Layover via Delhi airport, will I need an Indian visa to transfer flight?
Just a quick question regarding my upcoming flight from London Heathrow to Kathmandu, Nepal.
I am flying via Delhi with a 3 hour layover and Jet Airways is the operator for the entire flight. Normally, with transfer flights you DO NOT have to pay for a visa for the country you are connecting in, unless you leave the airport. However, a colleague of mine who has previously worked a lot in Nepal said that they have often had to buy an Indian visa in order to reach their connecting flight to Nepal. I do not believe this is the case but, having never done the journey before, I have no idea!
Has anyone got any experience of this flight? Or visa situation?
EDIT
LHR > DEL (Depart from Terminal 4 and Arrive into Terminal 3)
DEL > KTM (Depart from Terminal 3)
[The same terminals are used on the return flight]
EDIT 2
British passport holder
visas transit india transit-visas del
asked Mar 21 '17 at 8:01
tda
167110
|
show 3 more comments
Just a quick question regarding my upcoming flight from London Heathrow to Kathmandu, Nepal.
I am flying via Delhi with a 3 hour layover and Jet Airways is the operator for the entire flight. Normally, with transfer flights you DO NOT have to pay for a visa for the country you are connecting in, unless you leave the airport. However, a colleague of mine who has previously worked a lot in Nepal said that they have often had to buy an Indian visa in order to reach their connecting flight to Nepal. I do not believe this is the case but, having never done the journey before, I have no idea!
Has anyone got any experience of this flight? Or visa situation?
EDIT
LHR > DEL (Depart from Terminal 4 and Arrive into Terminal 3)
DEL > KTM (Depart from Terminal 3)
[The same terminals are used on the return flight]
EDIT 2
British passport holder
visas transit india transit-visas del
asked Mar 21 '17 at 8:01
tda
167110
You need to find out what terminals the flights are arriving and departing from. It would be best to check with the airline directly.
– Burhan Khalid
Mar 21 '17 at 8:08
Hi @BurhanKhalid, thanks for your reply - I have added the terminals I am flying into but I think you're right, maybe contacting the airline is best. I just wanted to avoid the call cost to India!
– tda
Mar 21 '17 at 8:21
Whether you need a visa depends on your nationality, not on the airline you're travelling with. Since you've not told us your nationality, we don't know if you need a visa or not.
– David Richerby
Mar 21 '17 at 8:52
Related but not possibly a dup travel.stackexchange.com/questions/7650/…
– RedBaron
Mar 21 '17 at 9:07
@RedBaron IMO it is a dupe
– JonathanReez♦
Mar 21 '17 at 9:21
|
show 3 more comments
Just a quick question regarding my upcoming flight from London Heathrow to Kathmandu, Nepal.
I am flying via Delhi with a 3 hour layover and Jet Airways is the operator for the entire flight. Normally, with transfer flights you DO NOT have to pay for a visa for the country you are connecting in, unless you leave the airport. However, a colleague of mine who has previously worked a lot in Nepal said that they have often had to buy an Indian visa in order to reach their connecting flight to Nepal. I do not believe this is the case but, having never done the journey before, I have no idea!
Has anyone got any experience of this flight? Or visa situation?
EDIT
LHR > DEL (Depart from Terminal 4 and Arrive into Terminal 3)
DEL > KTM (Depart from Terminal 3)
[The same terminals are used on the return flight]
EDIT 2
British passport holder
visas transit india transit-visas del
asked Mar 21 '17 at 8:01
tda
167110
Just a quick question regarding my upcoming flight from London Heathrow to Kathmandu, Nepal.
I am flying via Delhi with a 3 hour layover and Jet Airways is the operator for the entire flight. Normally, with transfer flights you DO NOT have to pay for a visa for the country you are connecting in, unless you leave the airport. However, a colleague of mine who has previously worked a lot in Nepal said that they have often had to buy an Indian visa in order to reach their connecting flight to Nepal. I do not believe this is the case but, having never done the journey before, I have no idea!
