01Which travellers require a transit visa/permission and which officially documented exemptions are important?
The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm which travellers need transit permission and the main exemptions.
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Limits of the record- Searched the eVisa FAQ (visa types, visa regimes by nationality) and the Immigration Regulations for a transit visa or transit exemption; no transit permission rule is stated.
Can the traveller remain airside, and under what circumstances must immigration control be crossed?
The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm whether the traveller can stay airside and when immigration control must be crossed.
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Limits of the record- Searched the eVisa FAQ and the Immigration Regulations for airside transit or when immigration control must be crossed; only an exit-card exemption for persons in direct transit by air (s.64) exists, which does not answer the airside question.
What officially documented baggage collection, terminal, separate-ticket or self-transfer situations affect the immigration requirement?
The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the baggage, terminal-change and self-transfer rules.
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Limits of the record- Searched the eVisa FAQ and the Immigration Regulations for baggage, terminal or self-transfer rules; none stated.
What maximum transit period, overnight, airport-change or multiple-stop rules matter?
A person who entered Zimbabwe in transit to another country and wants to stay longer than the period stated on arrival must report in person to an Immigration Officer and submit to examination. The official source does not state a maximum transit period or overnight, airport-change or multiple-stop rules.
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Limits of the record- No maximum transit period, overnight or airport-change rule is stated.
- https://www.zimimmigration.gov.zw/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/immigration-regulations.pdf
(3) Any person who has entered Zimbabwe as a visitor or in transit to another country and who
desires to remain in Zimbabwe for any reason for a longer period than that stated by him at the time of his
arrival in Zimbabwe shall report in person to an Immigration Officer and shall, notwithstanding that he is
already within Zimbabwe, submit to any inquiry, examination or test referred to in subsection (3) of
section 12 of the Act by the Immigration Officer.
If permission is required, what permission is it, where/how is it obtained, and what core onward-travel evidence is required?
The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the permission required, where to obtain it and the onward-travel evidence.
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Limits of the record- Searched the eVisa FAQ and the Immigration Regulations for a transit permission product, where it is obtained and onward-travel evidence; none stated.
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