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Which travellers require a transit visa/permission and which officially documented exemptions are important?

Travellers in immediate and continuous transit through the U.S. generally need a transit (C) visa; holders of a valid visitor (B) visa may be able to transit on it, and citizens of Visa Waiver Program countries may be able to transit under that programme. Transit to/from the UN Headquarters District requires a C-2 visa.

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Limits of the record
  • Visa-exempt travel (Visa Waiver Program, Canada/Bermuda) is linked from the page but its nationality matrix was not captured

Can the traveller remain airside, and under what circumstances must immigration control be crossed?

Answer not available

What officially documented baggage collection, terminal, separate-ticket or self-transfer situations affect the immigration requirement?

Answer not available

What maximum transit period, overnight, airport-change or multiple-stop rules matter?

Transit must be immediate and continuous: a reasonably expeditious departure on a prearranged itinerary without unreasonable layover privileges. A layover for other purposes (visiting friends, sightseeing) requires the visa for that purpose (e.g. B visa). The official source does not state a maximum transit period in hours or days.

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Limits of the record
  • No maximum transit period in hours/days stated
  • https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/other-visa-categories/transit.html
    Immediate and continuous transit is defined as a reasonably expeditious departure of the traveler in the normal course of travel as the elements permit and assumes a prearranged itinerary without any unreasonable layover privileges. If the traveler seeks layover privileges for purposes other than for transit through the United States, such as to visit friends or engage in sightseeing, the traveler will have to qualify for the type of visa required for that purpose.

If permission is required, what permission is it, where/how is it obtained, and what core onward-travel evidence is required?

The permission is a transit visa; the official page directs applicants to prepare for an interview and to pay a non-refundable visa application fee of $185. The official source does not state where to apply or what onward-travel evidence is required.

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Limits of the record
  • The capture does not state where to apply or what onward-travel evidence is required.
  • The page is titled “Transit Visa” and does not itself name the C-1 subclass.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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