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I'm a Sri Lanka national and traveling to Bahamas. The route is Sri Lanka (Sri Lankan Airlines) to Heathrow (British Airways) to Nassau. Sri Lankan airlines will arrive in Heathrow around 4PM. The flight to Nassau from Heathrow will be the next day at 11am.

Sri Lankan airlines will arrive at Terminal 2 and I need to go to Terminal 5 to take British airways next day.

  1. Do I actually need a transit visa? I researched this and got very conflicting answers. Some people say that you don't pass through immigration from Terminal 2 to Terminal 5 etc.

  2. If I actually need one, which transit visa do I need? DATV or Visitor in Transit? Does the DATV allow staying in direct air side until next day?

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Yes you will need a visa, specifically the Visitor in Transit visa, but you may have a chance at transit-without-visa (as you fit some of the criteria there) although I wouldnt recommend just chancing it.

Being that your flight leaves the next day, you cannot stay in Heathrow terminals overnight as they close to passengers and there are no airside hotels at either terminal - this means that even though you can transfer airside between Terminal 2 and 5, you need to enter the UK to stay at a hotel before either of those terminals close for the night.