Путешествие - Travelling. Руденко Т.П. - 70 стр.

        • All passengers must go through the immigration zone dealing          other conditions, which will restrict your freedom to take employment. He
        with their flight. Note that there is one zone for passengers who      may also require you to register with the police.
        have UK or EEA passports and one or more zones for all other                  Should you wish to extend your permitted stay or seek a variation of
        passport holders.                                                      any conditions attached to it, write, before the expiry date of your permitted
        • The Immigration Officer will want to see that your documents         stay, to the Under Secretary of State, Home Office, Immigration and Na-
        are in order and that you have an up-to-date passport, your landing    tionality Department, enclosing your passport or National Identity Card and
        card from the aeroplane and, if required, a valid visa.                form IS120, if these were your entry documents.
        • Another part of the immigration process is health control: you
        might be asked to undergo a brief, routine health check by the air-    Vaccination
        port doctor, which might include an X-ray as part of a short medi-             It is unlikely that you will be required to have any International Cer-
        cal examination. The health check will take place in a separate        tificate of Vaccination. You are, however, advised to check if one is needed
        room. Afterwards you will have to return to immigration control.       on your re-entry into your country of residence.
        • As long as your documents are in order, you should pass through
        immigration smoothly. But if you find you need any help for any        Customs control
        reason, you may ask to see a representative of the Immigration                Once you are clear of passport control you can proceed to the bag-
        Advisory Service. The Service has offices at most major airports       gage reclaim area, where you can collect your luggage. Above each bag-
        and seaports or you may telephone them on special numbers (ask         gage carousel is an electronic display unit. Find the one which shows your
        the local officials about them).                                       flight number, as this will be the carousel which has your luggage on it. If
                                                                               any item of luggage does not appear, find a representative of the airline on
Immigration stamp                                                              which you travelled and fill in a lost-luggage form.
       The Immigration officer will stamp your passport. This tells you how           Several years ago a red and green ‘Clearway System’ was in opera-
long you can stay in the UK and if you need to register with the police. If    tion at most ports and airports in Britain. Today at UK airports there are
you have already obtained an entry clearance or visa, the time limit of your   normally three exits through customs – a green channel (which is subject to
stay and any conditions will already be included on this.                      spot-checks by a customs officer) if you are travelling from outside the
                                                                               European Union and have nothing to declare; a red channel if you are trav-
Passports and visas                                                            elling from outside the European Union and do have goods to declare; and
       On arrival in the United Kingdom, you must produce a valid national     a blue channel if your are travelling from an airport from within the Euro-
passport or other document satisfactorily establishing your identity and       pean Economic Area, where your luggage has already been cleared through
nationality. Citizens of the Commonwealth (including Australia, Canada         customs control.
and New Zealand), Republic of South Africa and the USA do not require                 The notices in the customs areas will tell you if you need to declare
visas.                                                                         anything you have brought into the country. If in doubt, check with one of
                                                                               the customs officers BEFORE passing through customs control.
Conditions of entry                                                                   Even if you pass through the green channel, the customs officers
      If you are not a citizen of an EC (European Community) country,          may ask you to open your luggage for checking.
you may be asked to complete a landing card before you pass through the               For advice on importing personal effects and goods in to the UK, you
immigration control. The immigration officer will place an endorsement in      can check with HM Customs and Excise, Dorset House, Stamford Street,
your passport and is likely to impose a time limit on your stay, as well as    London SE1 9PY, UK.


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