Refused Entry into UK - Will it affect my Europe travels ?
Dec 9, 2019, 4:10 pm
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Refused Entry into UK - Will it affect my Europe travels ?
Hi Everyone
5 Years ago , i was denied entry to the UK, i was planning to travel to the US by making a stopover in London, but i was forced to change airport from gatwick to Heathrow to take my next flight to Houston, Texas , but i was denied entry and sent back to my home country the next day , they said you need a transit visa to transit through UK airport even having a valid US Visa, so recently Naturalized US Citizen, i am wondering if this denial of entry will affect my future Trips to europe
please guys if anyone had that kind of experience please share it with us
thanks
5 Years ago , i was denied entry to the UK, i was planning to travel to the US by making a stopover in London, but i was forced to change airport from gatwick to Heathrow to take my next flight to Houston, Texas , but i was denied entry and sent back to my home country the next day , they said you need a transit visa to transit through UK airport even having a valid US Visa, so recently Naturalized US Citizen, i am wondering if this denial of entry will affect my future Trips to europe
please guys if anyone had that kind of experience please share it with us
thanks
Dec 10, 2019, 2:08 am
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Hi Everyone
5 Years ago , i was denied entry to the UK, i was planning to travel to the US by making a stopover in London, but i was forced to change airport from gatwick to Heathrow to take my next flight to Houston, Texas , but i was denied entry and sent back to my home country the next day , they said you need a transit visa to transit through UK airport even having a valid US Visa, so recently Naturalized US Citizen, i am wondering if this denial of entry will affect my future Trips to europe
please guys if anyone had that kind of experience please share it with us
thanks
5 Years ago , i was denied entry to the UK, i was planning to travel to the US by making a stopover in London, but i was forced to change airport from gatwick to Heathrow to take my next flight to Houston, Texas , but i was denied entry and sent back to my home country the next day , they said you need a transit visa to transit through UK airport even having a valid US Visa, so recently Naturalized US Citizen, i am wondering if this denial of entry will affect my future Trips to europe
please guys if anyone had that kind of experience please share it with us
thanks
Most people in the kind or situation as you mention — that of becoming a naturalized US citizen and having a US passport now — would be able to use their US passport to visit the EU and Schengen areas — including the UK/Ireland Common Travel Area — even if they had been turned around from entry attempt to the UK previously using a passport of a sort needing a transit visa for the UK.
Dec 10, 2019, 5:18 am
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Hi Everyone
5 Years ago , i was denied entry to the UK, i was planning to travel to the US by making a stopover in London, but i was forced to change airport from gatwick to Heathrow to take my next flight to Houston, Texas , but i was denied entry and sent back to my home country the next day , they said you need a transit visa to transit through UK airport even having a valid US Visa, so recently Naturalized US Citizen, i am wondering if this denial of entry will affect my future Trips to europe
please guys if anyone had that kind of experience please share it with us
thanks
5 Years ago , i was denied entry to the UK, i was planning to travel to the US by making a stopover in London, but i was forced to change airport from gatwick to Heathrow to take my next flight to Houston, Texas , but i was denied entry and sent back to my home country the next day , they said you need a transit visa to transit through UK airport even having a valid US Visa, so recently Naturalized US Citizen, i am wondering if this denial of entry will affect my future Trips to europe
please guys if anyone had that kind of experience please share it with us
thanks
Dec 10, 2019, 5:24 am
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Dec 10, 2019, 8:10 am
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Hi to answer your question , I had an immigrant US Visa , and then you have a right to transit for 24 Hours in the UK Without holding a il transit visa ,
Dec 10, 2019, 8:17 am
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You had a right to transit in the UK, not enter as you needed to do to travel from LHR to LGW. So you were denied entry to the UK because your citizenship required it and you did not apply beforehand. It still leaves open the question of your citizenship.
Dec 10, 2019, 8:26 am
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[QUOTE=LondonElite;31825199]You had a right to transit in the UK, not enter as you needed to do to travel from LHR to LGW. So you were denied entry to the UK because your citizenship required it and you did not apply beforehand. It still leaves open the question of your citizenship
i my citizenship require visa to enter the UK however in their website they said if you are holder of US, Canada New Zealand visa or resident permit, you may be able to transit for 24 Hours and going through UK immigration border control without having a 🇬🇧 visa
i my citizenship require visa to enter the UK however in their website they said if you are holder of US, Canada New Zealand visa or resident permit, you may be able to transit for 24 Hours and going through UK immigration border control without having a 🇬🇧 visa
Dec 10, 2019, 8:29 am
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I can't comfortably answer your original question without knowing your citizenship. I assume you will have to apply for a Schengen visa or are you a US citizen now? If you are a US citizen you'll get a Schengen visa on arrival and you shouldn't have to worry about anything. As for the past, I suspect your transit visa didn't allow entry into the UK, but that seems immaterial now.
Dec 10, 2019, 8:33 am
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I can't comfortably answer your original question without knowing your citizenship. I assume you will have to apply for a Schengen visa or are you a US citizen now? If you are a US citizen you'll get a Schengen visa on arrival and you shouldn't have to worry about anything. As for the past, I suspect your transit visa didn't allow entry into the UK, but that seems immaterial now.
Dec 10, 2019, 9:48 am
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i my citizenship require visa to enter the UK however in their website they said if you are holder of US, Canada New Zealand visa or resident permit, you may be able to transit for 24 Hours and going through UK immigration border control without having a 🇬🇧 visa
With a US passport now, you will be fine with visiting the UK and Europe in general. Enjoy your travels to Europe on your US passport.
Dec 10, 2019, 9:51 am
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That was for transits where you don’t leave the airport. In order to do a transit that required entry into the UK, you needed a visa at the time when using that non-US passport. With a US passport now, you will be fine with visiting the UK and Europe in general. Enjoy your travels to Europe on your US passport.
thank you
Dec 10, 2019, 10:15 am
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But you would never show the passport of this mysterious country you're not willing to name because you now hold a US passport which does not require a visa in advance for Schengen travel, so where is the worry?
Dec 10, 2019, 10:53 am
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It should not matter anyway given that even for nationalities that require a visa for direct airside transit, those nationalities are nonetheless normally allowed to transit without visa (even a landside transit) if they have a valid US (or Canada/Australia/NZ) visa and are on a through ticket and the US-bound flight that leaves no later than the day after arrival in London so it is something of a mystery why the OP was not let through at the time (unless the immigration officer doubted for some unknown reason that the OP would continue his trip to the US). Be that as it may, it does sound moot at this stage.
Dec 10, 2019, 10:58 am
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It should not matter anyway given that even for nationalities that require a visa for direct airside transit, those nationalities are nonetheless normally allowed to transit without visa (even a landside transit) if they have a valid US (or Canada/Australia/NZ) visa and are on a through ticket and the US-bound flight that leaves no later than the day after arrival in London so it is something of a mystery why the OP was not let through at the time (unless the immigration officer doubted for some unknown reason that the OP would continue his trip to the US). Be that as it may, it does sound moot at this stage.