A word of advice

[Devanshu]

If you're planning on taking a trip and are stopping by UK, make sure you have a transit visa or else they wont let you board...take it from a person who had to miss his flight and several others because of the new law that nobody was informed about.

[John James]

If you're planning on taking a trip and are stopping by UK, make sure you have a transit visa or else they wont let you board...take it from a person who had to miss his flight and several others because of the new law that nobody was informed about.

Don't go there and stay in the US.

[Will Hay]

Don't go there and stay in the US.

Very worthwhile post, well done.
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[tgpo]

You ever seen the sun?

Just in case:

[pacmania_2001]

I believe the same regulations now are intact in the U.S for certain countries.

[Devanshu]

Don't go there and stay in the US.

I cant help it if I had a connecting flight that stopped at UK. Here's what happened...I go to the airport in Delhi and go to the check-in counter and they ask me for my passport, tickets, and all that stuff...the lady says

"Show me your transit visa"
"I dont have one"
"Then you cant fly"

This conversation turned into a LONG argument between my mom and the preson...then eventually we decided to go to the embassy and applied for the visa. It was a friday and if we applied then, the form wouldnt get filed until monday(because of the weekend) and we would get the visa on tuesday, which meant we couldnt fly until wednesday. Problem was, my mom had to rejoin her practice on monday. Fortunately, my dad has connections and one of his friends is really high up in BA and he got us a flight on Air France for 1:10 that night. Bottom line is, a trip that should have taken 1 day, lasted for 3 because of the stupid law and some other crap that caused us to miss several flights.

[John James]

Don't go there and stay in the US.

I cant help it if I had a connecting flight that stopped at UK. Here's what happened...I go to the airport in Delhi and go to the check-in counter and they ask me for my passport, tickets, and all that stuff...the lady says

"Show me your transit visa"
"I dont have one"
"Then you cant fly"

This what happens to an American in New Delhi, India. This law is ridiculous to US citzens to adhere to while the British supports the US on a war.

The inconvenience, the stupidity of laws isn't on. The rules must change and exempt Americans from having to apply visas on transit at Britain for the US from any country.

[pacmania_2001]

This what happens to an American in New Delhi, India. This law is ridiculous to US citzens to adhere to while the British supports the US on a war.

The inconvenience, the stupidity of laws isn't on. The rules must change and exempt Americans from having to apply visas on transit at Britain for the US from any country

A terrorist can't come from the US?

[Craig Tucker]

You may not have heard this news item, which has been on the news over here a lot this morning.

Apparently due to the embarrasement of US security it is being suppressed in the news.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2004/01/14/international1109EST0549.DTL