Has anyone got any experience of this flight? Or visa situation?
EDIT
LHR > DEL (Depart from Terminal 4 and Arrive into Terminal 3)
DEL > KTM (Depart from Terminal 3)
[The same terminals are used on the return flight]
EDIT 2
British passport holder
visas transit india transit-visas del
visas transit india transit-visas del
asked Mar 21 '17 at 8:01
tda
167110
asked Mar 21 '17 at 8:01
tda
167110
edited Mar 21 '17 at 9:24
asked Mar 21 '17 at 8:01
tda
167110
asked Mar 21 '17 at 8:01
tda
167110
asked Mar 21 '17 at 8:01
tda
167110
167110
You need to find out what terminals the flights are arriving and departing from. It would be best to check with the airline directly.
– Burhan Khalid
Mar 21 '17 at 8:08
Hi @BurhanKhalid, thanks for your reply - I have added the terminals I am flying into but I think you're right, maybe contacting the airline is best. I just wanted to avoid the call cost to India!
– tda
Mar 21 '17 at 8:21
Whether you need a visa depends on your nationality, not on the airline you're travelling with. Since you've not told us your nationality, we don't know if you need a visa or not.
– David Richerby
Mar 21 '17 at 8:52
Related but not possibly a dup travel.stackexchange.com/questions/7650/…
– RedBaron
Mar 21 '17 at 9:07
@RedBaron IMO it is a dupe
– JonathanReez♦
Mar 21 '17 at 9:21
|
show 3 more comments
You need to find out what terminals the flights are arriving and departing from. It would be best to check with the airline directly.
– Burhan Khalid
Mar 21 '17 at 8:08
Hi @BurhanKhalid, thanks for your reply - I have added the terminals I am flying into but I think you're right, maybe contacting the airline is best. I just wanted to avoid the call cost to India!
– tda
Mar 21 '17 at 8:21
Whether you need a visa depends on your nationality, not on the airline you're travelling with. Since you've not told us your nationality, we don't know if you need a visa or not.
– David Richerby
Mar 21 '17 at 8:52
Related but not possibly a dup travel.stackexchange.com/questions/7650/…
– RedBaron
Mar 21 '17 at 9:07
@RedBaron IMO it is a dupe
– JonathanReez♦
Mar 21 '17 at 9:21
You need to find out what terminals the flights are arriving and departing from. It would be best to check with the airline directly.
– Burhan Khalid
Mar 21 '17 at 8:08
You need to find out what terminals the flights are arriving and departing from. It would be best to check with the airline directly.
– Burhan Khalid
Mar 21 '17 at 8:08
Hi @BurhanKhalid, thanks for your reply - I have added the terminals I am flying into but I think you're right, maybe contacting the airline is best. I just wanted to avoid the call cost to India!
– tda
Mar 21 '17 at 8:21
Hi @BurhanKhalid, thanks for your reply - I have added the terminals I am flying into but I think you're right, maybe contacting the airline is best. I just wanted to avoid the call cost to India!
– tda
Mar 21 '17 at 8:21
Whether you need a visa depends on your nationality, not on the airline you're travelling with. Since you've not told us your nationality, we don't know if you need a visa or not.
– David Richerby
Mar 21 '17 at 8:52
Whether you need a visa depends on your nationality, not on the airline you're travelling with. Since you've not told us your nationality, we don't know if you need a visa or not.
– David Richerby
Mar 21 '17 at 8:52
Related but not possibly a dup travel.stackexchange.com/questions/7650/…
– RedBaron
Mar 21 '17 at 9:07
Related but not possibly a dup travel.stackexchange.com/questions/7650/…
– RedBaron
Mar 21 '17 at 9:07
@RedBaron IMO it is a dupe
– JonathanReez♦
Mar 21 '17 at 9:21
@RedBaron IMO it is a dupe
– JonathanReez♦
Mar 21 '17 at 9:21
|
show 3 more comments
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
Given that the trip is in one booking, you do not need a visa.
