Transit

A transit journey, or connecting flight, is a journey to a final destination that includes a brief stop at another airport along the way. Passengers usually do not leave the airport and may have to change airplanes. Passengers will usually be issued a single ticket for the entire journey (both flights).

On the TravelDoc website, you should add a transit flight by submitting each trip separately.

For example, if you are travelling from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Sydney (NS) Kingsford Smith Airport (SYD), and are stopping at Singapore Airport (SIN) on the way for several hours without leaving the airport you should submit two flights to TravelDoc. The first from LHR to SIN, and the second from SIN to SYD departing on the same day.

Passengers who are not in transit but are travelling to multiple destinations should still use the Transit section of the website to submit their multiple journeys. TravelDoc will take the amount of time you are staying in each country into account when calculating if the journey is a transit journey.

Journeys in TravelDoc must meet all of the following conditions to be considered transit:

• Related to what was talked about above, at least two flights must be submitted. The second flight must be departing the same location as they arrived in the previous flight, and the final destination must be a different country from the first point of departure. E.g. LHR – SIN – SYD would be valid, LHR – SIN – LHR would not
• The passengers is not travelling domestically
• The passenger is not travelling within the Schengen Area. Travelling within the Schengen Area is considered domestic travel for immigration purposes, therefore connecting flights where the passenger is travelling within or more Schengen countries do not count as transit journeys in TravelDoc. E.g. London - Paris – Moscow is valid, but London – Paris – Amsterdam is not, because France and the Netherlands are both within the Schengen Area.