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Transit Visa

DjiboutiTransit

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

Transit visas are issued to foreigners in transit for a maximum of 3 to 15 days, provided they hold an entry visa for the final destination country and an onward ticket. To be admitted, foreigners generally need a valid passport endorsed by consular, diplomatic or immigration authorities, except where special conventions or special laws and regulations decide otherwise. The official source does not state which nationalities need a transit visa or which are exempt.

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  • The law does not list nationalities that need or are exempt from a transit visa.
  • Diplomatic agents and aircraft and ship crews remain under Law 115/AN/96 (Art 11), whose content was not captured.

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

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm whether the traveller can stay airside and when immigration control must be crossed.

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  • Searched Law 40/AN/19 and the DPFZA pages for airside transit or when immigration control must be crossed; nothing found. The destination visa and onward ticket (old value) are Art.12 onward-travel evidence, already cited by the certified r3/r4 boxes.

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 which baggage collection, terminal, separate-ticket or self-transfer situations affect the immigration requirement.

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  • No official provision in the supplied corpus addresses baggage collection, terminal transfers, separate-ticket or self-transfer situations.
  • Article 12
    Article 12 : Visas de transit Ils sont délivrés aux étrangers en transit maximal de trois (3) à quinze (15) jours à condition qu’ils disposent d’un visa d’entrée pour le pays de destination finale et d’un billet de continuation.

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

The transit visa is issued for a maximum transit period of 3 to 15 days. The law does not specify rules for overnight stays, airport changes or multiple stops.

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  • No official provision in the supplied corpus addresses overnight stays, airport changes, or multiple-stop rules.
  • Article 12
    Article 12 : Visas de transit Ils sont délivrés aux étrangers en transit maximal de trois (3) à quinze (15) jours à condition qu’ils disposent d’un visa d’entrée pour le pays de destination finale et d’un billet de continuation.

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

The permission is a transit visa: where Djibouti has diplomatic representation, its diplomatic or consular authorities issue transit visas; applicants from countries without Djiboutian representation may obtain a transit entry visa pre-authorisation through the electronic E-Visa system. The traveller must hold an entry visa for the final destination country and an onward ticket.

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Limits of the record
  • Onward-travel evidence (destination-country visa and onward ticket, Art.12) is cited in the certified r3/r4 boxes of this via and not repeated here.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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