As stated by Timatic, the database used by airlines:
Visa required, except for Holders of confirmed onward tickets
for a max. transit time of 24 hours
answered Mar 21 '17 at 9:27
Crazydre
52.4k1096230
Onward tickets can be in their own, separate bookings; and that too will not change this requirement of visa.
– DavChana
Mar 21 '17 at 13:51
@DavChana This is not the case in practice - check-in clerks will generally deny boarding if the connecting flight in not on the same ticket and you don't have a required visa. And almost certainly if you have checked-in luggage
– Crazydre
Mar 21 '17 at 14:33
Ok, but I have travelled DOH->IST->CDG with checked-in, with Peagues on DOH->IST, & AtlasG on IST->CDG,(CDG Visa) with ~6 Hours of Stay at IST, no visa (I need visa to enter Turkey). yes, the check-in agent objected, but when I showed him Timatic Text (same as above), he checked with supervisor, & allowed me to board. & few more. I mean it does not say on Timatic that "bookings need to be same". It just asks "confirmed onward ticket of 24 hour or less transit"
– DavChana
Mar 21 '17 at 15:36
@DavChana Correct, de jure any onward reservation is OK, but de facto it's likely to be a problem. And again, luggage, how did you organise that, or did you go hand luggage only? You must clear immigration in order to collect it. Nowadays they will not normally check through if it's on separate tickets
– Crazydre
Mar 21 '17 at 15:38
add a comment |
Your Answer
StackExchange.ready(function()
var channelOptions =
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "273"
;
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);
StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function()
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled)
StackExchange.using("snippets", function()
createEditor();
);
else
createEditor();
);
function createEditor()
StackExchange.prepareEditor(
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: false,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: null,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader:
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
,
noCode: true, onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
);
);
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function ()
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2ftravel.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f90219%2flayover-via-delhi-airport-will-i-need-an-indian-visa-to-transfer-flight%23new-answer', 'question_page');
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
Given that the trip is in one booking, you do not need a visa.
As stated by Timatic, the database used by airlines:
Visa required, except for Holders of confirmed onward tickets
for a max. transit time of 24 hours
answered Mar 21 '17 at 9:27
Crazydre
52.4k1096230
Onward tickets can be in their own, separate bookings; and that too will not change this requirement of visa.
– DavChana
Mar 21 '17 at 13:51
@DavChana This is not the case in practice - check-in clerks will generally deny boarding if the connecting flight in not on the same ticket and you don't have a required visa. And almost certainly if you have checked-in luggage
– Crazydre
Mar 21 '17 at 14:33
Ok, but I have travelled DOH->IST->CDG with checked-in, with Peagues on DOH->IST, & AtlasG on IST->CDG,(CDG Visa) with ~6 Hours of Stay at IST, no visa (I need visa to enter Turkey). yes, the check-in agent objected, but when I showed him Timatic Text (same as above), he checked with supervisor, & allowed me to board. & few more. I mean it does not say on Timatic that "bookings need to be same". It just asks "confirmed onward ticket of 24 hour or less transit"
– DavChana
Mar 21 '17 at 15:36
@DavChana Correct, de jure any onward reservation is OK, but de facto it's likely to be a problem. And again, luggage, how did you organise that, or did you go hand luggage only? You must clear immigration in order to collect it. Nowadays they will not normally check through if it's on separate tickets
– Crazydre
Mar 21 '17 at 15:38
add a comment |
Given that the trip is in one booking, you do not need a visa.
As stated by Timatic, the database used by airlines:
Visa required, except for Holders of confirmed onward tickets
for a max. transit time of 24 hours
answered Mar 21 '17 at 9:27
Crazydre
52.4k1096230
Onward tickets can be in their own, separate bookings; and that too will not change this requirement of visa.
