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Airport transit visa for Oslo Airport

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

Citizens of, and holders of travel documents issued by, the states in Annex 12 passing through a Norwegian airport's international transit area when stopping over or changing flights between two countries outside the Schengen territory need an airport transit visa. As of 15 December 2019 Annex 12 lists Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Congo (Democratic Republic), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iraq, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Syria and Turkey. Exempt: holders of a valid residence permit listed in Annex 13 (residence permits of an EEA state, or of Andorra, Japan, Canada, Monaco, San Marino, Switzerland or the USA as listed there), holders of diplomatic and service passports, and persons under Article 3(5) of the Visa Code.

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

The airport transit visa gives the holder access to stay in the international transit area in connection with a stopover or change of flights between two legs of a flight between two countries outside the Schengen territory. The official source does not state when immigration control must be crossed.

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  • When immigration control must be crossed is not stated; UDI/airport pages not read (UDI 403).

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?

The requirement applies to a stopover or change of flights in the international transit area of a Norwegian airport, including Oslo Airport, when travelling from a country outside the Schengen area to another country outside the Schengen area, even if the traveller does not leave the airport. The official source does not state a maximum transit period or any overnight, airport-change or multiple-stop rule.

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  • maximum transit period, overnight and airport-change rules not stated
  • https://www.udi.no/en/word-definitions/airport-transit-visa/
    Some nationals must have a visa to transit through Oslo Airport (OSL), even if they do not leave the airport. This applies when travelling from a country outside the Schengen area to another country outside the Schengen area.
  • https://lovdata.no/dokument/SF/forskrift/2009-10-15-1286/KAPITTEL_3
    Borgere av stater som nevnt i vedlegg 12 til forskriften og innehavere av reisedokument utstedt av disse statene, som passerer norsk lufthavns internasjonale transittområde i forbindelse med mellomlanding eller flybytte mellom to land utenfor Schengenterritoriet, skal ha lufthavntransittvisum. Visumet gir innehaveren adgang til opphold i slikt område i forbindelse med mellomlanding eller flybytte mellom to etapper på en flygning mellom to land utenfor Schengenterritoriet.

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. It can be granted when the applicant has (a) a valid passport or other identity document approved as a travel document (Immigration Act § 8), (b) a right of return to the country of stay or to another country, and (c) a valid ticket to another destination outside Schengen that is the main destination. The official source does not state where or how to apply.

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  • Where/how to apply not stated in the cited text; UDI page (403) not read.
  • https://lovdata.no/dokument/SF/forskrift/2009-10-15-1286/KAPITTEL_3
    Lufthavntransittvisum kan gis når søkeren har a. gyldig pass eller annet legitimasjonsdokument som er godkjent som reisedokument, jf. lovens § 8, b. returadgang til det landet søkeren oppholder seg i eller til et annet land, og c. gyldig billett til annet sted utenfor Schengen som er hovedbestemmelsessted.

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