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Transit Visa

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

The 1953 immigration law defines a transit visa for foreign travellers. A traveller who declares transit is to receive it immediately and free of charge from the Haitian diplomatic or consular officer. The official sources do not state the complete current nationality exemptions.

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  • The complete current nationality and document exemptions are not stated in the captured sources.

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

The law treats transit as an immigration visa allowing a stay in Haiti and requires immigration and emigration through authorised ports, aerodromes or open border towns. It does not document a sterile airside-transit exception or when a connecting passenger must cross immigration control.

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  • No official airport or carrier source was found that establishes airside transit or border-crossing conditions for connecting passengers.

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 how baggage collection, terminal changes, separate tickets or self-transfer affect the immigration requirement.

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  • Baggage, terminal, separate-ticket and self-transfer rules were not established by an official airport or carrier source.

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

The statutory transit-visa stay may not exceed 72 hours. The official sources do not state separate overnight, airport-change or multiple-stop rules.

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  • No separate overnight, airport-change or multiple-stop rule was found.

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

The traveller declares transit to the Haitian diplomatic or consular officer, who issues the transit visa immediately and free of charge and records the transit mention and authorised duration in the passport. The traveller must hold a ticket for the next destination or a return ticket.

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