– DavChana
Mar 21 '17 at 13:51
@DavChana This is not the case in practice - check-in clerks will generally deny boarding if the connecting flight in not on the same ticket and you don't have a required visa. And almost certainly if you have checked-in luggage
– Crazydre
Mar 21 '17 at 14:33
Ok, but I have travelled DOH->IST->CDG with checked-in, with Peagues on DOH->IST, & AtlasG on IST->CDG,(CDG Visa) with ~6 Hours of Stay at IST, no visa (I need visa to enter Turkey). yes, the check-in agent objected, but when I showed him Timatic Text (same as above), he checked with supervisor, & allowed me to board. & few more. I mean it does not say on Timatic that "bookings need to be same". It just asks "confirmed onward ticket of 24 hour or less transit"
– DavChana
Mar 21 '17 at 15:36
@DavChana Correct, de jure any onward reservation is OK, but de facto it's likely to be a problem. And again, luggage, how did you organise that, or did you go hand luggage only? You must clear immigration in order to collect it. Nowadays they will not normally check through if it's on separate tickets
– Crazydre
Mar 21 '17 at 15:38
add a comment |
Given that the trip is in one booking, you do not need a visa.
As stated by Timatic, the database used by airlines:
Visa required, except for Holders of confirmed onward tickets
for a max. transit time of 24 hours
answered Mar 21 '17 at 9:27
Crazydre
52.4k1096230
Given that the trip is in one booking, you do not need a visa.
As stated by Timatic, the database used by airlines:
Visa required, except for Holders of confirmed onward tickets
for a max. transit time of 24 hours
answered Mar 21 '17 at 9:27
Crazydre
52.4k1096230
answered Mar 21 '17 at 9:27
Crazydre
52.4k1096230
answered Mar 21 '17 at 9:27
Crazydre
52.4k1096230
answered Mar 21 '17 at 9:27
Crazydre
52.4k1096230
52.4k1096230
Onward tickets can be in their own, separate bookings; and that too will not change this requirement of visa.
– DavChana
Mar 21 '17 at 13:51
@DavChana This is not the case in practice - check-in clerks will generally deny boarding if the connecting flight in not on the same ticket and you don't have a required visa. And almost certainly if you have checked-in luggage
– Crazydre
Mar 21 '17 at 14:33
Ok, but I have travelled DOH->IST->CDG with checked-in, with Peagues on DOH->IST, & AtlasG on IST->CDG,(CDG Visa) with ~6 Hours of Stay at IST, no visa (I need visa to enter Turkey). yes, the check-in agent objected, but when I showed him Timatic Text (same as above), he checked with supervisor, & allowed me to board. & few more. I mean it does not say on Timatic that "bookings need to be same". It just asks "confirmed onward ticket of 24 hour or less transit"
– DavChana
Mar 21 '17 at 15:36
@DavChana Correct, de jure any onward reservation is OK, but de facto it's likely to be a problem. And again, luggage, how did you organise that, or did you go hand luggage only? You must clear immigration in order to collect it. Nowadays they will not normally check through if it's on separate tickets
– Crazydre
Mar 21 '17 at 15:38
add a comment |
Onward tickets can be in their own, separate bookings; and that too will not change this requirement of visa.
– DavChana
Mar 21 '17 at 13:51
@DavChana This is not the case in practice - check-in clerks will generally deny boarding if the connecting flight in not on the same ticket and you don't have a required visa. And almost certainly if you have checked-in luggage
– Crazydre
Mar 21 '17 at 14:33
Ok, but I have travelled DOH->IST->CDG with checked-in, with Peagues on DOH->IST, & AtlasG on IST->CDG,(CDG Visa) with ~6 Hours of Stay at IST, no visa (I need visa to enter Turkey). yes, the check-in agent objected, but when I showed him Timatic Text (same as above), he checked with supervisor, & allowed me to board. & few more. I mean it does not say on Timatic that "bookings need to be same". It just asks "confirmed onward ticket of 24 hour or less transit"
– DavChana
Mar 21 '17 at 15:36
@DavChana Correct, de jure any onward reservation is OK, but de facto it's likely to be a problem. And again, luggage, how did you organise that, or did you go hand luggage only? You must clear immigration in order to collect it. Nowadays they will not normally check through if it's on separate tickets
– Crazydre
Mar 21 '17 at 15:38
Onward tickets can be in their own, separate bookings; and that too will not change this requirement of visa.
