Namaskar,

I hold a US green card and Nepalese passport . I am travelling through Heathrow airport. I have 10 hrs layover. My flight lands in terminal 3 and i am planning to use Yotel rooms in terminal 4, and then again take a connecting flight from terminal 3, which looks like i need to take a bus to get to terminal 4 from terminal 3, do i need a UK visa for this(i mean to get back inside terminal 3 to take aflight)? any info on this will help.
Thanks
forsajha

forsajha bro,
VISA ko kehi tension linu pardaina...
Transit in heathrew was not boring for me. I hope you will enjoy there.. Be sure to be in terminal 3 by half hour before your flight because it's big airport.
Happy Journey

Forsajha,

        what  a dumb question. why in the world u need a visa while u in transit? Safe journey !!!!!!

 

forsajha Bro ,

In my knowledge u definitely need visa for transit as u need in the US.

forsajha bro,,

u may need transist visa if you want to come out from terminal 3.
terminal 3 an 4 are almost 13 minutes apart when u travel by non stop metro rail.
better if u could manage ur arrangement at terminal 3.

half an hour before boarding may not be enough..... heathrow is giagentic... i would give 2 hrs

also, tranfer between T3 and T4 is free by Heathrow Express, Heathrow Connect etc.

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I found Heathrow airport funny. I have a relative in London. I had 12 h layover. i just took my chance and asked the custom office whether I can leave airprot. He gave me transit visa just like that.

The other time I was sure I will get transit visa. However the other office told me it is upon the discretion of him and he is not giving me one...lol...

NO matter what you guyus say I found Heathrow "boring" you do not know your gate until last 15-30 minutes. Sometimes you have to run as some gates are not that close from "main hall." I do not know which terminal I was talking abt here though...

 

bkb

U do not need transit Visa.U may need to at gate atleast 30 min before your flight though.

I spent 15 hours at London airport. 10 hours may not be big deal. THere is a rest area (next to Duty Free Shop watch sections) where you can find long room with sofas. You can stretch your leg and take nice nap.

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Thanks all for  your input. I will be travelling with 3 year old, so i am really hoping to be able to get a room, as i can see heathrow airport site clearly says there is no place to sleep anywhere inside airport. Before booking my ticket to Nepal, I knew Yotel rooms were in terminal 4,and i will be landing in T3 but what i didn't know  switching terminal  would be big deal. I  have 3 weeks left, before i leave for Nepal. Is less than three weeks sufficient for me to  apply and get get UK visa? I  will apply for something like 24 hrs visa, has anyone done that? can i get the visa at airport itself?

why dont u get multiple entry visa so that u can have luxury to come out on ur return journey aswell.I'm also flying out on 3rd of october to Nepal for Dashain/Tihar will be back on 1st Nov.If  ur travelling date is before 3rd Oct I'm happy to pick u and drop u Airport and u can hav rest on my place as I live 20 minute away frm Heathrow.Just drop your itenary thru sajha.

 

Heathrow is one of the most expensive, congested and lousiest airports I have been to. I spent more than 25 hours combined while going to and coming back from Nepal. I was charged more than $35 for a two minutes call I made from the airport to USA. I know I should have bought a phone card, but I didn’t think it would cost me a fortune even if I didn’t. The main lounge was so cramped that I could hardly catch my breath. I also found their so called ‘toilets’ filthy in comparison to American restrooms. Overall, I was disappointed with the experiences I had at Heathrow - it was quite 'Rubbish'.

It has been a while since I flew through Heathrow.  From what I hear, it's better to avoid that airport altogether.

Well. Heathrow Terminal 5 is brilliant. The average checking time in terminal 5 is about ten minutes. However,  Terminal 2-3 can be crowded because heathorw is practically a gateway to europe and  busiest airport in the world.