whereTOemigrate
Get your free results
GR country scene

A-ATV — Airport transit visa

GreeceTransit

Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

Official link

Explore pathways in Greece Read the five questions ↓

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

Nationals of the countries in Annex IV of the EU Visa Code (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, Sri Lanka) need an airport transit visa to pass through international transit areas; a Member State may add nationalities in urgent cases of mass illegal immigration. Holders of a valid uniform visa, national long-stay visa or residence permit issued by a Member State are exempt, among others.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • EU Visa Code consolidated text dated 02.02.2020 (linked from mfa.gr); later amendments not checked.
  • Whether Greece applies any national additional list under Art. 3(2) was not checked; full list of exemptions (Art. 3(5)(b)-(f), Annex V) not reproduced.

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

An airport transit visa is valid only for transiting through the international transit areas of airports on Member States' territory; it does not cover entry. The official source does not state when immigration control must be crossed.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • EU Visa Code consolidated text dated 02.02.2020 (linked from mfa.gr); later amendments not checked.
  • When immigration control must be crossed (e.g., terminal changes) is not stated in the Visa Code.

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 the baggage, terminal-change and self-transfer rules.

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

Multiple airport transit visas may be issued with a validity of up to six months; the ATV validity includes a 15-day period of grace unless the Member State decides otherwise. The official source does not state a maximum transit period or overnight, airport-change or multiple-stop rules.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • EU Visa Code consolidated text dated 02.02.2020 (linked from mfa.gr); later amendments not checked.
  • No maximum transit duration or overnight rule stated.

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

The permission is an airport transit visa. The competent Member State is the one where the transit airport is situated (or the first transit airport for double/multiple transits). The applicant must present documents on the onward journey to the final destination and information showing no intention to enter the Member States.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • EU Visa Code consolidated text dated 02.02.2020 (linked from mfa.gr); later amendments not checked.

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

Explore more pathways in Greece · All pathways

Your story.
Your next step.

Explore pathways in Greece →