– DavChana
Mar 21 '17 at 13:51
Onward tickets can be in their own, separate bookings; and that too will not change this requirement of visa.
– DavChana
Mar 21 '17 at 13:51
@DavChana This is not the case in practice - check-in clerks will generally deny boarding if the connecting flight in not on the same ticket and you don't have a required visa. And almost certainly if you have checked-in luggage
– Crazydre
Mar 21 '17 at 14:33
@DavChana This is not the case in practice - check-in clerks will generally deny boarding if the connecting flight in not on the same ticket and you don't have a required visa. And almost certainly if you have checked-in luggage
– Crazydre
Mar 21 '17 at 14:33
Ok, but I have travelled DOH->IST->CDG with checked-in, with Peagues on DOH->IST, & AtlasG on IST->CDG,(CDG Visa) with ~6 Hours of Stay at IST, no visa (I need visa to enter Turkey). yes, the check-in agent objected, but when I showed him Timatic Text (same as above), he checked with supervisor, & allowed me to board. & few more. I mean it does not say on Timatic that "bookings need to be same". It just asks "confirmed onward ticket of 24 hour or less transit"
– DavChana
Mar 21 '17 at 15:36
Ok, but I have travelled DOH->IST->CDG with checked-in, with Peagues on DOH->IST, & AtlasG on IST->CDG,(CDG Visa) with ~6 Hours of Stay at IST, no visa (I need visa to enter Turkey). yes, the check-in agent objected, but when I showed him Timatic Text (same as above), he checked with supervisor, & allowed me to board. & few more. I mean it does not say on Timatic that "bookings need to be same". It just asks "confirmed onward ticket of 24 hour or less transit"
– DavChana
Mar 21 '17 at 15:36
@DavChana Correct, de jure any onward reservation is OK, but de facto it's likely to be a problem. And again, luggage, how did you organise that, or did you go hand luggage only? You must clear immigration in order to collect it. Nowadays they will not normally check through if it's on separate tickets
– Crazydre
Mar 21 '17 at 15:38
@DavChana Correct, de jure any onward reservation is OK, but de facto it's likely to be a problem. And again, luggage, how did you organise that, or did you go hand luggage only? You must clear immigration in order to collect it. Nowadays they will not normally check through if it's on separate tickets
– Crazydre
Mar 21 '17 at 15:38
add a comment |
Thanks for contributing an answer to Travel Stack Exchange!
- Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
But avoid …
- Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.
- Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.
Some of your past answers have not been well-received, and you're in danger of being blocked from answering.
Please pay close attention to the following guidance:
- Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
But avoid …
- Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.
- Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function ()
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2ftravel.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f90219%2flayover-via-delhi-airport-will-i-need-an-indian-visa-to-transfer-flight%23new-answer', 'question_page');
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
You need to find out what terminals the flights are arriving and departing from. It would be best to check with the airline directly.
– Burhan Khalid
Mar 21 '17 at 8:08
Hi @BurhanKhalid, thanks for your reply - I have added the terminals I am flying into but I think you're right, maybe contacting the airline is best. I just wanted to avoid the call cost to India!
– tda
Mar 21 '17 at 8:21
Whether you need a visa depends on your nationality, not on the airline you're travelling with. Since you've not told us your nationality, we don't know if you need a visa or not.
– David Richerby
Mar 21 '17 at 8:52
Related but not possibly a dup travel.stackexchange.com/questions/7650/…
– RedBaron
Mar 21 '17 at 9:07
@RedBaron IMO it is a dupe
– JonathanReez♦
Mar 21 '17 at 9:21