ATKATK wrote: ↑Tue Aug 24, 2021 7:29 pm
Thank you for your reply, makes perfect sense. I got some legal advise and they pretty much said the same, it depends on authorities. They did say the preference would be a direct flight to the country of origin but they have had clients that chose a transit although a risk remains. Gosh if someone could just have a Crystal ball or make COVID go away.
There are no exit passport checks in the UK. The airline will check his passport - nothing to do with immigration/leaving the UK - to make sure it is a valid travel document, i.e. not expired or damaged etc, the name aligns with the name on the ticket and he is legally able to enter his destination country which with a Brazilian passport he is of course. Anything beyond that - the airlines aren't bothered, literally. However, by law the airlines must collect what is known as API (advance passenger information) which is then forwarded to UK Border Force. What Border Force do with that only they know at the end of the day.
On landing in Span or Portugal and when transferring on to his flight to Brazil he won't be going through any passport checks either - UK is not part of the Schengen agreement and neither is Brazil so he literally lands and makes his way straight to his connecting flight/gate. There may be a security check but that is not a passport or immigration check - he is not entering Spain or Portugal.
You do need to check what Covid regulations are in place in Spain or Portugal for passengers in transit - passenger locator forms, tests or what have you and make sure he's done his form and/or has his test certificate/email if applicable, as this will be checked by the airline in the UK when he does his check-in. Presumably, given he's Brazilian any Covid related restrictions on entering Brazil won't apply to him except perhaps quarantine if applicable. That, in my view, is the only thing you need to be concerned about.
