Confusion is because I hold a USA visa but not traveling TO the USA. I'm visiting Europe for tourism.
I am an Indian Passport holder, working in the USA (NOTE: Holding USA F1, Student Visa).
I am visiting Sweden for New Year and have received a visiting visa (NOTE: Holding Schengen visiting visa ).
I have booked British Airways flight transiting through London (NOTE: Same Terminal for arriving and departing flights at London, two hours apart).
I have a return ticket confirmed from USA to Sweden to back to USA .
Would I need a Transit visa in this case?
UK GOV says:
You’ll need a visa to pass through the UK in transit (unless you’re exempt) You should apply for a Direct Airside Transit visa if you arrive in the UK on a flight and leave again without passing through immigration control.
Exemptions You don’t need a visa if you have one of the following:
a visa for Canada, New Zealand, Australia or the USA (this can be used for travel to any country) a residence permit issued by Australia or New Zealand you have a common format residence permit issued by an European Economic Area (EEA) country or Switzerland a resident permit issued by Canada after 28 June 2002 a uniform format category D visa for entry into a country in the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland an Irish biometric visa a Schengen Approved Destination Scheme (ADS) group tourism visa where th e holder is travelling to to the Schengen country that issued the visa a flight ticket from the Schengen area, if you can prove that you entered the Schengen area in the previous 30 days on the basis of a valid Schengen ADS visa a valid USA I-551 Temporary Immigrant visa issued by the USA (a wet-ink stamp version will not be accepted) a valid USA permanent residence card issued by the USA on or after 21 April 1998 an expired USA I-551 Permanent Residence card issued by the USA on or after 21 April 1998, with a valid I-797 letter authorising extension a valid standalone US Immigration Form 155A/155B issued by the USA (attached to a sealed brown envelope) All visas and residence permits must be valid.
Does point 1 apply as an exemption in my case?
