{
  "schema_version": "passenger-guide-1",
  "standard_version": "1.18",
  "airport": "LHR",
  "language": "en",
  "topic": "visa-entry",
  "automatic_refresh": false,
  "personal_eligibility": "not_assessed",
  "live_availability": "unknown",
  "acceptance": "reviewed_website_guidance_not_canonical_promotion",
  "next_actions": [
    {
      "topic": "self-transfer",
      "url": "/en/lhr/self-transfer/"
    },
    {
      "topic": "connecting",
      "url": "/en/lhr/connecting/"
    },
    {
      "topic": "at-the-airport",
      "url": "/en/lhr/at-the-airport/"
    }
  ],
  "content": {
    "summary": "Collecting bags, using public check-in desks, or leaving for a hotel can require entry into the country. Permission for airside transit is not automatically permission to enter. Confirm your actual route with the airline, then check the official requirements.",
    "source_ids": [
      "uk-visa",
      "uk-transit",
      "lhr-transfer"
    ],
    "country": {
      "summary": "Requirements depend on your passport, residence documents, journey and whether you cross border control. Use the government checker for your own situation before booking.",
      "source_ids": [
        "uk-visa",
        "uk-transit"
      ]
    },
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-11",
    "sources": [
      {
        "id": "uk-visa",
        "scope": "country",
        "airports": [
          "LHR"
        ],
        "url": "https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa",
        "web_ref": "turn4view0",
        "retrieval_mode": "full_page",
        "paraphrased_evidence": [
          "Official checker covers whether a visa or ETA may be needed depending on nationality."
        ],
        "limitations": "",
        "label": "UK visa & ETA checker"
      },
      {
        "id": "uk-transit",
        "scope": "country",
        "airports": [
          "LHR"
        ],
        "url": "https://www.gov.uk/transit-visa",
        "web_ref": "turn8view2",
        "retrieval_mode": "full_page",
        "paraphrased_evidence": [
          "The applicable transit route depends on whether UK border control is crossed.",
          "Ask the airline to confirm the border-control route, then use the official checker."
        ],
        "limitations": "Do not infer individual exemption or permission.",
        "label": "UK transit visa guidance"
      },
      {
        "id": "lhr-transfer",
        "scope": "airport",
        "airports": [
          "LHR"
        ],
        "url": "https://www.heathrow.com/connecting-flights",
        "web_ref": "turn6view4",
        "retrieval_mode": "full_page",
        "paraphrased_evidence": [
          "Heathrow treats separately booked flights as arrival and departure: immigration, baggage collection when applicable, check-in, bag drop and security.",
          "Published minimum connection times for a single booking do not apply to separate tickets.",
          "Confirm departure terminal and allow for a landside terminal transfer.",
          "Leaving for a hotel or city requires the right to enter the UK."
        ],
        "limitations": "Reject outdated airport-page wording suggesting a discretionary 24-hour visa on arrival; use GOV.UK for legal requirements.",
        "label": null
      }
    ]
  }
}