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• Updated: 7 April 2026

• Updated: 6 November 2025

Apply for a transit visa if you stop at a UK airport on your way to another destination - types of visas, cost, documents, how to apply

• Overview

  You might need a visa to pass through the UK in transit (on your way to…

• If you're not going through border control (Direct Airside Transit visa)

  You might need a Direct Airside Transit visa if you: will be changing…

• If you're going through border control (Visitor in Transit visa)

  You might need a Visitor in Transit visa if you’re: changing flights in…

• Apply

  Apply online for a Direct Airside Transit visa or a Visitor in Transit…

Apply for the Registered Traveller service to get through UK border control faster and without filling in a landing card

Rules to follow if you’re moving animals or animal products from one country to another and transiting through Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), known as ‘landbridge’ movements.

• Updated: 9 January 2026

An overview of the process by which bills become law.

• Updated: 14 March 2023

Find out how to spot signs of disguised renumeration tax avoidance on your payslip and get help and support.

• Updated: 3 December 2025

How you'll be paid, what you’ll be paid, and how to check your pay when you’re employed by an umbrella company as a temporary worker.

• Updated: 17 September 2025

How to trade or move CITES-listed specimens through designated UK ports and airports.

• Updated: 8 October 2024

Moving goods into, out of, or through Northern Ireland.

• Updated: 8 April 2026