uksi/2022/524 — The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2022

2022 No. 524 Immigration The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2022 Made 10th May 2022 Laid before Parliament 11th May 2022 Coming into force 12th May 2022 The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 41 and 166(3) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 , makes the following Order. Citation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) Order 2022. 2 This Order comes into force on 12th May 2022. Amendment to the Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2014 2 1 The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2014 is amended as follows. 2 In Schedule 1 (countries or territories whose nationals or citizens need transit visas), at the appropriate place, insert “El Salvador” . Transitional provision 3 Nothing in article 2 applies in respect of a national or citizen of El Salvador transiting through the United Kingdom who— a arrives in the United Kingdom before 9th June 2022, and b before the date this Order comes into force already held a booking for that journey. Kevin Foster Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Home Office 10th May 2022 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Order) This Order amends the Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) Order 2014 ( S.I. 2014/2702 ) which requires certain passengers to hold a transit visa to pass through the United Kingdom without entering whilst transiting to another country. Schedule 1 to that Order sets out a list of countries or territories whose nationals or citizens need transit visas, and this Order adds El Salvador to that list. Article 3 contains a transitional provision to disapply the requirement for a transit visa to people who at the time this Order comes into force had already booked travel to the United Kingdom to arrive before 9th June 2022. A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.