Originally Posted by guidospizza

Apologies to bluehen1 and JPDM - not my intention to come across as dismissive at all.

Quite to the contrary, i know there's no guarantees for these things and there's a even a wiki on the topic - yet there's still so much confusion so that only "someone" who has successfully obtained a transit visa on the same passport and exact itinerary would serve as "proof" that it works