national or citizen of El Salvador transiting through the United Kingdom who—

(a)

arrives in the United Kingdom before 9th June 2022, and

(b)

before the date this Order comes into force already held a booking for that journey.

Signature

Kevin Foster

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Home Office

10th May 2022

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 El Salvador to that list.

Article 3 contains a transitional provision to disapply the requirement for a transit visa to people who at the time this Order comes into force had already booked travel to the United Kingdom to arrive before 9th June 2022.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.