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I am a Sri Lankan who lives in Hong Kong. I am travelling to France via UK. I have an air side transit. So DATV is required. But my problem is which one should be obtained first. Schengen visa or DAT visa.

DAT visa required to Schengen visa process

or

Schengen visa required to DTA visa process

hippietrail
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Thank you for the all guidance.

I just want to share the real experience I had because I assume this will be helpful when someone needs it.

On the first day I go for the Schengen visa, they requested DATV first. The next day I go for the DAT visa, they requested Schengen visa first. Then after few day I go for the Schengen visa again after explaining. They were very kind to understand my situation.

They accepted and I could get the Schengen visa after 10 days. Then I have applied for the DAT visa and I could get the visa after 8 working days.

So thank you very much to both consulates.

For the entire process it tooks around 7 weeks for me.

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Schengen, for two reasons:

  1. You should have a valid visa for your destination to complete Part 8 of your DATV application.
  2. If your Schengen visa is rejected, there is no point in applying for a UK DATV.

The UKBA site says that 100% (!) of transit visa applications in Hong Kong are processed within 5 days, so timewise it should be no problem to apply for DATV after getting your Schengen visa.

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